Every day news is replete with stories of someone being beaten up by a mob, road rage incidents, a winning presidential candidate basing his campaign on bigotry and division and more. Over the past few years, I get the distinct feeling that I have become more and more conscious of the various castes, religions and race that exist in our society today. I struggle to understand if I should be blaming the environment I am in, or is it just me? The older I get, the more risk averse and orthodox I become? If I take the stand of blaming the socio-environmental factors for my condition, I find enough evidence helping me out. Take the case of sedition filed against Kanhaiya Kumar of JNU, Delhi. Or the multiple cases of abuse of couples that happens every day across the country and which is reported by the media, quite unfailingly. At a global scale, IS and terrorist organizations carry out attacks in cities across the world. Over in the United States, Donald Trump is en route to becoming ...
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