I must share this uncomfortable truth
Only two weeks before, I went to a border-state. My wife also accompanied me. After I completed the work, my wife and I went to a very old and well-known Kali Temple located just beside the no-man's land. The border is being guarded by the BSF personnel. The BSF commandant assured that that part of the border has been completely peaceful.We reached there in the early morning. The environment was serene and peaceful. Cold breeze was blowing. Birds were chirping. Some were flying across the barbed wire. There was no other devotee at that time. Only the priest was getting prepared for the morning puja.
My wife entered the temple entrance and rang the bell. Within 5-7 seconds of her ringing the temple bell, as if like magic, a loudspeaker from the other side of the border brutally broke the peace of early morning. It started blaring an announcement about the 'International Ijtema Conference' to be held at a nearby town on that side of the border. After the announcement, a shrill female voice started singing asking others to come to the feet of the shadow of the 'only true religion'. The blaring of loudspeaker continued as long as the morning puja continued in the temple.
The priest and a BSF personnel told us that this is a regular phenomenon. The religious place was located just across the border. It was built only 7-8 years ago; when I earlier went there in 2008, it was not there. The loudspeaker was placed in such a direction that the sound comes directly to India. And the blaring continues during the puja in the Kali Temple.
And these people get terribly offended and resort to violence if they hear any sound of aarti, puja or bhajan at the time of their prayer!