The financial profitability of the religious centres, seminaries, and shrines worked as an added incentive to widen and perpetuate the sectarian divide. They introduced into the political process all abusive tools and dirty tricks to humiliate and discredit their challengers. They are hell-bent to take their pound of flesh from the breathless state – a clear sign of a crumbling nation. Social media has eroded the distinguishing line between fact and fiction, truth, and falsehood. This free use of social media has confused and staggered our gullible people.

Source: The Nation December 13, 2021 05:01 UTC