India and it's religious riots

Heyy theree! Today's topic is serious as well as sensitive, so if you read and find anything offensive then I am sorry in advance, as I am just stating my point of view about how indians consider religion as it's life.

Let's first see the data before we start anything else! 

The cases of communal violence in India has shown a sharp rise, i.e. nearly 25% more in the first half of this year as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

A comparative study of the annual data for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 shows the following figures: 668, 823, and 644 incidents of communal violence nationwide (of which UP’s share of the total is 18%, 30% and 20%, in these three years respectively).

There was sight ebb in communal violence during the year 2014. However, 2015 appears to be the ‘Year of Communal Intolerance’.

The divisive forces operating in the country are constantly consuming innocent human lives, damaging public property built from tax payer’s money and creating an environment of desperation and uncertainty, where safety concerns negate viable growth prospects.

How many of you believe that you really are a patriot? Let me ask you a question, Are You Really a true patriot? 

How many of you say, "I believe in equality", " I treat everyone fairly" " Main toh har dharam ko manta hu, sab hi sahi hai apne point pe".

Then how did these things changes to - " Uss mulle(muslim term often used in general) mere religion ko aisa bolne ki! Chalo uske ghar ko fodenge, and vice  versa! Let me tell you something , first human kya hindi, parsi, muslim tha kya? Did they had varna system? No right? It's us  who created these difference, caste, making something for welfare of people is agreeable but when, becoming a Orthodox is not right. 

Not all hindus and Muslims are heinous. There are few who want to create a disharmony among all religions . They live outside our country, even continent, and send people here by giving them such a Orthodox teaching about there religion, that they have to follow whatever they are told, even if it is killing or getting killed. Eg? Very common, those  Delhi Riots, Mumbai riot, the list is limitless. 

Agar kuch  log ek religion ke log pathar marte hai dusro par, cars explosion krte hai, kill other religion people( not only hindu - muslim) , that doesn't mean that all hindus hate Muslims , vice versa. 

I always wondered, who is actually behind it,did you had the same question like me? I guess yes! According to me it's actually corrupt political rule ," Those for sake of votes are ready to create dispute between other religions, we always see religious vote bank aka - muslim will always vote for Muslim politicians , sikh for sikh. Reason is simple - " ONLY OUR RELIGION PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND OUR HARDSHIPS", and not -"WE WILL NOT CHOOSE ACCORDING TO RELIGION  BUT BASED ON THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE".

If this thinking doesn't change India will remain like this, don't  say it's not true, just because I touched your weak point which you don't want to reveal and keep it stored within your unconscious, these are the reason for internal conflicts, prejudice, and stereotypes that all muslim hate Hindus which to some point is true because of the oh so good preaching of religious leaders, our MOULVIS, GURUS, who have done there PHDs from reputed university but then go on the path of telling there Bhagats(devotee) that we have to protect our religion from the harms by any means! They have guns! Many other weapons who our real gurus of 120 bce before never had! See the technology development! Awesome right! We can do anything to protect our religion whether it is throwing bombs on innocent people's lives. Unhe toh kuch nahi hota, hamre masseha toh sidha bhagwan, Allah se talluk (connection) rkhte hai! They are only one call away from them, things get worst always for women and children, can't we all live in peace? Will the world will end if that happens? 

If we die, why can't we ourselves handle it? Why the hell other countries have the liberty to say what they want, even ask for apologies from the entire Indian government! Are they the so called morality teachers? If yes then morality is nonexistent. If a Muslim (minority is harmed they say- India is being partial towards the minority) But now are all these minority finished? Half of the people in India are muslim, don't we want to stop this system of victim card playing? 

Hindus make up 79.8% of India’s population and Muslims account for 14.2%; Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains account for most of the remaining 6%. Between 1951 and 2011, the share of Muslims in India grew modestly, by about 4 percentage points, while the share of Hindus declined by about 4 points. The shares of Indians in other religions held relatively steady. Muslims are growing somewhat faster than other groups because they tend to have more children.

Muslims in India have higher fertility rates than other groups, but they also have experienced the sharpest decline in fertility in recent decades. In 1992, the average Muslim woman had at least one more child than the average Hindu, Christian, Buddhist, Sikh or Jain. By 2015, fertility rates across all groups had fallen, with Muslims experiencing the most significant decline, from an average of 4.4 children per woman in 1992 to an average of 2.6 in 2015. Hindu women had an average of 3.3 children in 1992, a figure that fell to 2.1 by 2015. As a result of these shifts, the fertility gap between Muslim and Hindu women in India shrank from 1.1 to 0.5 children.

Causes for Up Scaled Communal Divide

Communal forces flourish in an environment of mutual mistrust and feeds for its survival on hatred for other communities. The under mentioned reasons mainly attribute towards the creation of the aforesaid conditions:

Vote Bank Politics. The politicians use the communal card to align themselves to a particular community or for the purpose of breaking up the vote bank of another party often indulges in instigating a communal riot.

Turf War for Dominance by Religious Heads. The religious leaders belonging to different religions and many a time different sects from the same religion wage a so called holy war to protect their religious practices.

Struggle for Identity or Class Conflict. In order to ensure their relevance in a system that appears to be highly biased, various classes of people, like the dalit’s, the tribal’s and other minorities tend to cling together to project a collective front. Any threat to their class is furiously opposed, so as to make their voices heard in this oblivion.

Conflict of Interests. Communal conflicts are a means for communities to assert their communal identities and to demand their share in economic, educational and job opportunities.

Especially in the present times of economic down turn the struggle for ensuring that the interests of their community is appropriately safeguarded is very firmly contested. 

(The list is countless) 

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The Causes, Consequences and Steps to Handle Communal Violence

Col DJS Chahal

Posted by Col DJS Chahal on Sunday, 25 October 2015 in Current Affairs

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Introduction

The cases of communal violence in India has shown a sharp rise, i.e. nearly 25% more in the first half of this year as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

A comparative study of the annual data for the years 2012, 2013 and 2014 shows the following figures: 668, 823, and 644 incidents of communal violence nationwide (of which UP’s share of the total is 18%, 30% and 20%, in these three years respectively).

There was sight ebb in communal violence during the year 2014. However, 2015 appears to be the ‘Year of Communal Intolerance’.

The divisive forces operating in the country are constantly consuming innocent human lives, damaging public property built from tax payer’s money and creating an environment of desperation and uncertainty, where safety concerns negate viable growth prospects.

Causes for Up Scaled Communal Divide:

Communal forces flourish in an environment of mutual mistrust and feeds for its survival on hatred for other communities. The under mentioned reasons mainly attribute towards the creation of the aforesaid conditions:

# Vote Bank Politics. The politicians use the communal card to align themselves to a particular community or for the purpose of breaking up the vote bank of another party often indulges in instigating a communal riot.

# Turf War for Dominance by Religious Heads. The religious leaders belonging to different religions and many a time different sects from the same religion wage a so called holy war to protect their religious practices.

# Struggle for Identity or Class Conflict. In order to ensure their relevance in a system that appears to be highly biased, various classes of people, like the dalit’s, the tribal’s and other minorities tend to cling together to project a collective front. Any threat to their class is furiously opposed, so as to make their voices heard in this oblivion.

# Conflict of Interests. Communal conflicts are a means for communities to assert their communal identities and to demand their share in economic, educational and job opportunities.

Especially in the present times of economic down turn the struggle for ensuring that the interests of their community is appropriately safeguarded is very firmly contested.

# Reports of Threat to Religious Ideologies:  The examples of these are; Burning down of Churches in Delhi and other parts of India, Hindu-Muslim riots in Muzzafarnagar, Uttar Pradesh in 2013, Hindu groups were accused of forcibly converting several Muslims and Christians to Hinduism (Ghar Wapisi) in December last year, ethnic clashes over the disputed Nagaland-Assam border in August, rumours of beef consumption, i.e. Dadri lynching, sacrilege of holy book, Guru Granth Sahib in Punjab a few days ago, Caste-based violence was also reported in several states including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Irresponsible Reporting by Media:  Many a times media broadcasts unconfirmed, sensitive and often biased reports on national television, just to sensationalise the issue and improve their TRP. This often adds fuel to the fire and increases animosity between the two communities, as the minority community feels threatened and the majority community feels victimised.

Resource Crunch: As the availability of natural resources like land, water, minerals, etc is reducing due to an exponentially growing population, the clamour for ownership of the available resources, which are there at the disposal of various community’s is also increasing.

Growing Intolerance Levels: The social insecurities arising out of a life of deprivation and mistrust for everyone around has made the common man edgy, irritable and intolerant and he lets go at the smallest provocation.

Modi Government’s Leaning towards the RSS and the Sangh Pariwar. Many actions, which were also being followed as a standard practice by the previous UPA Government, e.g. the Beef Ban during certain days of the year, is now being highlighted due to the BJP Government’s closeness with the RSS. Unfortunately, the Government does not come clear on its stand on various such issues. Consequently, the anti-social elements take benefit of the same and flare up the issue further.

Inability of the Government to Contain the Hidutva Agenda: PM Modi has not been able to adequately snub the religious leaders and Sadhvis from making irresponsible statements and also his silence on many communal issues puts a question mark on his actual intent, thus creating an environment of uncertainty.

Foreign Hand: India has many hostile neighbours, who wish to make it weak through a communal divide. Pakistan and China prefer to fight an unconventional war, which is cost effective and more damaging to the national stability in the long term.

Consequences of Communal Violence

The greatest sufferers of communal violence are the innocent common people who get caught inextricably into circumstances beyond their control.There is an avoidable loss of life and essential public property gets damaged. It lends to hooliganism, and the situation is often exploited by anti social elements by plundering and indulging in activities only for their personal gains.

# The anti national elements get adequate opportunity to fan anti national feelings and work on creating an atmosphere to break the cohesiveness of our society.The atmosphere of uncertainty and internal turmoil dissuades the foreign investors to set up their businesses in India.

# Lawlessness accruing out of communal disharmony is exploited by the divisive forces operating in the country because of which internal security risks gets heightens.The social fabric of the society gets irreparably damaged and the conditions of mistrust serve as a catalyst for future conflicts on flimsy grounds.

# Deployment of large scale security forces dissipates the state exchequer and may result in occasional Human Rights abuses. The Human Development Index of the society is adversely affected by these hampering restrictions that are laid on the basic right to freedom of people.

# Conclusion:Finally, the basic reason for all communal disturbances is the communal atmosphere pervading the country and the communal tension built up between different communities.

The communal atmosphere provides a ready-tilled soil for communal minded people to sow seeds of communal hatred and nurture them until the bitter harvest of communal violence is reaped.We as an evolving society, especially the youth, need to unite together to fight the communal forces and rise above the pettiness for the sake of humanity and for the security of our great nation.Steps to Handle Communal Violence. 

#Quick and appropriate decisions by the administration. After identifying the type, stage and gravity of the disturbance, must take immediate actions to mitigate the losses and be proactive to requisition and move the resources and detain personnel with provocative behaviour.

Police forces especially trained for the purpose must be promptly deployed in adequate numbers with requisite equipment and proper gear to handle situation at the physical, as well as emotional level.

# Proper delegation of responsibility and authority must be defined so that no one looks over the shoulder at the time of crises. It is also very important to hold person in charge accountable for any misgivings or over reach of authority.Prior to the actual build up of tension, licensed weapons such as revolvers, guns and corrosive materials must be ceased.

During the outbreak of a riot, the local people must be regularly kept updated regarding the prevailing situation through various forms of media, which must be controlled to ensure it does not aggravate the situation further.

Prompt and fair probe into all incidents that may take place during the riot be conducted and locals apprised of the action taken by the administration/ government.Ensure the protection of identity and security of informers and witnesses to encourage more and more people to come forward.

States must maintain emergency funds for the procurement of basic items such as medicines and food or for compensating the losses of the people.Law and Order is a state subject, however during an exigency like a communal riot, the district collector may not be able to control the situation effectively at panchayat and block level. Hence, the Sarpanch should be given magisterial powers and bestowed with justifiable duties to stop spreading of communal tensions.

Lastly, I hope our India will change for better and people won't hurt each other and try to create harmony amongst each other. Jabtak ek dusre ko inn society ke view se alag nahi janaoge tabtk tumhe asaliyat kuch aur hi lagegi. Vo kehte hai na- until you experience it you can't differentiate the illusion from reality. 

Thank you , do share your point of view about this topic!! 

Yours sincerely, 

Vidhi