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My dear citizens of India

It is high time that we Indians stop shielding ourselves behind phrases like ‘caste based politics’ and pound off the blame on the political strategies of some of our other follow citizens (who just happen to be sitting in the parliament). Mark it, I am not defending them. They may have well played a role in dividing us, the Indians, by playing the caste-card. But shouldn’t we blame ourselves just as much to be pitted against each other just for a third party to benefit? Enough is enough. Does pinning the holocaust on politics really make sense? More than an act of politics I would call it an enthusiastically pursued contact sport of otherwise ordinary citizens, drawn from all walks of life, who were united in the unflagging enjoyment with which they inflicted every possible form of suffering on their powerless victims. You can deny but the fact remains that the prejudice is within us. That is the only possible explanation on how these politicians have aced controlling our whole...