"India, one of the most diverse countries in the world with a population of 1.3 billion, experiences severe caste and tribal discrimination, and in recent decades has seen a notable increase in sectarian violence."
Bettye Miller's piece on Ajay Verghese, author of The Colonial Origins of Ethnic Violence in India (2016) [0]
For quite a lot of the sectarian violence, I blame the government and the political parties for having policies that favour some castes over others, and for being soft on sectarian violence. Moreover we, in the middle class, who lead lives far away from politics, are largely isolated from these shenanigans.
Not True. There is a trend happening. An actress who never went to college (and tried to fake her certificates) was made 'Higher Education Minister'. The actress who knows drama very well is turning every university into a theater. Why are there so many disturbing incidents in Indian universities in last 2 years?
Corruption in India begins at the school level. The recent topper scam in Bihar (which led to the fraudulent topper being jailed) exposed how deeply-rooted corruption in education system is: http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/biha...
Or Laloo Prasad Yadav being Railway Minister?
India is light-years behind the rest of the developing world in part because it subjugates hundreds of millions of its own citizens.
The Indian identity, luckily till now, isn't based on religious lines. Though I have to agree, Pakistan-hate is strong in India and any remote Pakistan-love (even cheering for the Pakistan cricket team) can be seen as anti-nationalism and could lead to a sedition charge. This is, of course, due to the 3 wars fought since independence.
Since 1951, there has been equal vote for every Indian citizen.
Equal voting rights for all citizens was not true even in the US until its voting rights act of 1965.