Agreed that history has not been favorable as far as unity in ( or of ) India is concerned. But the
question on ought to ask is "What went wrong after independence?".The new India failed to live up to
the democratic principles enshrined in its Constitution and respect the rights of the nationalities it
had taken within its borders. In the over-zealous efforts to integrate these people into the "national
mainstream", based on the dominant brahminical Aryan culture, much destruction has been done to the
indigenous populations. For the north-eastern states at least , it was an alien concept and went against
their prevailing culture.
A caste -ridden society is against their ethics as such. And labelling them( ok ,most of them) as
"scheduled tribes" and clubbing them with the adivasisis was a stigma they had to bear for the rest of
their lives.The leaders were selfish and failed to take an overview of the situations of the entire
"nation". The hindi - centric powerhouse in delhi failed to look after the non -hindi speaking states,
further alienating the southies from the northies .
One question one ought to ask himself now is "what can i do?". Lets stop playing verbal volleys and
dwell on the real issues. But for this uve got to have the patience and the commitment to assimilate the
ground realities without any bias. We ve got to get past hypocrisy and selfishness .I know its a
difficult proposition but it ought to be done .Its late - letsnot make itany later...