Why stop at just Love Jihad?
Updated On: 19 December, 2020 06:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Lindsay Pereira
The government should take control of a lot more than who we can marry or what we can eat behind closed doors

A woman at a demonstration to protest proposed laws against Love Jihad in Bangalore earlier in December. Pic/AFP File
I support a law against this so-called Love Jihad business. Cynics say it is manufactured to divert our attention from more important things, but cynics have no place in today's India and should be treated with the contempt they deserve. It's ridiculous that the government has yet to be able to have a say on whom we can marry. How can India progress if we focus on infrastructure and the economy instead of pressing issues involving our private lives? What kind of democracy are we holding up to the world if we can marry anyone we like, based purely on love or archaic notions such as compatibility, instead of the more important criteria of who their Gods or Goddesses are?
I believe the government should do a lot more to take control of other aspects of our lives. This should start at birth. I think all babies should be tagged and video recorded by the government, so this footage can be analysed for aberrant behaviour within a few weeks of their arrival.




