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Divided!! I Say We were Never United.

Unity in Diversity… The country's USP... well I don't know who coined this phrase… but it is such a wonderful tagline that camouflages , all the ill feelings and differences in our country from the eyes of the world and also from our own.


One great civilization, in search of which the Europeans dared to explore the rough seas, and which was indirectly responsible for how the present world atlas looks, was divided into 2 nations, and bloodily on the basis of religion. Further ruled by our own countrymen we were divided into states, with divide running into languages, subsequent reservations and cultural policies divided us on basis of castes and sub-castes. I agree the castes and sub-caste existed even before the independence, but with Govt. having politics, policies biased by caste they simply reinforced the ugly scheme of things by simply reversing the hierarchy of stately support to these castes. 60 year old, we still call ourselves a Young Country to cover up the impunity of our Politicians, 60 years up and the number of states has only increased, still looking to increase (with Telengana and Vidarbha, demanding statehood); not long ago did Arjun Singh haul up a reservation system based on Castes. Ever since, Independence we’ve been looking to break up.

I fail to read, what unites us as a Country. We are just holding on to a stretch of land, to fulfill the various dreams we breed. As a nation we do not have a single Common History or a Common Goal… except for the civilization and its future there's nothing. Once we start to renounce this Ethnic Identity we are falling into the ill hand of the selfish Politicians, who are divided on our Unity.

What's funnier is, divided politicians; blame different politicians, for playing divisive politics on Unity of the Nation.  We as people have different views on Division itself.

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  1. Sri!!!Mon Jan 05, 04:25:00 PM 2009

    There is nothing that unites the country except the dialogue it self which says " Unity in Diversity".

    Although everyone know its not true but unitedly use this slogan.

    Sri

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  2. PandeSun Jan 18, 09:38:00 PM 2009

    Don't you think we are a fairly peaceful country for the number of diversities we have. Apart from some small portion of people who divide the country for their own selfish reasons...

    I think "unity in diversity" ..still has some significance to us.

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  3. pramohsMon Jan 19, 12:13:00 PM 2009

    Definitely we are a lot more peaceful country given the diversities..

    what I'm questioning is... what is it that keeps us unified, the tradition passed on by our forefathers?

    selfish reasons Unite or Divide us..

    Our Unity and also our Diversities are mere Political Manipulations....

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