--- On Fri, 3/27/09, Samir Kelekar <[email protected]> wrote: > > May be we have very fundamental differences. Let us come to > basic definitions. What is your definition of communalism ? >
Communalism means "Strong devotion to the interests of one's own minority or ethnic group rather than those of society as a whole." Please see: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/communalism > > Ex 1) > Gather a bunch of Hindu kids and tell them stories of how > other Hindus burnt churches. > > Is this according to you communalism ? > This would be not only be communal, but would amount to incitement of hatred against another religious community. > > Ex 2) > Were Gujarat murders communal murders or something else ? > They amounted to a communal genocide by Hindu extremists. > > Ex 3) > Were Orissa riots communal or something else ? > They were communal riots triggered by the murder of a Hindu swami and his associates by Maoist extremists and local criminals. Cheers, Santosh
