Mangaluru: Pained by the social fabric in Dakshina Kannada district being ripped apart time and again, Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade has called for dialogue between communities to sort out issues than take a confrontational stand.

In a statement, he said it has been seen that when a person from one religion gets murdered or assaulted, it immediately gets a violent response, which is disturbing and does not behove the communal amity of the district.

Heggade said decisions taken in haste and without rationale are reasons for these incidents escalating. “We have to learn of amity from the incidents when the victims were assisted by people from other religions. The Good Samaritans have responded to the situation without looking at the victims’ religion,” he said calling the youth to show restraint to do away the atmosphere of doubt.

Meanwhile, social media has been rife with messages of communal amity. One person wrote: This is supposed to be a land of the intelligent. Stop fighting. Please understand that if something untoward happens it is not the politicians who will come to your help, but your neighbor, who is from a different religion.

The government will wash of its hands by doling out compensation, but does it know the value of a life? Some sociopaths create mayhem on the social media. Have you ever seen anybody wanting blood from a donor from a particular community? Has any Hindu not felt joy when Zaheer Khan won match for India or any Muslim not felt sad when Rahul Dravid hits a century but lost the match? Do you watch movies according to the actor’s religion? Please be humans first, the message urged.

A sonnet written by Jaleel Mukri ‘wanted a cadaver’ on the present situation in the also received many plaudits. Jaleel Mukri, is an NRI working in Saudi Arabia. The sonnet reflects the somber mood saying that politicians wanted a cadaver during polls – does not matter whether a Hindu or a Muslim- to make people forget about their poll promises.