what is communalism and regionalism
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Communalism- principle of political organization or allegiance to one's own ethnic group .
Regionalism- practice of regional rather than central systems of administration or economic, cultural or feature peculiar to a particular region
Communalism :
( 1 ) Fear , jealousy and hostility grows out of irrational notions and prejudices that the people of a particular community may harbour for other religious faiths .
( 2 ) A sense of superiority for one ' s own religion becomes inconsistent with ideals like unity and secularism .
( 3 ) Communalism can be described as lack of trust and belongingness among various religious communities of a nation .
( 4 ) People who have excessive pride in their own religion or ethnicity might disrespect or hurt the members of other communities . Hence , communalism is an anti - national ideology.
Regionalism :
( 1 ) Regionalism refers an over adherence to the language , culture , socio - political structures and economic growth of one ' s own region or territory which leads to a disregard for people of other regions .
( 2 ) It is grounded in the uneven industrial and infrastructural development of various regions of the same nation . For example , states like Maharashtra , Gujarat , Punjab and Tamil Nadu developed economically and industrially ; whereas states like Odisha , Bihar , Assam , remained undeveloped economically and industrially .
( 3 ) The disparity in availability of education , employment and other civic amenities between developed and backward regions of the country leads to regionalism .
( 4 ) The people of economically backward states often feel neglected and deprived , whereas the people of developed states might become narrow - minded and refuse to share the benefits of their development .