Relax Sangh Parivar, there’s no evidence of a Muslim population bomb

'The much-awaited census data on the population of religious groups is out and the good news is that , contrary to gleeful speculation in the usually suspect circles, it doesn’t bear out apocalyptic theories about a Muslim population “bomb” waiting to go off that Hindus must counter by producing more children. Behind the headline that Muslim population grew by 24 per cent in the decade 2001-2011, the real story is that there was a marked decline in the rate of growth over the previous decade. It fell by five per cent, with even the notorious Muslim ghettoes of north India registering a much welcome downward trend. So, conspiracy theorists can relax. There's no Muslim ticking bomb; Hindus are not in danger of being reduced to a minority in their own country; and, there’s no need for Hindu families to panic into resorting to industrial scale production of babies as controversially suggested by the BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj and his comrades..."