If there is one human value most at risk in our time, it is not compassion or tolerance — it is trust. Nations distrust one another, religions question each other’s motives, citizens doubt their Governments, and individuals wrestle with self-doubt. The human story, once bound by mutual faith, is now fraying at its most delicate thread. This is not merely a political or technological crisis — it is an existential one. And like all existential crises, it is entirely man-made. It stems from the very identities — national, religious, and personal — that were meant to unite humanity but now divide it. Modern politics wears nationalism as a badge of pride. “America First,” “India First”— these slogans, once considered narrow, are now celebrated as patriotism. Citizens applaud when leaders claim their nation’s interests........

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