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The Way to Communal Harmony
is a compilation of Gandhi's reflections on certain problems which divide mankind. Though
they deal immediately with India, their validity extends beyond the circumstances of our
country. Everywhere in the world, individuals and groups are divided because of fear,
suspicion and hatred. It depends on local conditions whether the division expresses itself
along religious, economic, political, caste or colour lines. Whatever be the form,
insecurity is perhaps the major cause of individual and social dissensions. A person who.
is integrated and sure of himself fears none and consequently provokes no fear. We have
occasional examples of such heroic individuals, but we have not till now had instances, of
societies or communities that are fully integrated and therefore fearless. |
The theme 'of Gandhi's teachings is that the
individual must rise above fear, jealousy and hate. When such individuals combine
themselves into a community, the problem of communal jealousy and discord will disappear.
[ From the Foreword by Human Kabir ] |
CONTENTS
FOREWORD (By Prof. Humayun Kabir)
INTRODUCTION (By Dr. Rajendra Prasad)
EDITOR'S NOTE
I. APPROACH TO COMMUNAL UNITY
1. EARLY BACKGROUND 2. CHARACTER OF COMMUNAL UNITY 3.
HINDU-MUSLIM UNITY 4. EQUAL SERVANT OF ALL 5. COMMUNALISM
II ACHIEVEMENT OF COMMUNAL LU41TY
1. COMMON INTERESTS 2. ARBITRATION: KEY TO SOLUTIION 3.
MUTUAL TOLERANCE 4. THE UNITARY METHOD 5. PACTS 6. INTERDINING AND
INTERMARRIAGE 7. ONENESS OF COSTUME. 8. THE VOW OF UNITY 9. THE
MEANING OF UNITY 10. WORK FOR UNITY
III. RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNAL PROBLEM
1. RELIGION AND COMMUNAL UNITY 2. HINDUISM AND THE COMMUNAL
PROBLEM 3. ISLAM AND THE COMMUNAL PROBLEM. 4. CONVERSION 5. THE
SCRIPTURES 6. TEMPLES AND MOSQUES 7. 'MUSIC BEFORE MOSQUES, 8.
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER 9. COW-SLAUGHTER AND COW-PROTECTION 10. UNTOUCHABILITY
AND CASTE 11. COMMUNAL SLOGANS
IV. PROBLEM OF MINORITIES
1. MUSLIMS A MINORITY? 2. THE CONGRESS AND THE MINORITY
PROBLEM. 3. THE CONGRESS AND THE MUSLIMS 4. THE SIKHS 5. COMMUNAL
SETTLEMENT AND SWARAJ 6. SEPARATE ELECTORATES
V. COMMUNAL DISTURBANCES
1. TRAGEDY OF RIOTS 2. RIOTS AND INDEPENDENCE 3.
PARTITION MOTS
VI. THE CAUSES OF COMMUNAL RIOTS
1. SPECIFIC CAUSES 2. PSYCHOLOGY OF FEAR 3. DISTRUST 4.
TIREDNESS OF NON-VIOLENCE 5. PROPAGANDA OF VILIFICATION 6. THE THIRD PARTY
VII. SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF COMMUNAL RIOTS
1. THE GOONDAS AND RIOTS 2. COMMUNAL CRIME AND TRUTH 3.
CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN 4. RESTORATION OF PEACE
VIII. PERSONAL REACTION TO COMMUNAL RIOTS
1. RELIGION AND RIOTS 2. FASTS FOR COMMUNAL PEACE 3.
DESIRE TO LIVE FOR 125 YEARS 4. READINESS FOR MARTYRDOM
IX. NON-VIOLENT APPROACH TO COMMUNAL UNITY AND PEACE
1. UNITY THROUGH NON-VIOLENCE 2. SELF-DEFENCE : THE VIOLENT
WAY 3. SELF-DEFENCE : THE NON-VIOLENT WAY 4. USE OF THE MILITARY AND TIM
POLICE 5. THE WAY OF NON-RETALIATION 6. NON-VIOLENCE OF THE BRAVE 7.
MARTYRDOM DURING RIOTS 8. PEACE BRIGADES 9. DUTY OF A SATYAGRAHI
X. PARTITION AND PAKISTAN
1. THE RELIGIOUS BASIS OF PARTITION 2. THE 'TWO-NATION' THEORY
3. THE DEMAND FOR PAKISTAN 4. THE SETTING-UP OF PAKISTAN 5. PARTITION
OF BENGAL AND THE PUNJAB 6. FRONTIER PROVINCE 7. PAKISTAN ESTABLISHED 8.
THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION 9. THE REFUGEE PROBLEM
XI. INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
1. TREATMENT OF MINORITIES 2. NON-MUSLIM MINORITIES IN
PAKISTAN 3. MUSLIM MINORITY IN INDIA 4. POST-PARTITION RELATIONS
XII. COMMUNAL RELATIONS IN FREE INDIA
1. THE COMING OF INDEPENDENCE 2. RESORT TO FORCE 3.
EQUALITY OF ALL 4. SOCIALISTIC EQUALITY 5. FRANCHISE 6. USE OF
MILITARY IN CIVIL DISTURBANCES 7. CONDUCT OF THE MAJORITY 8. STATUS OF
MUSLIM MINORITY 9. THE TWO SCRIPTS 10. POLITICAL PARTIES 11. SECULAR
STATE 12. RELIGION AND NATIONALISM 13. RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS 14.
MINORITIES IN THE SERVICES, 15. SEPARATISM 16. SYNTHESIS OF CULTURE 17.
COMMUNAL LIFE IN VILLAGES 18. 'INDIA OF MY DREAMS'
SOURCES
NOTES
GLOSSARY
INDEX
[ TOP ]
[ ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS ] [ ASHRAM OBSERVANCE IN ACTION ] [ DIET AND DIET REFORM ] [ GANDHI FACES THE STORM ]
[ GANDHI WIELDS THE WEPON OF MORAL POWER ] [ GANDHIJI EXPECTS ] [ HIND SWARAJ OR INDIAN HOME RULE ] [ INDIA OF MY DREAMS ]
[ INDUSTRIAL AND AGRARIAN LIFE AND RELATIONS ] [
KEY TO HEALTH ] [ MOHAN-MALA ] [ MY
RELIGION ] [ NATURE CURE ] [ PATHWAY TO GOD ] [ PRAYER
]
[ SATYAGRAHA IN SOUTH AFRICA ]
[ SELECTIONS FROM GANDHI ] [ SELF-RESTRAINT v. SELF-INDULGENCE ] [ THE ESSENCE OF HINDUISM ]
[ THE GOSPEL OF SELFLESS ACTION OR THE GITA ACCORDING TO
GANDHI ] [ THE LAW AND THE
LAYERS ] [ THE MIND OF MAHATMA GANDHI ]
[ THE WAY TO COMMUNAL HARMONY ] [ TOWARDS NEW EDUCATION ] [ TRUTH IS GOD ] [ VILLAGE
SWARAJ ] [ GANDHI ] [ GANDHI IN ANECDOTES ]
[ THE SPIRITUAL BASIS OF SATYAGRAHA ] [ ‘‘GOING TO WIPE THEIR TEARS’’ ]