India, Jan. 13 -- The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has divided and united the nation in the same breath with differing points of view, in support and against the serious implications it has for the largest democracy of the world. It has attempted to divide the nation on communal lines and on the partisan ideology of majority versus minority; but has also provided an opportunity to unite around the national identity as to who we are, and around the constitutional values that are fundamental to the citizens. The trajectory of reactions and responses that followed the CAA could be interpreted as: 1) the voices of some sections of the society, or 2) as expressions of the cry of "we the people" of India.
This leaves the nation at the crossr...