Communal conflicts in India
COMMUNAL CONFLICTS IN
INDIA:
Perhaps, this is one
of the PERENNIAL problems of India. Since years, communal problems have
engulfed our nation into hatred, jealousy,narrow-mindedness, a feeling of
insecurity and difference of opinions shared among various communities. All
this has only become an impediment in our all-round development. Be it the
horrendous Gujarat riots or the tarnished Muzaffarnagar riots, India has been
tolerating this bunkum since a long time now. According to me it is all
connected to ‘sentiments’, which have a major hand behind all these problems.
Take the example of the train at Godhra which was burnt, assassinating all the
Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya. This acted as a catalyst in bringing
about the Gujarat riots which assassinated not only hundreds of Muslims but
also many innocent women and children, who had no role in any of the events
which unfolded there. Another one can be the anti-Sikh conflict, which began
just after Mrs.Indira- Gandhi’s assassination by her bodyguards who were Sikhs. Just because of two Sikhs, the
entire Sikh community had to face a genocide. How outrageous! We are now in
2017. Instead of being progressive, we are being regressive because of these unending
tribulations. No country in this world
has got a diversity in culture, community and religion like us. Isn’t that a
fascinating fact to have our chests swollen with pride?
Yet, there are some
extremist groups in our country who put their interests before our nation’s.
Despite these
problems , steadily our country is entering into a new era and is trying to
come out of this vicious cycle of riots and communal conflicts. For instance, in
the poll bound district of Muzaffarnagar in March 2017, every citizen has unanimously agreed that they wish to forget about those riots and move on. They
even hope that in the future they do not have to witness such riots. Yet, I
believe that Illiteracy and political intervention is a problem which also is a
battle we need to fight against. It has been years now, since our country is
being ruled by fat-cat politicians, who are eating away our wealth. To top it
all, the folks living in the country side, who are mostly illiterates are the
greatest patrons of these bureaucrats. It is claimed that most of the problems
in India takes place because of these corrupt politicians. Take the example of
the Babri Majid demolitions, which had its triggers felt till Mumbai ,
Bangladesh and had more than a thousand killed and shattered. Although the
comman man had to bear all the sufferings, there were a few bureaucrats who had
planned this demolition very well in advance.
Its gut-wrenching to see that these corrupt officials and the same problem of illiteracy ravages our country and is spreading its roots at a faster pace and with a faster reach. This is a problem which rears its ugly head occasionally like a disease, gripping the nation with tentacles spread in the pysche. In a nutshell, I pen down this article on behalf of the youth of this nation to just wish that one day we all stand united, keep aside our tribulations and give rise to a country which upholds the virtues of peace, open-mindedness as well as respects every culture, community, individual and caste with open arms.
Its gut-wrenching to see that these corrupt officials and the same problem of illiteracy ravages our country and is spreading its roots at a faster pace and with a faster reach. This is a problem which rears its ugly head occasionally like a disease, gripping the nation with tentacles spread in the pysche. In a nutshell, I pen down this article on behalf of the youth of this nation to just wish that one day we all stand united, keep aside our tribulations and give rise to a country which upholds the virtues of peace, open-mindedness as well as respects every culture, community, individual and caste with open arms.
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