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WHO CAN UNITE THE NATION ? Terrorist attacks in our bazaars, the violence against Biharis in Mumbai, the Naxalite uprisings, religious strife in Orissa, the list goes on: India is being torn apart . We need strong leadership to bring Indians together to protect our collective national interests. But our political system is dysfunctional and our most important institutions are failing . Our best hope is that a great political leader emerges to build trust across various interest groups and knits our country together. India is a deeply fractured country today . We are divided by state, religion, caste, community, language, forwards vs. backwards, left vs. right, secular vs. communal, promoters vs. workers, and on and on. Tossed about among all these divisive interest groups, the Indian state is floundering . Each interest group seeks to capture the state apparatus to serve its narrow demands ranging from getting hundreds of SEZs approved to reserving seats at higher educational instituti...