Question

Write in 100 words on a current topic of interest connected with india or any foreign country.

Answer 1

India – the biggest democracy in the world – is going through a lot of changes and turmoil, due to both forces from within and outside. As a country, it is unparalleled in its diversity – cultural, religious, social, and economical. In fact, politically as well: China might have discarded Mao long ago but India still battles to root out Maoists (called Naxalites) entrenched in its tribal belt called the ‘Red Corridor’! Indian diversity is really mind boggling. Watching Muslims carving out a sovereign Pakistan in 1947 and creation of unified India by merging 565 tiny kingdoms, the world was not sure how long India would stay intact without any more division. Even the colonial British thought that India would further fragment in coming years. But time proved them all wrong! In fact, there is no other nation in the world with such unbelievable cluster of diversity. Questioning their wisdom, the diverse India is still going strong at 70 while the mono-cultural Pakistan broke in 1971 and is inching closer to further fragmentation in the coming years!  The unity of 1330 million Indians is firmly rooted in the life philosophy of 1100 million Hindus – which also accommodates 230 million ex-Hindus (who now call themselves Muslims or Christians), despite their shoddy ‘politics of conversion’ in the name of ‘religious freedom’