JPCEC - Seminar

Pluralism and Its Significance in

National Integrity

Mentors

Presented By

Mr. Akshay Patil

Ms. Divya Biyani

Mr.Kshitij Tawarej

Mr.Pradipkumar Hinge

Mr. Sathyanarayan
Manghat

Scope

Definition and Shades of Pluralism

What It Is Not

Understanding Multiculturalism

The Inconvenient Truth

National Integrity and Approaches

Tribal Autonomy and National Integration

India and Pluralism

Way Ahead

Pluralism

Definition

Shades of Pluralism

Cultural Pluralism / Multiculturalism

Legal Pluralism

Religious Pluralism

Structural Pluralism

Linguistic Pluralism

What It Is Not Diana Eck

Pluralism Vs Diversity

Pluralism Vs Tolerance
e.g. Inter-caste Marriage and Class

Pluralism Vs Relativism
e.g.Rural Youth Vs City-bred Youth

Pluralism And Dialogue

Commitment to being at the table though with profound

differences

Understanding Multiculturalism
Culture - vision of good life

Human beings vis-a-vis Culture

- capable of critical evaluation
- can overcome some but not all influences

Significance of The Other

Partial Truth-50%

Internal Plurality -25% of 50%

e.g. Sambar

The Inconvenient Truth (1/2)

Anti-immigration Issues

Europe Trend after 9/11

Linguism

Multiculturalism is a failed concept

Crimea and Eastern Ukraine States Referendum

demand
Sri Lanka and 13-Plus

Regionalism

Telangana and Catalonia Issue

The Inconvenient Truth (2/2)

Nigerian Conundrum

Economical prosperity

Ethnic Conflicts to Boko Haram

Fundamental Revivalism

Religious Intolerance : Charlie Hebdo

Satire or Ridicule

Solidarity with Cause vs Way of Oppression

Bipolar World : Christianity Vs Islam

On a lighter note

National Integrity

Integrity Vs Unity

North East - Nido Tania

Approaches

Isolationism / Status Quo

Assimilation

National Park theory

Apartheid
Melting Pot
Voluntary And Forced

Integration

Salad Bowl
Hyphenated identity

Tribal Autonomy And National

Integration

Merits and Demerits of Approaches

Isolationism

- No Inter-Cultural

Assimilation

Preserves Cultures - Jarava

Dialogue -National Park

Homogeneity and Peace - No Reciprocity , Parochial

Integration

True Dialogue

-Arduous Process

India And Pluralism

India Neither completely Assimilated nor
completely Integrated but it is the best the world
can have right now

Why so ?

Jan gan man and Vande mataram debate

National Language

Affirmative action : Reservation Policy (Article

15(4), 16(4)) , religious freedom (Article 25)

National Housing Policy Prevents Ghettoisation

Low ISIS recruitment

The Dividend of Multiple Identities

Connecting People