Name: Thirumalesha Babu T R
Country: India

Year: 2026
Volume: Volume-16, Issue-1 (Special Issue: March 2026)
Page Number: 232-239
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19483198

ABSTRACT
In India, several obstacles are hindering the development of national sentiment, such as
casteism, communalism, linguistic zealotry, social inequality, economic disparities,
immorality, and regionalism. India is a diverse nation characterized by multiple races,
religions, and languages. Even so, the Indians evolved into a single nation through the impact of shared land, shared history, and a collective struggle for independence from foreign domination. When the British took control of India, they implemented the strategy of „Divide and Rule‟ to maintain their dominance over the country. As a result, the racial, religious, and linguistic communities within the Indian nation initially started to break apart emotionally and psychologically and subsequently wished to fragment territorially. This led to the split of India into Bharat and Pakistan. Currently, the integrity of the Indian nation is severely endangered as the communal conflicts are exacerbated by India‟s antagonist