For a country as vast, diverse, and complex as India, unity has never meant uniformity. The very idea of India rests not on a single language, culture, or tradition, but on the coexistence of many. Yet today, there is an unsettling push towards homogenisation, a narrowing of what it means to be “truly Indian.” This drive is evident not only in governance but also in the deeper shaping of society, language, education, culture and collective memory.