The Federal Dark lessons Myanmar, Syria and Rwanda hold for India Identification of people with religion, ethnicity, race and community has become so deep-rooted, it has become simple for any government to stoke differences among its people when required COMMENTS India has not yet reached the depths of Myanmar, Syria or Rwanda of 1994 as far as religious discrimination is concerned, but there is no guarantee it will not unless civil society sheds its somnolence. Representative photo: iStock Over the last five months, Myanmar (earlier, Burma) has quickly descended from a hopeful democracy into the black hole of military dictatorship. At last count, around 900 civilians have been killed and thousands detained in the ongoing protests for the restoration of democracy.