Fears for Democracy in India.

This article suggests that the "clash of civilizations" is not between Islam and the West but instead within all modern nations as suggested by the story offered about an incident between Muslims and Hindus in India. The author argues that the true clash is between people who are prepared to live on terms of equal respect with others and those who seek the protection of homogeneity and the domination of a single religious or ethnic tradition. The author extends her argument to look at dichotomies in American society.