Talk:Communalism (South Asia)

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Anyone has a clue how "communalism" came to have such a weirdly different meaning in South Asia? I vaguely remember there was something called a communal award -- proportionate representation in local selfgov't in the time of the Brit Empire - [communities included hindus, muslims, dalits et al] IIRC c. 1920? The Dalit leader Dr. Ambedkar also supported the award but was emotionally blackmailed out of it by Mr Mohandas Gandhi? 

If the word comes from above or relate events then it's kind of unfair, very unfair actually - I mean if ambedkar had not given in to gandhi he'd also be labelled "communalist" (in the South Asian sense) - so Affirmative Action is a Bad Thing here, eh? ['here'- 'cos I live in South Asia - in the belly of the local beast India, actually. Don't believe it? I am, yaar, living in, yaar, whatthefuckisyaar, yaar, and why the last 'r' in yaar is not pronounced? What it is? Is it actually 'yeah' - Ive seen people write it yeah or just 'ya' - where in india 'yaar' is pronounced with 're' silent? Tell,tell,ji! Is the grammar 'southasian'/'Indian' enough for you 'Indian english' freaks out there? You believe me now?]

So maybe the etym is unfair. (and confusing)

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 * I added a History section. Uday Reddy (talk) 22:06, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

list of movements
It should be noted that "communalism" does not equate militancy or violence. The organizations listed are "merely" partisan outfits that help creating the climate of mutual hatred that tends to erupt in "uncontrolled" outbreaks of mob violence and eventually organized militancy/terrorism. dab (𒁳) 10:12, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Why are Hindutva groups like RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena and other Sangh Parivar groups not listed under "Movemtns and Groups"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.101.80.131 (talk) 08:34, 3 May 2014 (UTC)


 * Added Hindu and Sikh groups. Uday Reddy (talk) 22:07, 16 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Re-added the Hindu groups which were removed for unknown reasons. Friendlyguy420 (talk) 22:15, 20 February 2019 (UTC)

Not just South Asia
This isn't purely a South Asian meaning of the term any more. It is now widely used in British politics. Try gooling communalist galloway 86.151.140.98 (talk) 16:17, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Sectarian?
How does it relate to sectarian violence? Zezen (talk) 09:51, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

Sectarian violence include other tribalistic violence like caste based, linguistic, tribal etc. Communalism is just one type of 'sect'. Rioter 1 (talk) 04:47, 21 February 2019 (UTC)