As far as I know, the original Bharat no longer exists. It ceased to exist when Bharat was partitioned into 3 bits: a country called India (1 bit), and a country called Pakistan (2 bits ... East Pakistan later became Bangladesh). The Indian national anthem mentions areas no longer parts of India: Sind, Punjab (was split into two, one bit going to Pakistan), Bhanga (Bengal) was split into two (one bit is now Bangladesh). So "India that is Bharat" is, IMHO, a false statement.
>________________________________ >From: Bernado Colaco <ole_...@yahoo.co.uk> >To: "goanet@lists.goanet.org" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> >Sent: Sunday, 6 January 2013 3:42 PM >Subject: [Goanet] Goans forced to be bharatis > >Maybe persons like Helekar wanted to be bharats, but then he could go to >bharat. In 1961 Goa was invaded and thereafter were forced to become bharatis >by law which was rectified for forceful conversion of Goans into this barbaric >citizenship. No questions were asked to us Goans ie.: do you want to become >citizen of bharat etc. What one reads below in the link is the utter disregard >to any international norms by this country which has led us into a pot of >mess. One must note is that many of these probharats who write on this forum >live in ivory towers in the west, although some may occasionally visit an >aviary to prevent loneliness. > >The link is related to the case of Padre Francisco Monteiro vs Bharatis. Pe. >Monteiro who unfortunately was left with a candle while we bokdes watched. He >was incarcerated at the Tihar dungeons for committing no crime. It is >unimaginable as to how a person on earth can become non grata having born and >lived in ones country peacefully, suddenly turns into a criminal in the eyes >of a new colonial ruler. > >http://www.icrc.org/ihl-nat.nsf/46707c419d6bdfa24125673e00508145/a693a13f3cdd399ec12563b8002b1c41!OpenDocument > > > >BC > > >
