Opinionate

intolerance [in-tol-er-uhns] (n): a lack of willingness to tolerate Sorry. Just kidding. I guess we all know what the word means. Think about it, the recent spate of events have forced me to think that intolerance is an instinct instilled deep within the Indian psyche. It has been ages since I saw any one of us actually laugh at ourselves. We have become overtly sensitive to even the slightest hint of petty calumny. We, as a society, are firmly on our way to becoming self-conceited megalomaniacs. And this is not a sensationalized doomsday prediction. Let us review the recent news. Email banter on a politician lands you in jail. Check. A petty comment over a holy Sikh shrine becomes a topic of discussion for the Indian Embassy. Check. A harmless cartoon in a NCERT textbook leads to suggestions that cartoons be banned in all textbooks. Check. Seriously, where is our sense of humour? The cartoon that caused the uproar These events aren't isolated occurrences, but th