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Power is the key to achieve anything; good or bad. It is the power which can change the world and which can terminate in devastating and innocuous outcomes. Power is therefore dear to almost all, be it a political, business or the common man’s class. Various techniques are devised to acquire power. Though all approaches are diabolical but divide and rule is the most monstrous of all. It is argued that religion based division of Indian dominion into India and Pakistan was basically the creation and outcome of the Britisher’s divide and rule policy. They used the strategy to destroy the harmony between various religions and used it for their benefits. Britishers ruled over us for a long period and our ancestors’ woes are a living evidence of the pain, agony and trauma suffered by them during the partition. What is happening in Karnataka on hijab is nothing but an attempt by the anti-social groups to apply divide and rule policy to the best of their capabilities and proficiencies resulting in their grand success in the form of increasing fights, discord and unrest in the society. This paper is an attempt to comprehend the existing unrest in society on hijab issue in Karnataka through the lenses of divide and rule strategy of the anti-social elements prevalent even today.

British, Divide, Hijab, Power, Rule