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The Challenges of Cultural Diversity
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows:
Administration did nothing to check riots
Shamli is one of the areas in western UP that bore the brunt of the riots last week. A large number of Valmikis living in the area have fled their homes. One of them said, ‘‘We have sent the women and children to our relatives living elsewhere.’’ Fearing retaliation, he is preparing to leave Shamli after sending his wife and children away. Tension was simmering for weeks, but the administration did nothing to defuse the tension. So, today there are flare-ups at the slightest provocation. The air is thick with vile rumours. And reaction to them tends to be instant. Both communities, for instance, alleged dozens of bodies were floating in a canal at Nangla Madour. Since September 3, Shamli, one of the UP's youngest districts, carved out of Muzaffarnagar in 2011, has downed shutters following communal violence.
The Times of India, September 10, 2013
What is communalism? Why is it a source of tension and violence?
Communalism: It refers to offensive chauvinism based on religious identity. It is an aggressive political ideology linked to religion.
Communalism has been a source of tension and violence, During communal riots, people become faceless members of their respective communities. They are willing to kill, rape, and loot members of other communities in order to redeem their pride, to protect their home turf. No region has been wholly exempt from the communal violence of one kind or another. Every religious community has faced this violence in greater or lesser degree.
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What are the major challenges posed by the cultural diversity?
Why do we need to understand relationship between nation states and cultural communities?
Why is it important for people to belong to communities based on cultural identities like a caste, ethnic group, region or religion?
Why does an individual need an identity?
How do we convince with our identity to others?
What is socialisation process?
Community identity is delusive—now?
What is an odd fact of social life?
How are ascriptive or community identities universal?
What is brought in society by attachment to one's scripture identity?
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