The cruelty of nationalism test

We do not know whether India is a vibrant democracy or not. But we surely believe that , it is undoubtedly a functioning democracy in spite of several acts of intolerance exercised by the politically strong  parties and certain militant fringe groups attached to them and operating in different parts of India. In recent years  they have become emboldened to curtail the personal  freedom and fundamental rights of the citizens  in several matters ,  particularly  of the media, creative persons , the minorities and the poor . Some times they even challenge the judiciary , a very dangerous trend .What is worrying is their ability to  succeed  in achieving their agenda of intolerance and it is very difficult to understand the failure of the ruling central and state government to resort to the exercise of  the rule of law to control them effectively . Is not silence over these acts of intolerance understood as acceptance of their hooliganism? It is very sad that , people belonging to the minority groups  are threatened repeatedly   by these  fringe groups to declare their patriotism and nationalism tokenistic actions   .They are permanently under suspicion list. let the  government conduct a national level written  test for all the Indians on patriotism and issue  a  pass certificate on it   so  that,  they will not be subjected to the cruelty of proving their nationalism repeatedly .