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The Dangers of Communalism

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by Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar

Is the division of people into castes and communities natural balkanisation or artificial balkanisation? Natural balkanisation is just like one cell becoming two. Artificial fissiparous tendencies are unnatural. So is the division of people into castes and communities a process of natural balkanisation or artificial fissiparous tendencies?

Amongst the inimical forces, there are certain parties which are goaded by certain forces, by the spirit of certain fissiparous tendencies, and there are also some persons goaded by these fissiparous forces. How can this problem be solved? How can we check these belligerent parties from implementing their outdated ideas, which may cause the physical disintegration of the country? What should be done? What should be our short term and the long term policy? The approach should be both physical and psychic. Will simply economic theory do or is something more required? Education is a long term programme. What should be done immediately in the physical and psychic realms? The country is passing through a critical juncture, so you should be well educated.

I Salute You, Geetaben, From the Bottom of My Heart

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Source: Times of India, 19 April 2002

By Siddharth Varaddarajan

Editor’s note: This article, while published in April 2002 in the Times of India, should be required reading even today, to help every Indian citizen understand the dangers of communalism as propagated in India by the BJP and its branches. In the words of Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar:

“When people’s ideas are so fixed that they will not entertain any discussion or argument, it is called ‘fanaticism.’ It is said that religion is a question of faith, not logic. In India there are many religious fanatics. Due to religious fanaticism and bigotry, there have been innumerable violent clashes in the past….These fanatics never bother to listen to the beliefs of others, and moreover for them it is a sin to listen to others. In one sense they are worse than animals, because animals do not harbor any communal feeling.”
(May, 1970, from “How to Unite Human Society,” Prout in a Nutshell, Part 21.)

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