Oppression of the Minority, The Unintended Intention

As a part of the society, we have always come across terms like 'minority' and 'majority'. The most simple explanation of this is groups of people that side for something. For example, if there is a discussion on homosexuality, the minority supports it whereas the majority as still against it.

When this is applied to religion, minorities are the people belonging to a certain group that practises a certain religion but does not fall in the majority population of the country. For example, in India, people who practise Islam are minorities whereas the ones who practise Hinduism are considered to be majorities.

When any politician comes to power (in the context of India), most of them seem to manipulate certain communities to their will. This phenomena has been labelled as vote banks. From Rajiv Gandhi with the Babri Masjid case to Narendra Modi with the Godra riots case (A/N: unproven till date), each of these famous politicians have attempted to remain in power through the pleasing of certain vote banks and oppressing the other half.

This has created an environment where oppression is permanent, the only difference is who is on the other end of the short stick depending on the one currently in power.