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The Challenges Of Cultural Diversity

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What is meant by communalism in the Indian context? Why has it been a recurrent source of tension and violence?

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Communalism refers to aggressive Chauvinism based on religious identity.
Chauvinism itself is an attitude that sees one’s own group as the only legitimate or worthy group, on the other hand, other groups are seen as inferior, illegitimate and opposed.
In other words, we can say that 'Communalism' is an aggressive political ideology linked to religion.

Communalism has also been a recurrent 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. Example-anti Sikh riots of Delhi in 1984, anti-Muslim violence in Gujarat in 2002.

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