Communal Harmony

Q. Differentiate between community and communal harmony.

Differences between community and communal harmony are given below:

subject	community	Communal harmony
Definition	A community is a social group of organisms sharing an environment, normally with shared interests. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks and a number of other conditions may be present and common.	It is a situation wherein disparate units feel together, where individual identities are dissolved within a greater social reality and where there is greater attachment to the notion of a greater unity.
criteria	Group of people	unity
Subject matter	Community is the part of society.	Communal harmony is on e part of community.
Rules & Regulation	For make a community Rules & Regulation are not important.	Rules & Regulation are some times used for maintain unity.

Q. Point out some cause of removal communal harmony.

Removal of communal harmony is risky any areas development plan. Different reasons for removal of communal harmony are present for developed and developing countries. Such are:

Developed countries

• Age and social isolation are key factors feeding discrimination and discomfort.
  
• There is a distinct lack of opportunity for ethnically different local residents to get to know one another.
  
• There is a general discomfort with cultural difference and lack of knowledge and understanding of different cultural practices. Most significantly, cultural differences in manners played a large role in producing tension between groups.
  
• Lack of language skills among new groups (migrated peoples) created a major barrier to communication and interethnic exchange.
  

Developing countries

• Inherent class in society.
  
• Wealthy people activities.
  
• Lack of people participation in decision making.
  
• Lack of people awareness.
  
• Lack of respectful mind.
  

Communal harmony is very much efficient for local level development planning.

Q. "For local level development, strong communal harmony is necessary" discuss with appropriate example

For local level development, strong communal harmony is necessary because,

• For 'Everyday' relationships between cultures, contact and exchange among residents.
  
• Create Social capital, by developing trust between various cultural groups, learning and belonging among local residents, producing supportive neighborhoods, building intercultural networks and enhancing civic participation across all cultures.
  
• Through the concept of 'place-sharing', building a sense of belonging to the local area by developing strategies around place identity and the use of public and symbolic space.
  
• For develop a ways to 'manage' togetherness in shared contexts, such as cultural events or where facilities are shared by more than one group.
  
• Discussing and solving differences and reducing tensions between different cultural groups.
  
• Creating spaces for dialogue, linking between ethnically different groups.
  
• Creating diversity friendly suburban centers, as places that foster belonging amongst diverse residents, old and new. This will include suggestions for place revitalization, festivals, public art and cultural programs, and town centre design.
  
• Creating spaces for members of different groups to work together for a common (charitable) end.
  
• Finding ways to celebrate and participate in each other's religious and cultural festivals, and encouraging the exchange of gifts and food with those of other religious or cultural backgrounds.
  
• For helpful disadvantages class of peoples.
  
• For reduce violence between religions and cultures.
  

If communal harmony is not present then, local level planning for a developing country, specially for Bangladesh would be dissipated because of conflict.