Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!bala From: bala@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (bala) Newsgroups: net.nlang.india Subject: We, the non-Indians Message-ID: <2557@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Sat, 2-Nov-85 03:56:22 EST Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.2557 Posted: Sat Nov 2 03:56:22 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 04:43:26 EST Distribution: net Organization: Dept. of Petroleum Engineering, University of Texas/Austin Lines: 9 Like many have noted, the stress of religion and language have done much harm to India {Why don't we think of ourselves as Indians, instead of Muslims or Tamilians?}. I believe the present language states and the special status to Jammu- Kashmir are the reasons for the non-Indianness feeling that most Indians have. I would like to hear what other people on the 'net' have to say about the causes of non-Indianness and remedies for it.