Explain the following concepts in your
own words. ocinto
(1) Communalism (2) Regionalism
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1)i.Communalism emerges out of narrow religious pride and is a serious threat to any country.
ii.Though people of different religions live in a country yet being duly proud of their own religion, if this pride becomes excessive it turns into bigotry.
iii.This can make people of one religion consider themselves superior to those of other religions. This further gives rise to religious fanaticism which is the base of communalism.
iv. Communalism leads to riots and loss of lives and public property.
2)i.Regionalism means having excessive pride about one's region.
ii. Considering one region superior or inferior than other regions, is called as excessive regional pride.
iii. Regionalism majorlybthrives on regional imbalance in development.
iv. People from the economically backward states are harassed by the lack of education , backwardness, unemployment, poverty, etc.
v. Further, the people of developed states begin to believe that they are superior . On the other hand, the people from undeveloped regions unnecessarily start glorifying their local traditions and culture to prove their uniqueness.
vi. It endangers the unity of the nation.