India and the Indian: Genes are the root of nationalism but don't determine our destiny, writes Praveen Swami

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Animal impulses drive powerful nationalism, but their triumph is far from inevitable if humans are willing to carefully reflect on why we behave in the ways we do.

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Praveen Swami

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