Recent content by Rahul

No, it wouldn't break up Floc. Manekshaw was a national hero and uncontroversial as far as I know. After all, he's not a Hindu nationalist (he's a Parsi/Zoroastrian), he's not a Muslim fundamentalist, he's not a commie, he's not a regionalist, and he's a national hero that led India to victory...

Things that I'd like to see Mr. Turtledove (or is it Dr.? I forget) take a look at in his books: 1. the war in Europe and adjacent areas 2. situations in British and other colonies (especially India) and places such as China where there were restive populations. For example, why don't we...

sounds interesting.

WTF!! I turned 18 today! What a coincidence. Anyhow, I think today is also "the liberation of Iraq" day.

What timeline is this exactly? If someone could tell me so I could follow, I'd really appreciate it as this sounds interesting. Thanks.

Oh, neither am I. I just happened to read that a little while back when the census for India came out. The current percentage according to the Government of India's 2001 census website is 12.4 though I'd guess it's higher now. Also, the Muslim community has a 29.3% growth rate, the Hindus a 20%...

Surprise surprise, it's just the opposite. In India, Urban muslims, as you said, are progressive. Sadly, most Muslims (not all Indians and not all Indian muslims are urban) in India aren't progressive thanks to a ridiculuos affirmative action systme that enhances a sense of "us" and "them" and...

I think you have your timelines a bit mixed up there. Especially wrt to India. Also, Mexico and all of Latin America (except for Cuba and Puerto Rico) was independent then. Also, S. Africa is British. Ceylon is British. The Dutch still have the East Indies though. Germany has nothing. Portugal...

Diamond, where'd you post your Khirgiz Khanate TL? Just curious because I like the fact that in your map, "Hind" is huge.

Neat maps. I like the United Republic of India a ton

This would be awesome! The british will no longer have such an effective Indian Army as the Sikhs (like 15% of India's army today and IMO a large part of it during the Brit. era) will have their own state of Punjab with a capital at Lahore. The only problem is access to the sea. And, with...

Mr. Stirling, I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed reading your "Peshawar Lancers" novel and that short story of yours from "Worlds That Weren't" though I can't remember its title. And, I'm interested as well about what you're writing EDIT:currentlyEDIT/.

For India....my guess is Jawaharlal and his socialist policies got shot (figuratively or literally) so India managed to grow as a result of British capital still being poured into the economy after independence. China it seems became nationalist, allowing it to receive foreign investment and to...

Peter, do pick up a copy of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel. Much of the reasons for sub-saharan Africa's lack of development are found in its geography (norht-south) that resulted in one set of crops (agriculture was the foundation for civilization's emergence) only being able to be used...

Junagadh, Hyderabad, Kashmir, Mysore, Travancore, tons of them in Rajasthan, umm...that;s all I can think of. Titles were Maharaja/raja (great king, king), nizam (no idea, muslim/urdu title tho), maharana (floculencio mentioned this), and that's about it. In Bombay you might see a president of...