I am afraid to say this, but we have proved true Jinnah%u2019s fears and betrayed Gandhi. You can argue that Partition was the trigger to Hindu-Muslim tensions in the country, but the example we have set for our children by way of our prejudices and dogmas beneath our virtuous-thanthou garb, are shameful.While Gujarat under Modi has embarked on a Nazi agenda, the rest of us are not far behind. We dislike the Muslims, the Dalits and the tribals, and see the illiterate, poverty-ridden bulk of our population as a burden that continues to breed thanks to us, the taxpayers! We also hate the politicians whom we ourselves elect or allow to be elected by refusing to step out to vote or stand for elections, we hate the lazy bureaucrats, we hate the corrupt police, we hate the ineffective municipal corporations/ panchayats...
We have a million reasons to hate institutions, communities and individuals, but not one incentive, apart from self-interest, to treat each other with respect and compassion, or participate in the political processes. The more this economy opens up and life (for a section of Indian society) gets more comfortable, we get more conservative and fanatical by the day. Kudos to the emerging superpower
