While the modern secular state envisages the separation of state and church, such an ideal condition us far from reality. In politics, religion akways plays a part in persuading the masses in favor or against the political parties or candidates. Political movements may also sometimes rest upon religious principles and may result into revolutions. The ideal state attempts to treat all religions at par and neither to promote nor demote any particular religion, culture or racial practice. In reality, even in secular states, we see public being swayed on the lines of religious, cultural or racial lines. It is important for the masses to think beyond the demarcations and to put the nation first. Politicians divide people into us and them but people should accept the diversity and protect it to build stronger nation states and a better world.
