Chapter 2
Understanding Secularism
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Exercises
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1. List the different types of religious practice that you find in you neighbourhood. This could be different forms of prayer, worship of different gods, sacred sites, different king of religious music and singing etc. Does this indicate freedom of religious practice?
ā§§/ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāĻā§°-āĻুāĻŦুā§°ীāϝ়াāϤ āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨাā§° āϤাāϞিāĻা āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āĻā§°āĻ। āĻāĻāĻো āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা, āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĻেā§ąāϤাā§° āĻĒূāĻা, āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāύ, āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏংāĻীāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϝ়āĻীā§° āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ ā§°āĻা āĻāĻĻি।āĻ āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏাāϧāύাā§° āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাā§° āĻংāĻিāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়েāύে?
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2. Will the government intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practice infanticide? Give reasons for your answer.
⧍/ āĻোāύোāĻŦা āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻোāĻে āϝāĻĻি āĻāϝ় āϝে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āϧ⧰্āĻŽāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻāĻ āĻļিāĻļুāĻšāϤ্āϝা āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϤেāύ্āϤে āĻā§°āĻাā§°ে āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āĻā§°িāĻŦāύে? āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰⧰ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ।
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3. Complete the following table:
ā§Š) āϤāϞ⧰ āϤাāϞিāĻাāĻāύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ:
Objective (āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ) | Why is this important? (āĻāĻāĻো āĻিāϝ় āĻুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ?) | Example of a violation of this objective (āĻāĻ āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āĻāϞংāĻাā§° āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ) |
One religious community does not dominate another. āĻāĻা āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāϝ়ে āĻāύ āĻāĻাāĻ āĻāϧিāĻĒāϤ্āϝ āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাā§° āύāĻā§°ে। |
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The State does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the religious freedom of individuals. ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°āĻ āĻোāύো āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϧ⧰্āĻŽ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§ āύāĻā§°ে āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিā§° āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻাāĻĸ়ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে। |
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That some members do not dominate other members of the same religious community. āϝে āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻেāĻা āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻŽাāĻā§° āĻāύ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāĻ āĻāϧিāĻĒāϤ্āϝ āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাā§° āύāĻā§°ে। |
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4, Look up the annual calendar of your school. How many pertain to different religions? What does this indicate?
ā§Ē, āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ āĻেāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°āĻāύ āĻাāĻāĻ। āĻিāĻŽাāύāĻা āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āϧ⧰্āĻŽā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĄ়িāϤ? āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻি āĻŦুāĻা āϝাāϝ়?
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5. Find out some examples of different views within the same religion.
ā§Ģ) āĻāĻেāĻা āϧ⧰্āĻŽā§° āĻিāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦিāĻিāύ্āύ āĻĻৃāώ্āĻিāĻংāĻীā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻāϞিāϝ়াāĻāĻ।
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6. The Indian State both keeps away from religion as well as intervenes in religion. This idea can be quite confusing. Discuss this once again in class using examples the chapter as well as those that you might have come up with.
ā§Ŧ) āĻাā§°āϤীāϝ় ā§°াāώ্āĻ্ā§°āĻ āϧ⧰্āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻঁāϤ⧰ি āĻĨāĻাā§° āϞāĻāϤে āϧ⧰্āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ্āώেāĻĒ āĻā§°ে āĻĻুāϝ়োāĻা। āĻāĻ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāĻো āϝāĻĨেāώ্āĻ āĻŦিāĻ্ā§°াāύ্āϤিāĻā§° āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻāĻ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻৌ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āĻāϞোāĻāύা āĻā§°āĻ āĻāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°ি āĻ āϧ্āϝাāϝ়āĻোā§° āϞāĻāϤে āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻাāĻŦিāĻে।
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7. This poster alongside highlights the need for 'Peace'. It says, ''Peace is a never-ending process....It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests.'' write in your own words what you thing the above sentences are trying religious tolerance?
ā§/ āĻāĻ āĻĒোāώ্āĻাā§°āĻāύ⧰ āĻাāώāϤে 'āĻļাāύ্āϤি'ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāĻāύীāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāϞোāĻāĻĒাāϤ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻে। āĻāϝ়াāϤ āϞিāĻা āĻāĻে, ''āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻāĻা āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻļেāώ āύāĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ্ā§°িāϝ়া....āĻ āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ্āϝāĻ āĻāĻāĻাāĻŖ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে āĻŦা āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻāĻŽৈāĻšāϤীāϝ়া āϏ্āĻŦাā§°্āĻĨāĻ āĻ ā§ąāĻ্āĻা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।'' āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻাāώাāϤ āϞিāĻāĻ āĻāĻĒā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻ্āϝāĻŦোā§°ে āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞāϤাā§° āĻেāώ্āĻা āĻā§°ি āĻĨāĻা āĻāĻĨাāĻো āĻāĻĒুāύি āĻি?
This chapter had three drawing on religious tolerance make by students of your age. Design you own poster on religious tolerance for your peers.
āĻāĻ āĻ āϧ্āϝাāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāϝ়āϏ⧰ āĻাāϤ্ā§°-āĻাāϤ্ā§°ীāϏāĻāϞে āĻā§°া āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞāϤাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āϤিāύিāĻা āĻঁāĻিāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āϏāĻŽāύীāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞāϤাā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻāĻĒোāύাā§° āύিāĻā§° āĻĒোāώ্āĻাā§° āĻĄিāĻাāĻāύ āĻā§°āĻ।
Type: Priyam Jyoti Patar