Akhtar locates the root of social fragmentation in the interior life, where unchallenged attachments to institutions and belief systems create a false confidence that forecloses genuine encounter with others. The pandemic made visible, in starker relief than usual, the depth of the differences in mindset and worldview that already separated communities. The healing Akhtar calls for runs on two parallel tracks: an inner unchaining from systems that profit from exploitation and dehumanisation, and a collective unveiling that requires crossing tribal boundaries, rebuilding the capacity to talk across difference, and cultivating fields of empathy from which shared understanding can emerge. The two movements are inseparable; neither individual reflection nor collective dialogue alone is sufficient.