Mohan I suppose what I meant by "...everyone who has wanted to drop out of the Indian Union has done so already by buying his way out through a disasterously corrupt political process... where merit is given the go by to the rupee."
India. The idea of India and the Indian Union is currently, in my view, an antique, defunct political concept of the 1890's. It is an idea ... that cooperation, and political cohesiveness of a subcontinent (as a viable political unit)has seen it's time. The reality is that India has been suborned by corruption; it has ben vitiated by regionalism. In truth Indian's have reduced their country to regional similarities, and differences. Corruption in every facit of human intercourse has gutted the concept of the Indian Union. This has been done by a "me first, my family first.." that has replaced the idea of nationhood. Patriotism has been replaced by nationalism on a country wide scale; at that, even nationalism has been replaced by communal and regional concerns.
Oddly, I see this as a great positive. The US is barely governable with 280 million souls; India with 980 million souls is 4X more ungovernable... simply because of it's size. I think I could say the same thing about China... will the center hold? Don't believe so.
In the case of India the center hasn't held. Power has slipped away to the states. I view this as an encouraging sign, a very encouraging sign. Power will now slip from the states to the local city governments. Even more encouraging.
Governance, good governance is perhaps, simply a matter of scale.
Turning to your question of ancient European history, or European pre-history. I know this sounds dippy. Just try the Encarta Encyclopedia, or Grolier's.
My best Mohan,
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