When Scripts of Nationalisms are not Celebrated: Scenario of Recent Violence in India Volume 2 - Issue 1

Thomas M John*

• formerly working as Assistant Professor at Allahabad Bible Seminary and served as Assistant Program Director of Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies New Delhi, India

Received: March 11, 2020   Published: May 19, 2020

Corresponding author: Thomas M John, Assistant Professor at Allahabad Bible Seminary and served as Assistant Program Director of Centre for Dalit and Minority Studies New Delhi, India, prasent live’s in USA

 

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Abstract

The recent violence between two communities which recently engulfed the capital city of India claimed nearly 50 lives being lost and several hundred being critically injured. In addition people suffered due to material losses and mental health traumas. We generally consider mob violence naturally erupts phenomena, therefore, no capital punishment for the rapist during violence in India. However, it is a serious symptom that when violence becomes part of a political and ideological script, then its implementation is a political must. We recently witnessed this political-ideological sanction that has been coupled with administrative judiciary impunity. This situation poses a question, why does our society fail to look beyond religious and ideological differences even though we claim to live in a democracy and we have a constitution that uphold rights and value? Why we failed to develop a mass-psyche that upholds humanity beyond differences? This question seeks to investigate an in-depth analysis of culture, economy and political nexus that stitch together the fabric of a nation.

Review| Ideological Struggle or Confusion to Perceive a Nation| Secular Nationalism, Composite culture (Secular Culture) and (Secular) Neo-liberal Economy| Religious Nationalism, (Hindu) Culture, Cultural- Neo-liberal Economy| Federal Nationalism, Cultural Federalism, Federal- Neo-Liberal Economy| Subaltern Nationalisms, Counter Cultures, Subaltern Economies| Concluding Remarks|