Dhaka, March 6 -- In South Asia, many decide who they are before learning the same based on evidence. It's all about identity which is often used to carry out all sorts of projects including "nation-state" building. So identity matters though it may not always matter which one that is.

People also tend to switch their 'national identities" depending on needs. We were a "Muslim" nation once seeking a state based on the "2-nation theory" and then we switched to become a "Bengali" nation overnight seeking a state based on the language identity. Now nobody is sure of who, what and when.

Meanwhile Indians have always claimed that there is only "One nation"- India. Everyone is an Indian hence there should be one nation-state -India naturally....