It’s said that we can’t fight a war against the virus. War is a deeply flawed metaphor, we can’t win against the biology and chemistry of Virus, we can only adapt. The Virus however also shows as that biologically and chemically all human beings are the same, and due to inherent interconnected, one cannot be safe unless others are. Apply this principle to injustice, MLK Jr. said: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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It is now recognised that the communities where the values of trust and social cohesion are deep, those communities are better prepared to fight the adversities. Scale it up to the national level, a nation divided on the basis of any distinction, to borrow from Lincoln a please, is house divided and bound to crumble if not united.

India has seen this division in the past and now increasing faster, the dividing lines will render the country weak against threats. The concerned citizens in India have been raising voices and now the foreign governments, including India’s ally the USA is slamming India over divisions is a time for reflection as a house as a country.

In the time of a mortal threat like the Virus and collateral threats like the collapsing economy, if the Indians do not rise above the Caste-nationalism and communal- nationalism, the country will collapse and if it does, no one is safe.

India is founded on the premise and promise of fraternity and false pretence of fraternity cannot last long when it is barred by the common threats.

Author – Mangesh Dahiwale, Human Rights Activist

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