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To: michael97123 who wrote (159785)	3/29/2005 2:27:20 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Pluralist solutions do tend to work if there is a functioning democracy and I do not see India going away. In spite of seperatist demands along its frontiers, the Indian state is succeeding magnificently in my view, although it certainly has its challenges with poverty, aids and corruption, to name but a few of its persistent problems. Two years ago, I would have called Pakistan a failed state. It has been amazing to me that Musharraf has held it together, after the Bhuttos and many others have failed. I am afraid, though, that it could disintegrate very quickly if he were assassinated. Did you know that the Karachi Stock Exchange has been among the best performing markets in the world recently? Though that may be due to fickle foreign fund managers, it still says a lot, IMO. Sam