Dehradun, July 16 -- Punjab has suffered the consequences of religious fanaticism for over five decades, which has manifest itself in many shapes and forms. Now, it seems that a new way of embracing this has occurred to the state government by proposing to enact a blasphemy law to counter 'beadbi' against the scriptures of any religion. This move may have been thought of as respect for religion in all its forms, but the punishments being proposed are right out of the Taliban notebook. While beheading isn't proposed, it is actually the government's intent to prescribe a minimum sentence of ten years' imprisonment and a maximum life-sentence for the offence. Can any kind of disrespect that does not involve violence invite such severe punishme...