India is a multi racial, multi ethnic, multi lingual, multi religion country that is not yet developed as the US. Where there is imbalance in development, there will be strife.
Observe the EU. There are not a nation and yet they are in total disarray, each country having different ethnicity is up in arms to defend their own turf. Have a religious divide as soon it is forecast there will, if the alarming reports of the demography changing is believed and you will have the same situation as we have in India.
Already in the UK, they are in the same position as India, pandering to the vote bank i.e. appeasement. What are the riots all about in Britain? Why is the BNP slowly growing in strength? Britain never had riots till it became multi ethnic and multi religion country. And Britain is a postage stamp compared to India and having a much less population and diversity! And yet they are struggling!
Therefore, what India has achieved is commendable.
We have stayed the democratic course and not opted for a military option in governance as is the fashion in the neighbourhood!
Pakistan has insurgencies, because even though they have a common religion, they have diverse ethnicity!
Bangladesh does not have this problem because they have a common religion and ethnicity.
Therefore, there are many reasons for having insurgency and it need not be merely due to bad governance or human rights abuses! No ethnic group or religious group in a diverse mix of factors in a country likes to play the second fiddle!
We are fortunate that India has not crushed insurgencies like what they did in Sri Lanka!
Democratic norms still exist in India. Not perfect, but still worth its while!
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