But is that enough, are those few and far apart moments enough to cover the otherwise predominant hatred amongst us??.......... You may have read this far and would have already judged me, why is Pravith saying all these things, isn't he patriotic?.......... But think about it for a minute or so, everyday you read the newspaper, there is some ethnic group in some state trying to drive out another group. Are we really united enough to survive and prosper. The moment you step outside your comfort zone (i.e your state) you have language problems and cultural problems, not to mention religious problems (but then to be fair religious problem is not unique to just us, its a problem world over). While a lot of countries have finished fighting their civil wars in bloody battles a century ago, we are fighting ours as a slow but deadly one in the disguise of democracy!!!
And what we fail to see is that we are all sitting in a boiling pot ready to explode. We are held together with glue that is not even as strong as ones on a "post it"!!! Sure, if you look at urban life we are united to a great extent. We live in multi cultural societies and have no problem with it, but India has a very small percentage of urban population and it might just not be enough.
I don't know if I am right with my assessment but we are not even close to being united, its time to get a reality check and uncover the mask before its too late. Political gains and vote bank politics are destroying the vision of Asoka and Akbar. I love my country the way it is and I intend to keep it that way, but I can't do it alone!!!
