to be honest, even though there is loads of tension, it's normally just name calling nowadays in public, the days of running street battles is long gone of an evening
middle of the night's are different, then you ca get shot of chopped up with a machette
it's the same thing come vasakhi or eid or the like, the singhs stay away or they come out en mass, same with the muslims because you know there are going to be loads of the other lot there (fairly easy to distinguish because they'll be waving flags

) so no point in giving it the big un because you'll end up getting beat up

with the flag sticks
which tend to be wooden poles