>> Let's apply the same logic to India A neighbouring country like Nepal or Sri Lanka can if they desire in the future merge with Bharat without having to "int

>> Let's apply the same logic to India A neighbouring country like Nepal or Sri Lanka can if they desire in the future merge with Bharat without having to "intergrate" or change themselves in any way. That is because they have a shared cultural and historical continuity as part of an ancient civilisation. And India is pluralistic in its very nature. European nations a too narrow in their idea of nation - linguistic, cultural. It would be impossible for them to expand beyond this narrow idea.