a small corrigendum ....India(n administrations hitherto) inherited the *brahmanic* spirit of the National Movement... preserving the brutal caste structure of society intact.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Murali K Warier <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with M J Akbar that India and Pakistan are not neighbors, just two > geographically contiguous states. I differ with him on the cause. It is not > the '65 war that brought about the division - if there was camaraderie > before, why did that war happen at all? Or the one before it? The truth is > that India and Pakistan are built on totally different civilizational > values. The totally divergent trajectory in which the military leaders of > both nations led their organizations and the countries attest to this fact. > Remember, these people where trained by the same British, often they sat on > the same bench. While India inherited the democratic spirit of the National > Movement, Pakistan chose to throw it away, out of its own volition. > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Columnists/M_J_Akbar_India_Pak_are_worlds_apart/articleshow/3995349.cms > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Liberty, if it means anything, is the right to tell people what they don't > want to hear. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
