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Sorry pseudo-nationalists, but I don't hate Pakistan. It's the land of my ancestors. It's the land where people I love the most, grew up; built their lives; made memories - memories that will last a lifetime. I won't hate a country just because you want me to. #PreachLoveNotHate
Even if that wasn't the case, I still wouldn't. It's futile to hate another country just because you've been "told to". Just because it's convenient for someone else. Just because it suits their agenda. People have been conditioned to hate others, but it doesn't have 2b this way.
Only if Einstein was smart enough to have a degree in "Entire Political Science" like Modi ji. He would think otherwise. #AntiNational
Arundhati Roy on the politics of flags and nationalism.
"Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live".

- Rabindranath Tagore
"Nationalism is a menace."

- Rabindranath Tagore, who wrote India's national anthem.
Dedicated to all the (hyper/pseudo) nationalists out there.
What we are witnessing in India today is not "patriotism" but Hindutva chauvinism.

Attacking & subjugating the oppressed is not an act of exhibiting nationalism but chauvinism.
"The love of one's country is a splendid thing.

But why should love stop at the border?"

~ Pablo Casals
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