Caste system should have been abolished when the region gained independence from the Brits.
Me wanting a balkanized India isn't based on that. I don't think you understood when I said the cultural difference and racism faced by a certain region of the country is the main reason why I think it should be balkanized. The entire north east isn't Hindu either. Other than some of them being forced to convert, they aren't part of the religion that practices caste system. Hindus performing caste system in central and north India isn't part of my argument for balkanization.
When you force groups of regions to form a country and treat their citizens as some sort of low lying filth for 70 years then I absolutely believe that you shouldn't be part of that country.
Don't get me wrong, if the Eastern States DID manage to secede from India, I would support that movement to the hilt if it maintained an anti imperialist character.
One option is independence, but then you are out of the fire and into the frying pan. The country will immediately be in debt and forced to take on all kinds of loans from China or the world bank and trade one set of colonizers for another. It is certainly one route, but one that comes with its own set of risks and as we know from the few countries that have remained independent, it is a very tough row to hoe.
Another possibility is to find common cause with Dalits, Naxalites, Kashmiris etc. and fight for regional/indigenous self determination and an end to religious and caste discrimination. I think an approach with a wider more internationalist approach that finds common cause will be ultimately stronger and more difficult to exploit by imperialists.
Caste system should have been abolished when the region gained independence from the Brits.
Me wanting a balkanized India isn't based on that. I don't think you understood when I said the cultural difference and racism faced by a certain region of the country is the main reason why I think it should be balkanized. The entire north east isn't Hindu either. Other than some of them being forced to convert, they aren't part of the religion that practices caste system. Hindus performing caste system in central and north India isn't part of my argument for balkanization.
When you force groups of regions to form a country and treat their citizens as some sort of low lying filth for 70 years then I absolutely believe that you shouldn't be part of that country.
Don't get me wrong, if the Eastern States DID manage to secede from India, I would support that movement to the hilt if it maintained an anti imperialist character.
One option is independence, but then you are out of the fire and into the frying pan. The country will immediately be in debt and forced to take on all kinds of loans from China or the world bank and trade one set of colonizers for another. It is certainly one route, but one that comes with its own set of risks and as we know from the few countries that have remained independent, it is a very tough row to hoe.
Another possibility is to find common cause with Dalits, Naxalites, Kashmiris etc. and fight for regional/indigenous self determination and an end to religious and caste discrimination. I think an approach with a wider more internationalist approach that finds common cause will be ultimately stronger and more difficult to exploit by imperialists.