Unity in diversity :P

When we started learning to write essays in our school, the first topic invariably was "India's unity in diversity". The class will be taught how this diversity has propelled india into the path to prosperity. Today, according to me, nothing can be more contradictory and inane than this comment. What would have happened to us had there been no diversity in terms of race, culture or religion? Looking at conflicts across the world, I find people fighting over their identity. Either these identities have been thrusted on them or they strived to create one. Talk of the basque conflict, Israel-Palestine conflict, sudan civil war or the People's war group in Andhra pradesh and the adjoining states. Don't we find the inequities existing in the society the overriding reasons for what has happened to the society at large? These social and economic inequities further get exacerbated and coloured by the imaginery identities that we imagine for ourselves. Can't we have a nation in which the born child learns more about the humanity and not the religious hatred that our so called religious leaders propogate? I think everyone has a big stake in making the society more homogeneous and equitable. Though we listen of gates foundation in every newspaper, but isn't that a zilch contribution to curing a malady that can cripple the nation totally. We talk of India as a superpower in making based on the fact that our median age is only 24 years while even for china which is a relatively young nation the median age is 35+. But, the youth can be an asset as well as burden to the nation. Unfortunately, we seems to be approaching the latter case. People blame politicians for the lack of development and prosperity in the nation. But, is this not true that people make a revolution and not politicians. Is the case not so grim that we introspect what and where the system has gone wrong? Let's ponder over the problem and come with a solution :))

Vikas...
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