Communalism and casteism. Which one is more dangerous? Ask the politicians and their answer would definitely be the former i.e. communalism. I personally feel that communalism is not so dangerous as casteism is. My personal assessment is that communalism divides the Indian society in few parts but casteism divides it in hundred parts. It is easy to fight communalism. On the other hand, it is very difficult to fight communalism. No one can talk of communalism. There is no bar on caste and one can boastfully claim that he is Jaat, Gujjar, Yadav, Thakur, Brahmin and so on. Forming organisation on the basis of religion is bad but doing so on the basis of caste is not bad or not so bad. Any organisation having the word, Hindu, Muslim, Christian etc. in its name is generally abhorred but no eyebrows are raised if an organisation is formed on the basis of caste such Kshatriya Samaj, Brahmin Samaj, Tyagi Samaj, Aggrawal Samaj, Jaat Samaj. Gujjar Samaj, Balmiki Samaj etc. In my opinion mushrooming growth of such Samajs are more dangerous for the society. If it is not checked, intracaste rivalry would take place and sporadic communal clashes would be replaced by hundred clashes of same magnitude. So let us wake up and fight vigorously this trend.
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