By T.J.S. George
Come to think of it, everything in our country has a religious dimension to it — food, clothing, Universities, Hospitals, Civil Service, the professions like Law and Journalism, and even this column because its byline has a religion's brand on it. (I gave up religion long ago. I retain my belief in God but see religion as the commercialisation of God for purposes of politics and profit.) If my name were P.L. Santosh or K. Swaraj or even Shri N, the religious neutrality of it would have given the views I express a better chance to be judged on merit. But now, the self-appointed patriots of the country look at this "foreign" name and conclude that I can only be anti-national.
