India, April 7 -- As fresh tariffs are slapped on Indian exports, the world watches with raised eyebrows and recalibrated spreadsheets. Economists mutter about supply chains, trade deficits, and currency pressures. But while we scramble to respond to these external challenges, there's a heavier, more invisible burden that India drags along-a burden not imposed by Washington but born right here, at home.

I call it the tariff of hate. And unlike the ones printed in budget documents, this one never expires.

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