No. 1. States have some level of independence in India, and that is quite messy to handle. It would be a bigger mess if it were nation-states. Think EU. 2. Pe

No. 1. States have some level of independence in India, and that is quite messy to handle. It would be a bigger mess if it were nation-states. Think EU. 2. People won't accept - it may have been a possibility 20 years back. They have seen the consequences of allowing to create first version Pakistan. And if they were forced to chose sides - the smaller nations would be at war and civil war. And the ungovernable part comes from the mediocrity and complexity mindset. That is more prevalent in the government. The newer generation is different and we might see sudden improvements to India overall after the next 15-20 years, as the older folks fade away