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Build bridges
Our conflicts continue to simmer because of a near-total absence of a conflict resolution mechanism. Every single post-Independence riot has been politically engineered, be it 1984 or 2002. Having more women in Parliament has not lessened its frequen
cy or the madness because every woman politician has always toed the party line. When violence and bloodshed take over the public sphere, women tend to get marginalised. Their first instinct is to safeguard their families and property. Also, family culture decides how women react in times of conflict — the prejudices they have grown up with surface at this time.
It is imperative to build bridges as soon as possible in the way scores of Hindus did with Sikhs after 1984. We owe it our own conscience — none of us is safe till all of us is safe.
MADHU PURNIMA KISHWAR
Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and Founder-Editor, Manushi, New Delhi
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