Watching a film on Jesus Christ, even for a Christian, has become a hazardous occupation and requires informing the police if one wants to be saved from violence ... VHP goons recently ransacked a Christian girls hostel, burni three vehicles and damaged school equipment to protest a Bible reading programme followed by a film on Jesus ... The police have. acknowledged that the attackers were local VHP elements but argue that the organisers should have informed them in advance for protection. Does that mean from now on every minority community which wishes to practise its faith even in the privacy of their homes, has to seek police protection.

Attacks on minority educational establishment have become the norm, and the BJP Government have done nothing to stop them ... There is also the vicious police violence on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus ... The government refused to order an inquiry .. This supports the hypothesis that such behaviour is impossible without political support. If such attacks continue, religious segregation, in schools will become inevitable. Hindu parents will stop sending their children to missionary schools ... for fear of attacks by the VHP. Universities like Jamia Millia and AMU which have at least 40-50 per cent non-Muslim students will become institutions for minorities. Segregation will create more misunderstanding between communities and the rise of bigotry. This is what the VHP wants, but is this what India wants? ...