Physical proximity alone does not make people a society

Evidence

Men do not become a society by living in physical proximity, any more than a man ceases to be a member of his society by living so many miles away from other men. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 874

Categorization

• DEFINE: Challenges the popular patriotic argument that Indians’ proximity and underlying unity prove they form one nation.