♠️Intolerance in India✡️
Written by - not-so-subtle
“I shall call you religious from the day you begin to see God in men and women” -Swami Vivekananda.
Through history the idea of tolerance has been supporting pillar in India, since, beginning.
Tolerance can be referred to as border separating acceptance and non-acceptance. It means respecting the culture, ideas beliefs and practices that oppose one's own. Letting thoughts and ideas to exist without accepting them.
Since the beginning of Indian civilisation different religion has been co- existing here without any antagonism.
But for past few years india have seen many riots on the ground of religion difference or political difference.
This intolerance has not only caused a drift, but also has put certain religion or groups in negative light causing a rise in hate or phobia against those religions.
The violence stemming from intolerance create fear in the minds of millions of others. Add to the ever-eager media houses in India, this fear spread faster than ever before.
There always seem impatience for anything we cannot agree with. Movies, books, satire an alternative identity or different political view. But when this general Impatience cause a mass drift among people Based on religion, political views, rituals that cause intolerance towards group who do not decipher with our norms, customs and religion.
It seems many Indians among us have a hard time behaving in civil manner.
It is almost culturally acceptable to be ill-mannered when you are upset with someone's point of view which needs to change. Too bad if you don’t like something, but you can’t let go of civil behaviour.
The fact that we blare horns continuously in traffic shows where we are now as a society or the fact that one tweet can lead to crude and insensitive comments or voicing your opinion on social media will end up you getting threats.
Now even the stand-up comedians like Munawar faruqui are facing the intensity of this intolerance this has not only caused conflicts but has also cost us the freedom of speech.
Freedom of expression will remain in shackles unless all groups accept that people can have different opinions and beliefs in a free country.
The evils of intolerance give rise to the high level of hate crimes and discrimination in society.
It does not allow people to live with equality, non-discrimination, freedom or other social rights.
India ranks 42nd among 198 countries in terms of government restriction on religion. The main cause of rising intolerance:-
Political:- one of the major reason for conflicts among people are political leader who for their own benefit use religion and belief of people to manipulate them. Brainwashing tempering facts and situations for their own profit has created mass killings in the past and will spread in the future too if we don't watch out for vulture kind politicians who feast on innocent people lives for their agenda.
Economical:- money in its self is an own religion. The gaps that have been created by political leaders among rich and poor have become so vast rich are becoming more rich and poor are becoming poorer and have created problem in bridging this gap.
Scriptures:- these are religious text or any written material, and when these scriptures are wrongly interpreted or shown in the negative light it creates agitation and hurt their sentiments.
The religious intolerance which has been ingrained deeply in people should be removed for the harmony of the society.
It leads to the destruction of society as one when its own people are fighting on religions ground.
The government should do the favour and create awareness between the people regarding religious intolerance through awareness programs.When religious tolerance is practised, unity and consistency exist in society.
As a society every community has to compromise and Compromisation occurs when people promote tolerance through several talks.
Interacting with inter-culture or group contacts with openness creates personal experiences, and thus, open the gate of understanding.
Communication in today's world is most effective in spreading positivity, and it's effectively negotiating mechanism which help in eradicating Intolerance, allowing people to express their interests and needs.
Intolerance is perpetuated between individuals through media houses, and this can change when these media houses start playing their roles in promoting understanding, tolerance, and anything that is culturally sensitive.
In a society Education has always played important role in fighting against the evils of the society to promote peaceful co-existence and endurance in the nation, culture, or community.
In short, one should always follow this motto " Live and let live " and promote empathy and atmosphere of tolerance where people willingly interact with other groups to understand their stand on an issue.
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May 9, 2021 (Sunday)
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