Communalism gains strength from economic deprivation and thrusts in environments of social exclusion, creating fertile ground for discontent and division. Convment
Main Body
Thesis with Social Exclusion
a) lack of cultural integration
b) Political Manipulation
c) Elite power struggle
Grounds for discontent and division:
i) mutually hostile interests
ii) Demand for secession
iii) Religious Fundamentalism
iv) Communal riots
v) Further social-societal isolation
Way forward:
Themes with Social Exclusion:
a) lack of cultural integration
b) Political Manipulation
c) Elite power struggle
Grounds for discontent and division:
i) mutually hostile interests
ii) Demand for secession
iii) Religious Fundamentalism
iv) Communal riots
v) Further social-societal isolation
Way forward:
Short-term:
Long-term:
Way forward:
Short-term:
Long-term:
ii) Demand for secession
iii) Religious Fundamentalism
iv) Communal riots
v) Further social-societal isolation
Way forward:
Short-term:
Long-term:
- Systematically linked social exclusion to communal riots
- Identified multiple mechanisms of division
- Connected to constitutional values
- Provided both short-term and long-term solutions
- Addressed need for multi-stakeholder approach
- Connected to constitutional principles
- Clear distinction between immediate and long-term measures
- Addressed civil society role
- Connected economic inclusion to communal harmony
- Comprehensive approach to preventing communalism
- Addressed both symptoms and root causes
Abhimanyu Malik
Indian Society
Communalism
Communal Riots and Social Division
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32
Paragraphs
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Policy-oriented
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