The Commonwealth is the last straw held on by the colonial mindset of Britain. This defunct organization is the laughing stock of the modern world, suspending Pakistan every other day and re-instating it without anybody paying attention to it. As such this useless pompous organization exists only to warm the cockles of the British monarchy and keep alive the memory of 'bygone halcyon days' when the queen of colonial Britain used to 'grace the lowly subjects of the colonies with her imperial glance'. Of course, for the denizens of the cultureless 'nether' lands of Australia, NZ,SA and also frigid Canada and the scattered islands of Bahamas and the Carribean, the Commonwealth is the only link to any past ancestry. It is a shame and a blot on India to continue to have any link with this organization which can at best only bring back the bitter memories of submitting to subjugation, slavery and exploitative colonialism of the worst kind. It is time now for the youth of India to question the govt the need to continue to associate with such an organization. In fact, India should lead an awakening and awareness campaign to wean away from this organization all those nations who suffered at the hands of this colonial nation whose head of state, the queen, is permanent de-facto head of the Commonwealth. Let only the lands populated by the past colonialist remain as its members. This useless organization at best provides 'sabbatical' to cronies and pompous politicians.
