Is India truly united in diversity?
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Our diversity (religious/cultural kind) has definitely added vibrancy to our country and India can definitely claim to be the most diverse of all countries with the each culture respected, something which many of our distinguished "developed" nations cannot claim (case in point US, UK, Australia). But in the last couple of decades many narrow minded people have made use of this diversity  for the wrong reasons to create a further divide among our people. I wouldn't say diversity has helped our nation or deconstructed it per se but has a hand in both. At the end of the day it is up to the common man to rise the above all the divisions and see that he, like others, is an Indian first.\n\nThe other diversity (socio-economic kind) is more man made and this gap between the have and have-nots is something of a worry and must be bridged really soon to the extent that the have-nots at least have something. In this day of cut throat competition and dog-eat-dog world it is going to be really tough to stop and spare a thought for the socio-economic conditions of another person but if not looked at this can definitely lead to the deconstruction of our society and our nation.\n\nAlthough i have not proposed anything i am open for discussion.
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India is the country to be in the 21st century. \nIndia is the second fastest growing economy in the world. The economic situation is wonderful and so is the job market.\nIndia has large english speaking population so language is not a problem.\nIndia is diverse and beautiful with everything from mountains to beaches.\nIndian people are extremely friendly and treat you as a family member and not an outsider like other western socities.\nCome and discover India!!
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All countries are allies... All countries, including Sri Lanka and India, have differences too.
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I live in India. The best thing about our country is that we are secular. We have a Muslim as the President, a Sikh as the Prime Minister and a Roman Catholic Woman leader(Sonia Gandhi-she's Italian).
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I assume you are meaning.... should India get a permanent place in Security Council..... India already has a place in UN as long as it wants...\n\nYes India deserves a place in the Security council... the reason is obvious.... its shown the most matured performance in democracy in spite of being a very diverse nation in terms of religion... language.... geography... and so on.\n\nIndia has demonstrated a neat role as a Non aligned Nation. India showed that it could have a proper balance of Capitalism and Socialism... As a Nuclear nation India has behaved very very responsibly..\n\nThe biggest pool of trained manpower..... performing sustained democracy.... religious tolerance... emergent economy... original indigenous economic models... commitment to peace in spite of a diverse political lines... and above all a proven commitment on use of Military capabilities always for peaceful purposes.... PROOF ENOUGH TO SHOW THAT INDIA DESERVES A PLACE IN THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
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I am an INDIAN and I AM PROUD OF IT.\nIndia is a secular state and the largest democratic nation.\nIndia geographically is sharing its broder with china,pakistan,Bangladesh & nepal\nIt is a Subcontinent as its three side South,East and West are covered with sea. And on the North there is Kashmir,which is the heaven on earth.\nIn India u can find all types of ecological system starting from desert to Island.\nWith so much diversity  we all stand united i.e "unity in diversity".\nVisit Once u willnever forget India.
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It's not necessarily my personal case, because I think there's nothing more interesting than diversity in the world and I'm happily married to a man that couldn't be from a more different culture and background than mine.\nBut when I think why most of the human race can't stand each other, I come to the conclusion that even when we have intelligent brains that separate us from the monkeys, as primitive as it might sound, we're still animals after all, it's in our DNA, our genes, that's the way nature is. \nI don't deny that in most cases people can't stand each other just because they're ignorant or full of hatred, but we also have to consider the nature factor as well, many people feel more comfortable with familiar things to them, what they're used to or the way and the place they grew up, the same race, same religion, same culture etc...without having anything to do with racism or hatred they just don't accept change or anyhting different from them, their believes or lives so easily.\nI don't think human race will ever be completely united, number one, becuase there is too much ignorance and intolerance out there and it's only getting worse by the hour, and number two, just for the simple fact that people are too different, you can have a simple example from all kinds of animals in nature out there, even when they belong to the same family, different species simply can't live with each other, you will never get a gorilla to live with a orangutan or a lion to live with a cheetah. \nSadly in some cases and hopelessly in others, some people are still too attached to their animal instincts, it's not the way it should be, but unfortunately, it's just the way it is for millions of people.
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India is diverse, secular, and religious.  There's no need to compare yourself to others in terms of superlatives.
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Yes\n\nThey consist of all races and creeds!
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yep it surely is... well till they finish off the corruption.. forget it that india well even become a super power.. yeah corruption is there everywhere... but in india.. it's jst too much and too open.. rest infrastructures i goin gud.. it can become one of the best palces... but i guess woould take another 100 years or so :)
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diversity is when you have a good mix of people from different backgrounds, and views.  \n\nthis can include things like race, gender, ethnicity, income but it is not limited to it.
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This is a very complex question that you would have to research India's history to undersand.\n\nIndia has a long history of a wide gap of poverty between certain factions. Even today while they are experiencing great economic growth, there is severe poverty within the muslims sections of the society. \n\nEven the Hindu section sees this, my grandmother is Hindu and from India. It seems to me that India has a big problem of religious discrimination.
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I think India is a far better place. Human values and other humans do matter.\n\nDivorce is rare, old people are taken care of by their offspring rather than be thrown in a home as is the case in the US or the west\n\nEmotional ties are stronger, the health care is improving, wealth is increasing, infrastructure is improving and the rich culture-over 10,000 years of history, multiplicity of languages, each music to your ears... I could go on and on...\n.\nInspite of a 10000 year history India is a world of mystery,a s opposed to the Us, it's like an old past who has only her past to show, and live off the younger stronger lot as long as they let.\n\nst
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Thats a good point. I always considered India to be a part of Asia, but people do seem to just be refering to Chinese, Japanese, Korean....when they refer to Asian. They don't seem to be refering to India and Pakistan. I'm sure I was taught at school that India is part of Asia.
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of course there is. common traditions, language, history - they all make one's national identity
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No, I don't think Indians have a more dominant group. I have seen many half white-half indians, some of them look more like whites and some of them look more like Indians.
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India is a mixture of many beautiful ethinic and racial groups.\nThe intermixing of the orginal inhabitants that is the Dravidians (who are claimed to be the authors of harappan civilization) with many other countries began way back in 1500 BC.\nthey were\npersians,greeks,Kushanas,Sagas,Hunas,Arabs,Turks,Afghans,Mongols,Mughals and then the British,Portiguese,French in the later stage.\nthe racial and ethinic gruops got mixed up.\nSo you can see the diversity in many cultures and festivals and its all because of this.The fair skinned people could be the Indo-arayans or Persians..if u really want to know who they really are thne u need to check up their list of great grannys..