Secularism is defined as indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations. With the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act of India enacted in 1976, the Preamble to the constitution asserted that India is a secular nation.

Making laws for such a big country at the time of independence was not an easy task. Keeping in view the interests of a huge population was the biggest challenge. Making a constitution for the smooth running of India's administration, our constitution makers were a real mastermind, who have given a strong foundation to a newly independent country with such a diverse nature in caste, creed , gender, religion, culture, language, tradition. They have worked hard to maintain a balance between all these. Uniting such a  large landscape with huge number of provinces under a single name and calling it as  India has been the toughest job and it has been successfully done by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. 

But all these intellectuals would not have any idea that our country will stand on a verge of being divided on the basis of religion in the 21st century. The people of our country are getting divided on religious counts.  For a long period of time we have seen a  trend of communal riots taking place frequently in different parts of the country. Some notorious people are trying to disturb the peace and secularism of our country through fake news been circulating on social media. They take the help of social media as it is a platform where news spreads instantly and rapidly. A lot of people are connected through it and it takes no time to influence people through certain thoughts and ideologies. People share hate messages, fake news which highlights a particular religion and create tensions. Not only normal people but also our polticians who have a huge no. of followers also do this work and all this collectively leads to communal riots. In recent past we have seen a lot of such incidents and this has created an environment of unstability and fear among people. It has also lead to loss of lives and properties. 

The government and administration should now take a close look at such incidents and take harsh actions on such disturbing elements. The use of NSA for such incidents has been a strong and effective step for controlling these activities.  We would also ask people to know how to identify the fake news and not indulge in such incidents. 

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