But in retrospect, it is perhaps fortunate.
India does not have Pakistan and Bangladesh as festering sores within its body politic.
Salim Mansur ping.
“India does not have Pakistan and Bangladesh as festering sores within its body politic.”
Ofourse it does.
“There was a bit of disappointment by some of us in the Commonwealth when India was partitioned. But in retrospect, it is perhaps fortunate. India does not have Pakistan and Bangladesh as festering sores within its body politic.”
Do you see a commonality with the situation in Iraq? It would be “easy” in many ways to partition Iraq, and then let each partition then form its own alliances and government.
India benefited from decades of British parliamentary rule before independence. Iraq didn’t have self rule for centuries (Turks, etc) before they got independence, and obviously they’ve struggled to rule themselves.
Why don’t they have Halloween in India?
They got rid of the Ghandi!
Asia pinglist ping.
There is still discrimination against Christians and Muslims, at least, and adherents of the religion of the majority still discriminate against fellow followers of their religion because they are from a 'lower caste.'
India still has a sort of 'non-aligned' stance to foreign relations--which isn't necessarily a bad thing for India.
The United States should take notice and not get entangled in the many mutual defense treaties the nation is currently member to.
Calling Mr. Gandhi.