Shakti DubeyAIR 1 · CSE 2024 · 264 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a definition
Communalism can be defined as blind allegiance to the religious principles & doctrine of a community or person. It provides for very narrow definition of alligence as love for ones religion is advocate equated with hatred for other religion.
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Rise of communalism:- India has seen certain incidents of communal violence eg:- partition, Godhra riots, Muzafarpur riots, Delhi riots, sikh riots etc.
Causes:- (1) Lack of tolerance amongst people (2) spread of fake news & propaganda by notorious elements (3) use of identity politics by
our politicians for their vote bank. (4) lack of feeling of brotherhood & oneness.
Measures to contain communalism
one of the characteristic feature of Indian society is its religious diversity. India is a birthplace of 4 prominent religions of the world:
- Hinduism
- Jainism
- Buddhism
- Sikhism & at the same time has integrated people from other faith like - Islam (mughal rule) and Christians (British rule) thus India is a textbook example of religious diversity
(1) One of the prominent method to contain communalism is - Educating the masses. (2) The feeling of fraternity & brotherhood must be inculcated in child since birth. (3) Decriminalisation of politics to ensure that people with low morals standard don't enter politics & use methods like-Divide & Rule based on religion. (4) Social media can be used to advertise best moral teachings of every religion to inculcate sense of belongingness among masses. (5) Society can play a major role by celebrating festival of various religion together, etc.
Close · a summary
thus these measure can be used to uphold the principle of unity in diversity.
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