The Indian Sub-Continent Merger-Part Nine and Part Ten
The Indian Sub-Continent Merger-Part Nine
Bangladesh is a failed sovereign nation that should have never formed. India should have never allowed partition based on fear. Anytime race or religion is a factor in law and policy,fear and ignorance will prevail. That in itself will cause long-term destruction. West Bengal as a state in India has a track record of failure. It has been a hotbed of political violence and turmoil from the time of India's Independence.
The fact is they need to be governed by a greater power to provide it proper governance. West Bengal was specifically formed due to the Hindu-Muslim divide. Therefore, their formation was based on ignorance and fear. It is this basis that they have been afflicted with such malgovernance from the onset of Independence. It must be noted that it is neither prudent nor feasible for the Punjab Province of Pakistan to be merged with the Punjab state of India. That is because the Hindu-Muslim Divide was really never an issue in the formation of this Pakistani province and Indian state. It is viable that these two entities stay separated from each other as they have distinct regional differences.
Pakistani's Punjab and India's Punjab are totally different in terms of culture, heritage, and dialect and these differences are due to regionalism only. While people in both entities speak Punjabi, so do most people in Canada and in the USA speak English. As it would be totally foolhardy for Canada and the USA to merge for this reason, the same logic applies to the merger of the Punjab Province and the Punjab state. As cited in a previous post, division may very well be necessary due to regionalism but it should never due to caste/religion or ethnicity/race.
The Indian Sub-Continent Merger-Part Ten (Final Part) When the inevitable merger of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh takes place, the Punjab province of Pakistan should become an autonomous republic while the Indian state of Punjab should remain a state.
It is important that the Sindh Province, Punjab Province, and Bengal(merger of Bangladesh and West Bengal) become autonomous republics because an immediate transition to statehood would be too much of a drastic change. That would cause too much dislocation as national governments and state governments of one nation should not immediately surrender too much control to the central/federal government of another nation. That is why these highly populated entities need to have more autonomy than what is afforded to a state.
Bangladesh is a failed sovereign nation that should have never formed. India should have never allowed partition based on fear. Anytime race or religion is a factor in law and policy,fear and ignorance will prevail. That in itself will cause long-term destruction. West Bengal as a state in India has a track record of failure. It has been a hotbed of political violence and turmoil from the time of India's Independence.
The fact is they need to be governed by a greater power to provide it proper governance. West Bengal was specifically formed due to the Hindu-Muslim divide. Therefore, their formation was based on ignorance and fear. It is this basis that they have been afflicted with such malgovernance from the onset of Independence. It must be noted that it is neither prudent nor feasible for the Punjab Province of Pakistan to be merged with the Punjab state of India. That is because the Hindu-Muslim Divide was really never an issue in the formation of this Pakistani province and Indian state. It is viable that these two entities stay separated from each other as they have distinct regional differences.
Pakistani's Punjab and India's Punjab are totally different in terms of culture, heritage, and dialect and these differences are due to regionalism only. While people in both entities speak Punjabi, so do most people in Canada and in the USA speak English. As it would be totally foolhardy for Canada and the USA to merge for this reason, the same logic applies to the merger of the Punjab Province and the Punjab state. As cited in a previous post, division may very well be necessary due to regionalism but it should never due to caste/religion or ethnicity/race.
The Indian Sub-Continent Merger-Part Ten (Final Part) When the inevitable merger of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh takes place, the Punjab province of Pakistan should become an autonomous republic while the Indian state of Punjab should remain a state.
It is important that the Sindh Province, Punjab Province, and Bengal(merger of Bangladesh and West Bengal) become autonomous republics because an immediate transition to statehood would be too much of a drastic change. That would cause too much dislocation as national governments and state governments of one nation should not immediately surrender too much control to the central/federal government of another nation. That is why these highly populated entities need to have more autonomy than what is afforded to a state.
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