India, March 5 -- Aasha se bhasha na mile to, iss ka matlab phoot nahin,

Ik daali par reh kar jaise, phool juda hain paat juda,

Bura nahin agar yunhi watan mein, dharm juda ho zaat juda,

Apne watan mein...'

This song from the black-and-white era film, Didi (1959), stands relevant even today and makes one feel proud of the vast diversity of our country, that is resolutely battling the naked ambition of the political class. Kathak dancer Manjari Chaturvedi, who is set to open at the Jahan-e-Khusrau Sufi Music Festival 2020, believes the same. She says, "Religious differences will never cease to exist but that doesn't mean they can define the people of a nation. They cannot determine its culture and identity. We have to find a way out to...