9 things that divide India
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Caste
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History
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Religion
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Political ideologies
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Language
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Media
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Regionalism
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Food
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Racism
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“You all are divided into small pieces” - Nishikant Kamat’s Madaari featuring Irfan Khan as a vigilante fighting the system carries this chilling message at its end. Divided into fragments over religion, caste, language, food habits and other issues India is still riven by factionalism, even decades after having attained Independence from the British. Here are some things that still split our country: