14-05-2023, 10:46 AM
(12-05-2023, 05:10 PM)aiptasia Wrote: The irony is that they are a disjointed so-called nation that was artificially cobbled together by the British and mistreat each other based on an antiquated caste tribal system.The South Asian region has had a very long rich history of diverse religions, languages, culture and ethnicity.
CECAs like to play the race victim card solely because they have no sensible reason to articulate an argument as evidenced by this train cartoon.
In fact, the sub-continent was under an Islamic empire for almost abt a 1000 years and today's capital New Delhi was founded by Islamic sultanate called Delhi Sultanate in 13 century.
However nothing is more consequential than the arrival of the Europeans within last 400 years that changed the geopolitical makeup that we see today.
So when we talk about "India", we need to remember the "real India" did not exist until the AMTK exited then colonial British India after 1947
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