Manas attempts to craft an antidote for extremism, a crisis that has plagued our country;

Hinduism as it is, is a diverse range of cultures and ways of living. That, unless forced into one single mold, will not lend itself to a common identity. We need to solve this identity crisis from a wholly different angle. I think we should not focus on being Indian per se. Let this be something like Indians for humanity. Let the uniting identity be being a human.

And there is a weapon in our hand that we rarely use- the constitution. In fact little do we know what a useful it can be. It has vision of universal appeal to offer. Indian constitution is one of the best in the world. We have woman’s suffrage and property rights right from the inception of the Indian state. The constitution also recognizes that different religions have their own needs for civic law. We need to learn the constitution and cultivate respect for it. We need to learn our responsibilities and rights.

We should include the basic tenets of the constitution in our schools. More respect for laws can only do good to our society. At the moment laws only apply to the weak. The rich and the powerful are mostly out of reach of law! Especially the politicians. Especially them.