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  1. 1977 - Coup in India

    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...

  2. Hopes for Settling Accounts?

    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...

  3. The Peshawar Lancers Extended Universes Project

    sounds interesting.

  4. April 9th

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

  5. What next in Harrisons S & S Timeline?

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

  6. Sieg Allah 2005

    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%...

  7. Sieg Allah 2005

    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...

  8. The Pennsylvania Lancers, or Britain-over-the-sea

    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...

  9. A Map Thread

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

  10. A Map Thread

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

  11. Khalsa Victorious?

    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...

  12. SM Sterling - opinions

    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/.

  13. Another what happened here map

    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...

  14. A African Hong Kong

    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...

  15. More Fragmented India

    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...

  16. More Fragmented India

    Floculencio, if we take this further, what happens when China invades Tibet? Furthermore, does Bengal (assuming they are the dominant power with their flag flying in Lhasa - in real history, the Brits had a garrison there and India took over after WW2) allow this or do they fight China to...

  17. More Fragmented India

    Interesting idea for Rajasthan there. I like it and I think it'd be possible. Did Rajasthan back then include Sindh? I'm just wondering becuase if it did, there would be access to the sea. As for the large princely states, I agree, independence could come although I wonder what would happen...

  18. More Fragmented India

    Bengal (today's Indian West Bengal and today's Bangladesh) under Subhash Bose and perhaps along with Bihar, Assam, and the N.Eastern areas of present day India become a nation after Bose finds himself unable to unite all of India. Also, since Bose's Indian Nat'l Army had taken the Andamans and...

  19. More Fragmented India

    I agree that India is analagous to Europe in that sense. Flocculenco, I'm a Telegu myself (grandparents from a village near Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh). Now, my ancestral village was part of the Nizam of Hyderabad's kingdom. Yet his kingdom included Telegu speakers and Marati and Kannada...

  20. Speakers of Indo-European

    Wow, this would be amazing indeed. For one, people would want to know what the religion of this tribe would be a big deal IMO. People would want to know about that from India to Ireland. This would be amazing beyond belief though. For all you know, we mgiht see a revival of that language as...
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