Why cant we be just Indians?

Today we were giving a farewell to our seniors. Some momentos for them for which each one of them went on the stage one at a time and took the momento. I could not help but notice the aplause which the juniors were giving. As soon as a Tamil was called on stage, the entire Tamil group in the audience clapped. The same was the case with Telagu's, Oriyas, Maharashtrians, Keralites.....and almost all the other places that make up this great country which we call India. The point to note was hardly any of them thought of clapping for a person of some other state except when they knew each other well enough. A small thing like clapping when someone goes on stage????? Why this difference? Are we from the same nation which fought together to achieve its independance? Are we the same nation which has caused the biggest rising against the English rule in 1857 which even shook the very roots of the nation on which the sun never set just because of our sheer unity? Are we the same nation in which Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes together make such a deadly combination in world tennis when individually they are not even in the top 100?
Why has this difference creaped in? Why do people prefer to stay within there own "kind" and not intermingle? Why cant we be just INDIANS??? Do we need another Subhas Chandra Bose to remind us that we are one country??? Why this big difference on such small matters?? Why cant we be just Indians??

Why is HR not compulsary???

Not that I like HR. I would be the first person to run away if HR is compulsary. But the kind of people who want to become managers really should know how to deal with people. After all, wether u r in finance or mktg or ops or systems...u have to deal with ppl. and then i see the way we just slaughter anyone who is trying to do his best but is unable to. why do we do that? the poor guy i am talking about must be crying out aloud in the bathroom of his house right now thinking about the next time when he has to meet us.
I just hope that i dont become that....have to keep that in mind for future...forever...