Dividing the country on language basis was a big blunder.
Ideally, the country should have been divided by horizontal and vertical lines i.e. latitudes and longitudes, which are mathematically and scientifically verifiable. That would have simplified all matters.
Even now, it is not too late.
As there is a demand for smaller states all over India (for example, Telangana movement in Andhra Pradesh), let us redivide all states all over India by horizontal and vertical straight lines.
RE:Division by language was a blunder
by nitin k on Apr 29, 2008 11:05 AM Permalink
What would you say about dividing the regiments in the Indian army on the basis of their castes then!? Sikh regiment, Jat, Maratha, Rajput etc.? The ones who designed these knew that it worked out this way in the real world than bunching people haphazardly. Same is with the states. What would be the unifying factor if you were to draw some horizontal and vertical lines on the map and think the same exists on the ground!? Taking it to a personal level, would you tend to move with a group which speaks your language, than one which predominantly speaks a different language? Same will be the case with villages/towns and cities..
RE:Division by language was a blunder
by Chirag Desai on Apr 29, 2008 10:21 AM Permalink
I agree with you fully. Even I had a thought about it. Why just stop at dividing states in India, the best proposition would be to re-align the world again in latitude and longitude and let UN be the law-making body.
After this happens, second thing which should happen is that we should have a single currency across the globe.
