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Nationalism - A mis-directed fervour..or a necessity

Copy of a note, written in a different social media forum: Rabindranath Tagore wrote in one of his essays that Patriotism is narrow-mindedness. Indian media and 'intellectuals' have many times said Patriotism is one notch better than Nationalism. Looking at both the points together - does it mean that nationalism and the concept of nation state (with ear-marked boundaries) is ultra narrow-mindedness. Despite the power of the capital and the internet, land is still wired into psyche of mankind - it will remain so for another few generations. Keeping this is mind - protecting one's national identify (i.e. the physical boundary to start with) will remain critical for good many more decades to come. Lets try to think what would have happened to each one of us - if India would have lost one its wars with Pakistan or if China had occupied more land. The dynamics would have been quite different. Similar to Lt Gen Madan is talking about. As an Indian, I would love my country, cou