NOSTALGIA 6: COMMUNAL HARMONY

BY P S SUNDAR

Among the strengths of India I had highlighted in my lectures abroad on India's culture was the well-known unity in diversity, more so, communal harmony in metros and cosmopolitan towns.   Six years ago, around this time, this article of mine was published in The New Indian Express (Feb 20, 2008).  This article evoked keen interest among many including those living outside Coonoor. In the recent years, there were some disturbances in communal harmony which makes this article more relevant reading now: