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Those who pinpoint that national identity of US and Germany are healthy despite having state flags, are missing a point: "Sub-national identities in a territorial nation like India are stronger." One of the unifying factors of India is the appreciation of its diversity. "Respect our sub-nationalism and we keep Indian nationalism above it" This outward pressure is practically absent in Germany, as it is a nation based on common language, and the State of US has its own history of gradually gaining and losing streaks of legitimacy over these 200 years. This legitimacy of German State will be under crisis only if the State fails in distributive[Aristotle] and social justice, or the pride centering its historical events of German unification is diluted. My opinion is that the concerns and insecurity about the unity of India in this state flag issue is genuine, and must be addressed. I don't think its not that simple to conclude that since states already h...