Democracy may be a game of numbers. But maintaining the spirit of secularism in a plural society is not. It is a matter of attitude, of accommodation, of tolerance. Rigid postures based on the arrogance of numbers would not simply count. If numbers alone could be the yardstick, the spirit of pluralism would have to take wings.
Debates can go on endlessly.
Some communities may have weighty arguments to prove their point. But when it comes to respecting someone s else sentiments, pragmatism would have to take an upperhand in the interests of peace. At this moment, one s mind goes out to a quaint aspect of inter-faith relationship. There are certain in-built asymmetries within various faiths. Take for instance, the case of worship to God and gods.