Uttarakhand’s Racist Violence Exposes India’s Pretence of National Unity

The killing of Angel Chakma, a young Chakma student from Tripura, after a brutal racist attack in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, points to a deeper problem in how India functions as a country. On paper, all citizens have equal rights under the law. But in real life, many people do not feel accepted or safe, even though they are legally Indian. This gap between legal citizenship and a sense of truly belonging in society shows how the idea of India as one united nation often fails in everyday life.