Asserting one's identity seems to have become such a burning issue these days that different corners of the country are up in flames. Whatever the government's intentions behind implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens are, crores of people have construed it as a move that discriminates against one religion. But this sort of a divisive mindset isn't new to our DNA. Remember, it took us over 100 years to repeal a British law that bans same-sex relationships. Till as late as 2017, we couldn't legally accept the fact that homosexual couples have any place in our society. Why is that? What kept us chained so long to a regressive Victorian mindset?

So far, yet so fear