Mention the difference in share of cultural minorities in total

What comment will you make on a paragraph extracted from "Rabindra Nath Tagore's book "On Nationalism" in NCERT text book?


It explains how the political system in a nation tries to generate hate and contempt in all innocent heads and hearts of its school-going kids through study-material, electronic and post media, posters, banners, slogans and wrench and twists in histories of other countries in the world. NCERT refers it as an exclusive or radical nationalism and wants to suggest that such tactics should be avoided at all levels of administration and in families too. In an apt way, it has been explained that no individuals should think for a moment that the hurt you inflict upon other races will not inject you or that the enmities you show around your homes will be a web of protection to you for all time to come. We would like to make the following comments upon this paragraph—

(i) It is panacea to all kinds of malaises that culminates in psycho-somatic, somatic (i.e. physical) and neurological disorders viz. mania, fobias, hysteria etc.

(ii) If understood properly, it would reduce the personality of emotional outburst at home, school/colleges, offices within communities and the communal riots and other disturbances in the country. Moreover, wars between nations can also be avoided.

(iii) It advocates cosmos-conscience, the most needed essence for cosmopolitan (global-citizen) in this phase of liberalisation and globalisation.

(iv) It condemns the westernization of society in which all such tactics in the name of exclusive nationalism are adopted ab-initio (e.g. the education imparted by the French in Vietnam at Tokin Free School started in 1907 CE).

(v) It carries the mastership of आत्मवत् सर्वभूतेष (All organisms are as myself) आत्मानि प्रतिकूलानि परेषां समाद्यरेत (Don't practice upon others what you consider as not good for you)

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Mention the difference in share of cultural minorities in total population of India and that in states.


Following data available from 2001 census reveals the relative difference in share of cultural minorities in the total population of India and in states—

(a) Share of cultural minorities in total population of the country—

(i) Hindus—80.5% i.e. 828 millions —the majority

(ii) Muslims—13.4% i.e. 138 millions

(iii) Christians—2.3% i.e. 24 millions

(iv) Sikhs—1.9% i.e. 19 million

(v) Buddhists—0.8% i.e. 8 millions

(vi) Jains—0.4% i.e. 4 million

(vii) Other religions and sects—0.7% i.e. 7 millions.

(Total Population = 1028 million)

(b) State-wise share in population

(i) Muslism — majority in Jammu and Kashmir. A quite good share in the population of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

(ii) Christians — Majority in Nagaland (90%), Mizoram (97%) and Meghalaya (70%). Their's sizable share in Goa (27%) and Kerala (19%).

(iii) Sikhs — Majority in Punjab (60%) and Scattered across the country.

(iv) Buddhists — Sikkim (28%), Arunachal Pradesh (13%), Maharashtra (6%)

(v) Jains — Maharashtra (1.3%), Rajasthan (12%) and Gujarat (1%)

Conclusion : As Hindus are scaterred in a number of sects, sub-groups, castes and sub-caste, they cannot be treated as majority while Muslisms are actually in majority. This is the reason, honorable Supreme Court has recently disclosed this fact and ordered not to treat them as unprivileged minority.

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What ground affirms the plea that a strong and united nation can be built only when cultural diversity receives proper protection?


It's the formation of Bangladesh in 1971. Had Pakistan given care and protection to the cultural and linguistic rights of the people in eastern part of it, they shall have not demanded a separate nation-state that was taken-over after war in which several thousand people were killed and a number of injured including irreparable loss of public property.

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The text book bears a sentence— “The resurgence and newly acquired political power of the Hindu communalists has added a further diversion of complexity”—Are you agree to accept its implication?


So far as my ascriptive identity and acquired traits as also perusal of scriptures are concerned, I think the "Hindu" term has been used for all individuals, irrespective of their caste, hierarchy, beliefs and even stereotypes; living in Hindustan. In Vedas, it is Sanatan Dharma (cosmos conscience or an everlasing realisation) which has no visible identity. It dwells in the hearts of all whosoever wants living manly and "me living" (Aham Brahmasmi, i.e. I'm the divine flame). Actually, Gandhism" defines the relationship of Sanatan Dharm with the politics. The exponent of this religion (‘ism' modern language), Gandhi has stated—" we have to make truth, non-violence a matter not merely for individual practice but for groups, communities and nation.

Conclusion : As NCERT has done research on the events, incidents, hotch-potch in society and felt resurgence of Hindu communalists by virtue of recently acquired political power, this sentence would give a message to Hindus for introspection and avoid misusing their political power in fanaticism, chauvinism, manifested and recorded by our learned sociologists during their research. They should understand secularism in its dual form i.e. in principle and in practice—both distinct and adding a further dimension of complexity.

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Whether you think Hindus as communalists?


In the present hotch-potch of communalisation, coalition, number game in elections, polluted human-minds because of globalisation, misuse of knowledge on world history, open field in Indian Constitution to amend, play wrench and torts Each individual of India has become simultaneously communalist, secularist, terrorists extortionist, perjurer and propagandist. Besides loss of ascriptive identity, the acquired identities have also been intermingled. In such a cloudy weather, it cannot be told which community is communalist or which is not. Goswami Tubsidas has quoted following lines that represent a correct reply to this question—

हरित भूमि तृण संकुलित, समुझि करे नहिं पंथ।
जिमि पाखंड विवाद से, लुप्त भये सद्ग्रंथ।

(viz. grass has grown so dense as it has covered the path and it is difficult to trace. Akin to it, the sparks (volume) of conscience keep them aloof when passionate or futile discussion and debates are favoured by the rabbles.

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