Ghettoes of the mind: In India, the words Muslim and ghetto seem to go together. The word 'ghetto' comes from medieval Venice where it was used to describe the quarter of the city where Jews were required to live. 'Required' is the important word in this definition; Webster's second definition of the word expands upon the coerced nature of this segregated togetherness: 'a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure'.
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