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Communal violence is one of the major reasons behind migration, leading to increase in ghettoism. This was emphasised by panelists who had gathered at the Phirozeshah Mehta Bhavan of University of Mumbai during the launch of the book Communal Violence, Forced Migration and the State: Gujarat since 2002 by Sanjeevani Lokhande on Wednesday. The panelists further said that the current government rather than addressing the issue was only encouraging it by not taking punitive action against trouble-makers who incite people into communal violence in the country. Ms Lokhande said during her doctoral research she found that human displacement was an insightful lens to view the inherent bias and disparity in society. “In a democracy, the migration of large swathes of population isn’t just an aberration. Apparently it has larger implications.” With reference to the Gujarat riots, she said that due to the way the tragedy was reported and viewed by the state, victims of the riots decided to migrate, which resulted in the rise of ghettos in Ahmedabad. “Such a phenomenon could have been avoided if the state played a proactive role in rehabilitating the riot-affected,” said Ms Lokhande who is also a professor in the civics and politics department of the MU. Senior journalist Kumar Ketkar, while speaking about the current scenario wherein communal violence was on the rise unabated, said, “We are sitting on the edge of a volcano. The migration crisis can erupt in violent outbreaks any moment in this country.” Dr Howard Spodeck, a professor at Temple University in United States, said, “The migrants often refuse to return to their homes, as they are afraid of their neighbours. Instead, they choose to live in ghettos and as a result, develop a very different world view.”
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communallisation, migration, ghettoisation, rehabilitation, government intervention, marginalisation, communal violence
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