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Vaclav Havel, the former President of Czech Republic, in his book Power of the Powerless highlights the importance of dissidence in a society. If a society progresses it is because of those who dissent not because of those conform. Conformists abound everywhere because it is easy to be so. To dissent is to risk oneself for the sake the society. These days there is a group in this country which is busy issuing 'anti-Indian' certificate. Anybody who stands up to the ruling dispensation(s) - in some places there is their proxy rule as well - are handed this certificate. Many wish to get a good certificate from them because it means their existence is not under threat. What if a society itself dissents? Then the whole society becomes anti-national, anti-development and anti-blah, blah, blah. They sell lies and the buyers are a few. They say cows are holier than humans; an eight year old girl can be torn apart; killing an intellectual for allegedly hurting your religious sentime