Remember your humanity, and forget the rest!

The dissonance of mutual distrust and hate pervade the air around us - India particularly has been marred by segregation and differentiation on every possible identity - caste, religion, language and region. It almost feels as if people love to hate and the roots of one's existence is determined by the vociferousness and intensity of one's allegiance to singular identities. Can we dream of a time when love, respect and tolerance would ride over mutual animosity and hatred? Yes, I am tired of hearing how Islam is the only perfect religion, how Hindus need to rebuild the temples destroyed by Muslim invaders, how Biharis are taking away the jobs of Marathis, how a statue of Christian Charlie Chaplin cannot be erected near a Hindu temple, how the world is divided into us and them, how the great grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru will cut the fingers of anyone who talks against Hinduism, how fakirs can be answered by street warfare and bombs, how we should hate and distrust each other and live in our own self construed insecurities.
In 1955, in the wake of the threat of the Nuclear Bombs - world's eleven eminent scientists and intellectuals came out with a declaration for peace known as the Einstein-Russel manifesto, signed by none other than Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell. Reading through the manifesto, I felt that it's relevant today as it was 54 years ago. Here is a short passage from the manifesto -

"There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge, and wisdom. Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? We appeal as human beings to human beings: Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. If you can do so, the way lies open to a new Paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal death."

Remember your humanity, and forget the rest - in our times botched by parochial and communal interests can we do that?