Cultural Assimilation, Reluctant Refugee-havens and Why Refugees go West
A nation is responsible to its own citizens first, then to its neighbouring nations, and lastly, to the international community. The Nation State It is crucial to understand what actually constitutes a 'nation', before looking into the issues of social or political conflicts between two or more nations or its people. Neither religion nor colour define what a nation is, its culture does. It is the umbrella under which come Religion, Language, Traditions and Social Customs and Value systems. A nation may have more than a language, several religions and variations of a similar set of social values and traditions. However , there is always a meeting point where people from different sub-cultures can agree with one another and co-exist, based on several broad similarities in their way of life. This is very true in the context of Pre-Islamic India. Majority of the nations' borders today are the result of a cultural link or relation among the subject population wi