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> India has been recognised as a single entity for a long time before the British, for instance the Ancient Romans, Chinese, Arabs and Greeks. Humans do like t
by usrusr 5y ago
> India has been recognised as a single entity for a long time before the British, for instance the Ancient Romans, Chinese, Arabs and Greeks.
Humans do like to lump together foreign entities that share some similarity. That's not recognition, that's not knowing better. Often augmented by, to put it politely, submaximal respect. Not even the lump that became namesake to the term "balkanized" is immune to generalizations.
- naruvimama 5y agoNations are what they are. India is among the least policed state, so it is not the power of the state that is holding it together. A lot of people have been predicting the "balkanisation" of India and many are actively working towards that but to no fruition.