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Community Development Journal Advance Access published online on June 2, 2009
Community Development Journal, doi:10.1093/cdj/bsp022
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Community organization in split societies

Manoj Jha

Address for correspondence: Dr. Manoj Kumar Jha, Reader, Department of Social Work, University of Delhi, 3, University Road, New Delhi 110007, India; email: manojmeeta{at}gmail.com, mkjha{at}socialwork.du.ac.in.

Contemporary discussion on inter-community relations in India can never be comprehensive without taking certain landmarks, seen through momentous ruptures in the forms and nature of dialogue between communities. While there is ample historical evidence that the barbaric episodes of violence are not new, the communal divides visible in contemporary Indian society have been able to fan the emotions of a large section of the people in specific moments, and the implications of the same travel down to the everyday life of people. The premeditated demarcation of borders and boundaries between communities that was coincidental with the rise of the right-wing forces in Indian politics received fresh allies and social constituencies, and they have all gone in unison to produce insulting boundaries for others. In the wave of hate-mongering and spitting of venom, this article locates the challenge for community organization practices in enhancing the tapestry of plural living and tolerance in a democratic society.


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