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The Spanky Group: - irridentism it is the wave of the future
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Originally posted by Spanky
India is not really worried about a Khalistan forming. They are worried about the Terrorism that concept encourages. But India is very scared of India following apart along ethnic lines. That is why India will not give up on Kashmir or Assam. They are like the Russians with Chechnya. They think once they let one ethnic group go, all the other ethnic groups (like the Punjabis) will get national aspirations.
National ethnic aspirations are what the Indian government fears the most. The question is will they get weaker or stronger as India industrializes. I think it will get stronger.
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But it's interesting, is it not, that Sikhs want a nation defined by religion, not ethnicity or language. Many Islamists feel the same way. And that would be the salient split in Northern Ireland.
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