Religion is the way of life. How do we pray, how do we lead our life Religion is also a strong pillar on which human being’s life depend. During this digital era when we are talking about digital citizen, digital relation, digital revolution & about digital revolution don’t you think that religion is also becoming a reason of discrimination, a reason to exercise power, a reason to fulfill our ill will, a reason to deviate from the real issues of food, shelter, security and employment.
Apart from religious difference, clash and conflict due to regional differences, and discrimination are also making the people marginalized. We witness regional difference on the basis of language, culture, custom & at the same time regional marginalization also exists because development has not reached to the places. We are having the example of various remote villages and area where the people are deprived of the
necessary resources like: – Proper shelter, employment, recognition form the authority. In the absence of development, the people are not getting the facility of education, health, employment. Thus, these people lead their life with a great struggle. For the survival they are not getting clean water, women are not getting proper education and equal status.
At one side Kerala is India’s fully literate state on the other hand Bihar is having the lowest literacy rate. This difference is not only the result of state’s performance, but behind the performance difference social, cultural and religious factor also affect the performance.
Keeping in all these factors related with marginality, in this chapter we would know about the issues and challenges which are leading towards region and religion-based marginality.
Key Words: – Marginality, Region and Religion, communication and marginality, media & marginality

Dr. Harish Kumar, Professor, Department of Mass Communication, St. Xavier’s University Kolkata

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