Chapter 2 

Understanding Secularism

āϧ⧰্āĻŽāύিā§°āĻĒেāĻ•্āώāϤাāĻŦাāĻĻ āĻŦুāϜা

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§§/ āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰-āϚুāĻŦুā§°ীāϝ়াāϤ āφāĻĒুāύি āĻĒোā§ąা āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨাā§° āϤাāϞিāĻ•া āĻĒ্ā§°āϏ্āϤুāϤ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻāχāϟো āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°্āĻĨāύা, āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻĻেā§ąāϤাā§° āĻĒূāϜা, āĻĒāĻŦিāϤ্ā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāύ, āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏংāĻ—ীāϤ āφ⧰ু āĻ—াāϝ়āĻ•ীā§° āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ ā§°āϜা āφāĻĻি।āχ āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏাāϧāύাā§° āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤাā§° āχংāĻ—িāϤ 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.

⧍/ āĻ•োāύোāĻŦা āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āĻ—োāϟে āϝāĻĻি āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāϕ⧰ āϧ⧰্āĻŽāχ āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•āĻ• āĻļিāĻļুāĻšāϤ্āϝা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāϝ়ে āϤেāύ্āϤে āϚ⧰āĻ•াā§°ে āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāύে? āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰⧰ āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•।

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3. Complete the following table:

ā§Š) āϤāϞ⧰ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāĻ–āύ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•:

 Objective (āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ)

Why is this important? 

(āĻāχāϟো āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ—ুā§°ুāϤ্āĻŦāĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ?)

Example of a violation of this objective 

(āĻāχ āωāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝ āωāϞংāϘাā§° āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ)

 One religious community does not dominate another.

āĻāϟা āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻাāϝ়ে āφāύ āĻāϟাāĻ• āφāϧিāĻĒāϤ্āϝ āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাā§° āύāϕ⧰ে।

 

 

 The State does not enforce any particular religion nor take away the religious freedom of individuals. 

ā§°াāώ্āϟ্ā§°āχ āĻ•োāύো āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āϧ⧰্āĻŽ āĻŦāϞāĻŦā§Ž āύāϕ⧰ে āĻŦা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ•্āϤিā§° āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏ্āĻŦাāϧীāύāϤা āĻ•াāĻĸ়ি āύিāĻĻিāϝ়ে।

 

 

 That some members do not dominate other members of the same religious community.

āϝে āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāχ āĻāĻ•েāϟা āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻŽাāϜ⧰ āφāύ āϏāĻĻāϏ্āϝāĻ• āφāϧিāĻĒāϤ্āϝ āĻŦিāϏ্āϤাā§° āύāϕ⧰ে।

 

 


4, Look up the annual calendar of your school. How many pertain to different religions? What does this indicate?

ā§Ē, āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻŦাā§°্āώিāĻ• āĻ•েāϞেāĻŖ্āĻĄাā§°āĻ–āύ āϚাāĻ“āĻ•। āĻ•িāĻŽাāύāϟা āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āϧ⧰্āĻŽā§° āϞāĻ—āϤ āϜāĻĄ়িāϤ? āχāϝ়াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻ•ি āĻŦুāϜা āϝাāϝ়?

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5. Find out some examples of different views within the same religion.

ā§Ģ) āĻāĻ•েāϟা āϧ⧰্āĻŽā§° āĻ­িāϤ⧰āϤ āĻŦিāĻ­িāύ্āύ āĻĻৃāώ্āϟিāĻ­ংāĻ—ীā§° āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻ“āĻ•।

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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§°াāώ্āϟ্ā§°āχ āϧ⧰্āĻŽā§° āĻĒā§°া āφঁāϤ⧰ি āĻĨāĻ•াā§° āϞāĻ—āϤে āϧ⧰্āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϏ্āϤāĻ•্āώেāĻĒ āϕ⧰ে āĻĻুāϝ়োāϟা। āĻāχ āϧাā§°āĻŖাāϟো āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āĻŦিāĻ­্ā§°াāύ্āϤিāϕ⧰ āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻāχ āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āφāĻ•ৌ āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ• āωāĻĻাāĻšā§°āĻŖ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰ি āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāϝ়āϟোā§° āϞāĻ—āϤে āϝিāĻŦোā§° āφāĻĒুāύি āĻšāϝ়āϤো āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›ে।

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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§­/ āĻāχ āĻĒোāώ্āϟাā§°āĻ–āύ⧰ āĻ•াāώāϤে 'āĻļাāύ্āϤি'ā§° āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ়āϤাā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āφāϞোāĻ•āĻĒাāϤ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āχāϝ়াāϤ āϞিāĻ–া āφāĻ›ে, ''āĻļাāύ্āϤি āĻāϟা āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻļেāώ āύāĻš'āĻŦ āĻĒā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়া....āχ āφāĻŽাā§° āĻĒাā§°্āĻĨāĻ•্āϝāĻ• āφāĻ“āĻ•াāĻŖ āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে āĻŦা āφāĻŽাā§° āωāĻŽৈāĻšāϤীāϝ়া āϏ্āĻŦাā§°্āĻĨāĻ• āĻ…ā§ąāϜ্āĻžা āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।'' āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āĻ­াāώাāϤ āϞিāĻ–āĻ• āĻ“āĻĒā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§°ে āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞāϤাā§° āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰ি āĻĨāĻ•া āĻ•āĻĨাāϟো āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•ি?

This chapter had three drawing on religious tolerance make by students of your age. Design you own poster on religious tolerance for your peers.

āĻāχ āĻ…āϧ্āϝাāϝ়āϤ āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦāϝ়āϏ⧰ āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°-āĻ›াāϤ্ā§°ীāϏāĻ•āϞে āϕ⧰া āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞāϤাā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āϤিāύিāϟা āφঁāĻ•িāĻ›িāϞ। āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āϏāĻŽāύীāϝ়াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āϧ⧰্āĻŽীāϝ় āϏāĻšāύāĻļীāϞāϤাā§° āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āĻĒোāώ্āϟাā§° āĻĄিāϜাāχāύ āϕ⧰āĻ•।




Type: Priyam Jyoti Patar