“Continuing Communal Riots in India Are the Result of Both History and Contemporary Politics.”

• India’s Home Ministry reveals that more than 2,500 people were killed in incidents of communal clashes in the country since 2002. There were 8,500 incidents of communal clashes in the past decade, mostly between the Hindus and Muslims. Some say that the violence between these two communities continues thanks to the gap of communal mistrust between them which is primarily attributed to historical wrongs.
• And some analysts say that it’s all because of politics and policies of some political parties. There have been efforts to address communal violence through legislations and other policy measures though.. The Communal Violence Bill, one of those efforts, has itself been labelled as Communal. Some have appreciated the bill.
• Do you agree with the topic completely or are there other reasons behind communal clashes? What are the dangers of these communal clashes? How can we stop them? Are legislations only way to stop them? What is the role of administration? What is the role of society and individuals? Is there any flaw in our education system itself?

1.  communal politics are “solely” a political phenomenon. Be it the crusades war, be it Hindu-Muslim conflicts, be it Arab-Jew wars or Christian – Islam war, all of them have political reasons behind them.
   Majority of the people are busy working for their livelihood everyday – Food, shelter and clothing is their mantra. I don’t think they have time to fight with others over whose imaginary friend is better and whose is not. The main reasons for all communal conflicts can be traced back to very small incidents which are usually started by political people with malicious intents.
   So, people are inherently peace-loving, until someone plants an idea of a communal clash. Be it Lord Curzon or Jinnah, many of the communal clashes are due to the actions of some political person trying to gain some advantage of such a riot.
2. Communal violence in indian context is , to a little extent, different from it’s format in other parts of the world.
   Here the communal clashes as well as clashes between two groups are a general phenomenon starting with a very trivial issue.
   In, my opinion HISTORICAL WRONGS and contemporary situation , created deliberately, both are responsible for this.
   REMEDY.
   Executive side of the govt. (MinsterS & administration both) should be impartial in handling riot situation, and it is far better to take preventive steps in the early stage.
   Police should be free from any UNDUE political pressure and it should learn a lesson from indian Army.
   LEGISLATURE. must make a objective and impartial law without any bias and without thinking of political milage.
   JUDICIARY must keep it’s strictness continue regarding communal matters.
   NGOs must help in creating an environment of trust and affection between various communities Any attempt to misinterpret  history should be dealt by an iron hand
   SOCIAL MEDIA. A effective check must be on various social media like. Facebook and WhatsApp.
   PUBLIC. should also be careful and should not believe in rumours. It must not shun the humanity in any circumstances. The teachings of QURAN, GEETA, BIBLE, and other religious testimonials should be remembered and acted upon in the time of disturbance 
3. There is no doubt that all most every communal riot that occur has some political behind them . It is mostly the discriminatory policies that fuel the communal feeling . However it is also because of lack of education that people get influenced by these policies. Education often helps to promote tolrence . If the trend of victimisation of communal riot is noticed it is mostly the poor and uneducated who are targeted by the semi educated or uneducated of another community .
   The purpose of education should not only be promotion of litreracy ,rather , it should aim towards multipurpose goals . Childhood is the building bock of any humans behiovour , if we teach each and every child to respect different cultures and religions , such incidence will surely lessen .
   It is important to sensitied human to wards other cultures and religions , it is equally important to promote economic ,social and political democracy . Though political parties ,that are involve in communal riots ,have political motives behind their purpose . But the common man who gets involve in these riots are motivated by economic and social purpose . Inequality in income and acess to social services creates fear and anger that push people to extreme . Therefore government should create equal opportunities for all which promote economic social and political democracy