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‘Look beyond caste, religion, political identity’ Updated: Updated: Voters must think about who the candidate is, whether they’ve been honest: Kamal Share Article Voters must think about who the candidate is, whether they’ve been honest: Kamal Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Sunday said people should look beyond caste, religion and political identity while voting for a candidate during elections. In a statement on the eve of National Voters’ Day, Mr. Haasan said democracy gave dignity and power to the citizens when India became a democratic country and held elections for the first time. “However, many of us don’t think of ourselves as free individuals. We continue to vote as a social group – we vote for a candidate just because he hails from our own caste or goes to the same temple to which we go, or simply because our families have voted for a particular party for generations. This is, in a way, a slave mentality,” ....