Different things provoke differant people...muhmmad cartoons provoked muslims, critical/controversieve books like davinci code provokes christians, cow slaughter provokes hindus..all are abusing their strength in numbers to ban all of this, sighting religious sentiments.
Govts are forced to compromise,politicial parties forced to appease them and conced this group's demands to maintian peace and harmoney/vote banks at the cost of personal freedom and creative freedom of a minority or unorganised individuals.another intesting fact is that all of this pressure groups actively endorse matters which are of concern to the opposite group and vigerously oppose things when it's about them.
Communist Ideology looks so romantic in books but it killed at least 20 Million in Russia (Stalin), at least 60 Million in China (Mao), Several thousands in India and failed to live up to it's reputation of being a better alternative to Capitalism. The reason being Capitalism is compatible with the "Natural order" and the "Human Nature". Communism starved more number of people to death and produced more class conflicts compared to Capitalism.
There is a deep relation between Secularism and Communism, both are practised in their
bookish form only in a country "far far away" on the planet "undiscovered" in the galaxy "unknown" of the universe "?????".
A country where Secularism was exploited and distorted beyond recognition, where the minority was given first right to national resources, a country where communists and government control places of worship of a certain community (Hindus),
has become the graveyard of Secularism. A country where the majority doesn't have the right to live without fear and with dignity, cannot guarantee rights for it's minorities, for a simple reason:
Nature corrects itself eventually.
What you are witnessing may look cruel and insensitive, but that is this is completely "Natural".
Oh BTW,
I am an Agnostic myself, but I do not wear it on my sleeves. Hinduism is big part of my identity, and I am extremely proud of it because my community allows me to use my Free Will. I am yet to meet a Orthodox Hindu who hates me for not going to temple or for doubting the existence of god or for criticizing the contents of Ramayana/Mahabharata.
I will stop my support for Beef Ban on the day when Christians will stop calling Hindus "Devil Worshipers" and Muslims will stop dreaming about "Ghazwa-e-Hind". That day unfortunately will never come.