Where do we belong?

Its all over the news...Sporting world has been taken by storm...ICC and BCCI have locked horns and made peace more than once over an issue that seems to have minimal if any cricketing relevance. Yes, I am talking about the Habhajan-Symmonds "racial" abuse issue, the much talked about, printed and dissected event of the month. While I remain unsure as to whether or not it was a racial slur, it made me wonder about what a race is all about really.And about the number of groups that we belong to in course of our life and our varying attachment to these...There are just so many inclusive and exclusive groups...the universe is one, the world another, the two hemispheres may well be groups, as may be all those people who write with their left hands. But how much solidarity would you find in members of these groups? Some of these groups are defined by descent, by inheritance. Like your race, caste, family, religion (I'm a little ambivalent about this one, but that makes for another post altogther) Some are formed in course of life in an attempt to achieve a common goal. Like your school, college, workplace, clubs, teams and the rest. And some are a combination of both. Your country is a group, and so is your city. You and your spouse are a group too. But the question is where do you find your belongingness? Most people would most likely say family, but the dynamics I find are very complicated. And at some level spiritual. Because membership to these groups is on paper absolute, but psychologically varies in degrees.I find that I identify myself most with (other than family) my country. And then perhaps my city. I find also, that I don't offend so easily by what may be percieved as derogatory remarks made about my religion, not because I am lacking in faith in anyway, but because religion for me is not a groupism thing but a highly individualistic factor and very personal. Strange how it varies though, huh? Where do we belong, really?