On 18/07/06, Radhakrishnan Nair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<Cornel wrote: Once again, I have been very critical of Britain > initiating the split to maintain its toe-hold in the sub-continent. A > secular big India was infinitely preferrable to me than a religious > based Pakistan split from India.>> > > It's not irrational to believe that an undivided India would have been > untenable on many counts: too big and ungovernable with too many pulls > and pressures -- not to speak of the sectarian violence and even civil > wars that are all too conceivable. True secularism and democracy are > unpalatable concepts to vast sections of the South Asian population. > > -- RKN
RESPONSE: Yes we should follow the Singapore model and ask for a Goa plebiscite, on whether we want to be independent of India, no? This would fulfill the promise made eons ago!! -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
