The Hindutva Movement: A Struggle Towards a “Hindu Secular India”

Muslims feared that if Hindus acquired the party, they would be inclined to hire only Hindus for governmental jobs like policeman. This meant they would also control the

(Document 5) This shows that even though Britain gave education to Indians they only gave it to who could afford it and hardly anyone could. Lalvani claims that over the 200 year span of British imperialism, India’s religions felt safer and less discriminated against. ( According to Dr.Lalvani) Although the British thought this was true it actually was not. Christians were mocking and discriminating against Muslims and Hindus. (Gandhi) Similarly Hinduism believes in nonviolence so when the protest at Amritsar took place the Indians were brutally slaughtered while being unarmed. (Gandhi) Because of their non-violence beliefs the Hindus had no defense and were killed by what they thought was their

q. This shows that Nationalism still plays a large role in keeping India together, regardless of their diverse religious identities. Secularism

"Courage isn't an absence of fear. It's doing what you are afraid to do. It's having the power to let go of the familiar and forge ahead into new territory." ~John Maxwell. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout (Jean Louise Finch), Jem (Jeremy Atticus Finch), and Atticus Finch display acts of valor that contribute, and in some cases encourage their rectitude. Harper Lee demonstrates that acting courageously can lead to an improved, sustained, or newly developed personal integrity.

They simply declared that a Pakistani terrorist group organized the Parliament Attack. It is the author’s belief that India was willing to declare war against Pakistan in order to divert attention from Kashmir. The only party to benefit from a war between India and Pakistan would be arms dealers. It would not stop the terrorist (as we have learned from Afghanistan) and it would just cause would just result in loss of life and providing arms dealers with huge profits. As all of this is happening, the Indian economy is starting to go into a panic. The middle class has started to take notice and they can’t be silenced so

Who was Queen Victoria and what impact did she make? Queen Victoria took the British throne at a young age, she was only a teenager. She became the first british monarch only at the age of 18. She may have been young but she had great intelligence that's the reason she took the throne of the world's mightiest empires. Queen Victoria was the longest-reigning British monarch, ruling the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for 64 years.

In 1940 the all-Indian Muslim league declared its desire for a 'Pakistan' meaning 'land of the pure' under the confederation of an all Hindu state called 'Hindustan' or the 'land of the Hindus'. however a 'Pakistan' under the Indian rule seemed impossible, and

Disputes over land seem to be a catalyst for almost every hostility and war since the dawn of time. The addition of politics and religion into the matter only serves to aggravate an already tense situation. Kashmir knows this all too well. The conflict between Hindus and Muslims seems to be an ever reoccurring battle. This is also evidenced in population battles. Hindus make up the social majority of the population of India by almost eighty percent. Feelings of tension and uneasiness are a natural reaction to being dominated by a majority and are a problem unto itself.

“India has never been a symbol of unity of Hindu-Muslim civilization. It is not possible for the British Government to create homogeneity between Hindu and Muslim culture and civilization as the two systems are distinctively opposed to each other. There is no way other than the partition of India”

This French article discusses the current cultural and religious conflict in India. The author cites various individuals who argue that Muslims are purposely blamed for violence that affects both communities. As well, it stresses that the government is lacking actions in order to resolve the conflict. This article applies to psychology.

Hinduism is a religion that is difficult to define. No one can say who the founder is, or connect it to a certain place or time. So in order to understand Hinduism, we follow a coherent set of assumptions upon which people base their lives; otherwise defined as the Indian Worldview.

In a world where the news is always about corrupting education, poverty and increasing violence, religious discrimination is the man behind the curtain. As an ancient issue accompanying mankind, religious discrimination has driven humans to commit many wrongful sins. With differences, come conflicts. The difference in people’s religion has The book, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, displays the issue of religious discrimination as a main conflict throughout the whole book. Hazaras, Shi’a Muslims are often oppressed by the Pashtuns which are Sunni Muslim. They use the Hazaras as slaves and later on, even mass murdered them. However, in today’s society, religious discrimination is still not rare among people and it is causing unnecessary harm to the society. To prevent further damage, religious tolerance must be built as religious discrimination worsen the education condition for students, brings huge economic loss through conflicts, and takes away countless innocent lives. That way, people can save their energy and progress as one.

To Rani, ‘people dying here, others dying there’ (cited in Butalia, 2000, p.268) was something that happened every day, it was no surprise to her. Thus, Rani’s cynical view about the future of India and Pakistan was conceivably drawn from memories of witnessing horrendous fights and strife throughout her whole life (cited in Butalia, 2000, p.268).

The extreme case of communal riots in India took place on 27 February, 2002. The abuse of human rights started when in Sabarmati Express; one coach of Hindus who were on pilgrimage was burned at the Godhra station in which Muslims were considered as mastermind behind this action. The next day the Muslims community was targeted and huge killing took place. The organizations like Rashtriya SwayamSevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad were involved in these riots. Many Masjids were destroyed, Muslim women were raped, their shops were looted. The State Government and police failed to stop the communal violence instead they helped the communal forces in locating Muslims by giving voters list and other documents for identification.

In my paper, the audience that I am targeting would be government officials, and society. I would like for the government officials who vote to choose which laws get passed and which ones don’t to really take into consideration the reasons why the death penalty is not necessary. I would also like to target society because if it becomes a very pressing issue, the government has to listen eventually. The death penalty is not something that should be taken lightly because of how fragile human life is. It can be taken in a moment’s notice, and once it’s gone, there is no bringing it back. These two audiences are very appropriate to my topic because these are the groups of people who have the power to make a change within the judicial