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Question
Discuss with your partner and make a list of steps that you feel are essential to unite the people of different castes, races, religions, and languages in India.
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Solution
- Respecting and accepting these differences.
- Inculcating the value of tolerance within the budding generation.
- Teaching Empathy and Compassion.
- Education for all irrespective of caste, creed, religion, gender, etc.
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