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rfmcdonaldOne reason that the very possible separation of the territory of the former princely state of Hyderabad from Andhra Pradesh is that it seems to be an unusual kind of separatism. Elsewhere in India, Punjab was formed on the basis of the region's Sikh majority and Punjabi language, while in the northeast states ethnic minorities acquired states of their own like Nagaland and Manipur, split off from an Assam that looks like it has the potential to subdivide even further. These new states seem to be founded on the basis of fairly obvious criteria of ethnicity, language, and religion. But Telangana? I might have thought that since ex-Hyderabadis and non-ex-Hyderabadis were all Teluguphone, they all would want to live together in a Teluguphone Andhra Pradesh, but apparently not. History, in this case, trumps language.
All around the world, there are areas and populations which you'd think might share a common identity that don't. Here in the city of Toronto, I'm tempted to say that the controversial 1998 amalgamation of Toronto's different federated municipalities into a single megacity hasn't created much of a pan-Toronto identity, with people still identifying themselves first in relation to the assimilated communities like Scarborough and Etobicoke as opposed to the new City. English Canada, so often positied as a single communtiy by Qubécois nationalists who want a single partner, doesn't exist as a single community, different provincial and regional divisions taking priority. And so on.
What about your part of the world?
All around the world, there are areas and populations which you'd think might share a common identity that don't. Here in the city of Toronto, I'm tempted to say that the controversial 1998 amalgamation of Toronto's different federated municipalities into a single megacity hasn't created much of a pan-Toronto identity, with people still identifying themselves first in relation to the assimilated communities like Scarborough and Etobicoke as opposed to the new City. English Canada, so often positied as a single communtiy by Qubécois nationalists who want a single partner, doesn't exist as a single community, different provincial and regional divisions taking priority. And so on.
What about your part of the world?
