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Pic.: Alwyn Mathias “Have you ever danced with the devil on the pale moonlight?” - Joker in the movie ‘The Batman’ T he other day, I was watching a video in which Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev (Isha Foundation) was in conversation with Suhel Seth. Here is an excerpt: Suhel: “You see the India’s political landscape… There is more factionalism… more hatred…There is more defacement… We never had people abuse each other in the way we do (now)…” Sadguru: “No, that happens only on a couple of (TV) channels…That doesn’t happen on the streets… On the streets, there is nobody abusing each other…” Suhel: “In parliament they are… In parliament they are…” Sadguru: “Political spectrum is another world. I am saying, don’t make – as you said – don’t make just 542 people as India, ok? You walk on the streets… You walk on the streets of Mumbai – not in the elite colonies – Go to the slums, walk… Will anybody simply abuse you? It’s not true. If...