This is a political battle that can be fought without weapons or violence. (Why should a vaccination certificate carry the photograph of Prime Minister Modi?) Meanwhile, we can wage the battle to change what is plainly wrong, such as the erosion of personal liberty, the misuse of law, the debasement of institutions, intimidation, majoritarianism, authoritarianism and the promotion of a personality cult. Still, there will be differences of religion, race, language, caste etc, but humankind must accept the differences and celebrate what is common. Real change will tear apart walls, stop wars, unite people not of a country alone but of the world, reduce inequalities, banish hunger, and eliminate poverty. The most recent example is the Indian Railways, which has changed the name of Faizabad junction to Ayodhya cantonment. In India, some people are bent upon changing names in the false belief that, by doing so, they will re-write the history of the country. Such a law denies the agency of a woman over her body. In the United States, the state of Texas has passed a law that will effectively ban abortion in that state. Everyone desires change but, in some cases, the change that a section of the people wants will take a country backward in time.

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