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Unity in Diversity

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  'Unity in diversity' a very common phrase with desperate need of being followed. During our school years the first chapter we ever learned was about, appreciating every single community. In fact as a kid we never even knew the different caste and communities in our own country, all we knew was to enjoy with the person who liked the same cartoon or the same food item. The difference we made was based on these choices. As a kid, we HATED 'karela' (bitter gourd) and did all sorts of drama to not have a single bite of it and the ones who liked it had to face a lot of judgement for their awful taste buds (no offence to people who like karela)... In fact I did that drama just yesterday. When we finally started to understand the things around, we started realizing the existence of various communities around us and tried to make differences based on the same.  But why? I mean why do we have to judge and group people based on the communities they belong to? Why can't we si