Are you trolling or something? The article mentions neither USSR nor India.
And FYI, the disintegration of USSR was due to economic crisis because of Socialism. India abandoned Socialism soon after the collapse of Soviet Russia and embraced American capitalism and the Indian economy is booming now.
I think our biggest challenge is the people who are completely marginalised, like the forest people driven in to a communist rebellion. As far as multiculturalism goes, I still have hope that some semblence of the feeling of letting others be still survives in India.
On 4th August 1932 Round Table Conference, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald gave Autonomy/Homeland to Muslims/Christians/Anglo-Indians/Sikhs/SC/ST communities.
Gandhi foiled it to favor forward caste community in India.
