Indian History and Politics

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
what is Kashmir? sounds familiar.. but couldn't pinpoint what its all about.

ly is stressed. says:
Kashmir is in India..

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
those crack crack type?!! ahhahahaa..

ly is stressed. says:
the India separated rite therefore u got

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
India is considered south asian? ahahhaa..

ly is stressed. says:
India and Pakistan den...Kashmir is a princely state..which was not directly goverend by british

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
yupe.. sounds political.. but that's socialogy?

ly is stressed. says:
oh no dats a module requriement..so i chose sotuh asia.

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
princely state? i see..

ly is stressed. says:
cos i thot...quite interesting. princely state is like...they self-governance..but stil under british anyway..so after they separate;/all these princely states mus choose. to join India or Paksitan.

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
i see.. its in India? orh...

ly is stressed. says:
but cos of geography..and socialcultural diversity

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
then what did Kashmir did? they wanted their own independence?

ly is stressed. says:
that was much later. yea..cos Pakistan came abt becos this guy called Jinnah wanted a Muslim Homeland. so he wanted all the Muslims of India to seperate..have a nationof hteir own. but after the separation..mass migration etc..thats why India and Pakistan in chaos..

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
wow the Queen died and he made himself the King..sheesh...

ly is stressed. says:
den Kashmir the ruler..very indecisive...

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
oh.. okay.. continue.

ly is stressed. says:
mus have been a libran haha

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
interesting.. i like history.hahahahahaa..

ly is stressed. says:
den they were given a deadline. a date but he still cuden choose..

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
yah!! maybe!!! alamak.. then how?

ly is stressed. says:
den he also thot of being a soversign in his own right so India and Paksitan fought over kashmir. yea..thast why the Kashmiri ppl very sad.cos actually the Muslims

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
aiyah.. just like a divorce couple fighting over their 21 yr old kid.

ly is stressed. says:
they got along fine with the Hindus..all along..yea den...out of nowehere..they ahve to resettle..

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
just because of a Jin Nah.

ly is stressed. says:
many of htem died along the way...hunger..etc..

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
Gin Nah..

ly is stressed. says:
imagine now we say all the chinese move to bedok.. and all the malays to jurong.. jus on a much larger scale lar. haha

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
and we all died taking MRT.

ly is stressed. says:
LOL! yea something along that lines.

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
jia lat... but singapore will never have that..our housing estate got ethnic control..

ly is stressed. says:
lol yess mutiracial

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
woahahhaa.. even little india also..

ly is stressed. says:
policy mah

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
i see..but the Kashmir people.. are they muslim or hindus?

ly is stressed. says:
they are both! yea cos like. when the british divided India rite they divided according to majority areas. so like..if this region has mostly Muslim..then they go Pakistan but

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
they're stuck in the middle? uhuh.... Kashmir.. is it the place where now SIA flies too.. very colourful one?

ly is stressed. says:
these princely states were very complex diverse religons..etc..heh duno leh

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
so is that the British's fault?

ly is stressed. says:
in a way..yea they had a part to play too. also they were grogrpahically lcoated haphazardly so like..the british sadi..ok

eanne : updating my life, in case i forget all about it in a few days. says:
they like to divide people hor... look at China town, Little India and Bugis..

ly is stressed. says:
we separate the princely states according to geogrpahical contiguity yea/ den kashmir has to fall smack in the middle lol. plus..to maek it worse, lots of these princely states had Hindu rulers with Muslim majority..and vice versa so made the problem worse.


talking to jewel is always so informative. and well, as you can see.. i was clearly brain dead.