These unfortunate postures have been creating a sense of frustration in the majority community.How secularism sometimes becomes allergic to Hinduism will be apparent from certain episodes relating to the Somnath temple.In its name, again, politicians in power adopt a strange attitude which, while it condones the susceptibilities, religious and social, of the minority communities, is too ready to brand similar susceptibilities in the majority community as communalistic and reactionary.In its (secularism) name, anti-religious forces, sponsored by secular humanism or Communism, condemns religious piety, particularly in the majority community.He founded Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in 1938. He is a well-known name in Gujarati literature. A lawyer by profession, he later turned to author and politician. Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (pronounced 30 December 1887 – 8 February 1971), popularly known by his pen name Ghanshyam Vyas, was an Indian independence movement activist, politician, writer and educationist from Gujarat state.
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