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A little off topic, but there is still this tribe of writers in the west, who question Sikkim's integration with India. They make it look like India aggressively annexed Sikkim, whereas the exercise was overwhelmingly peaceful and popular. When these types of commentators do stoop to quote a...

And let's not equate Nehru, for alll his faults and failures, with these demagogues and idiots in Maldives and Nepal.

India wasn't so crude and crass about it. India just achieved independence from the UK, so of course it was sensitive to anything that smacked of colonialism. And giving arms to Pakistan in 1954 was gratuitously aggressive power politics. The US was the immature one, under John Foster Dulles...

There's an overall absence of intelligent, independent thinking among countries like Nepal and Maldives. They are very emotional, opportunistic and obsessed with the small nation syndrome. Honourability, balance, nuance and subtlety are not strong characteristics of these countries. It probably...

Furthermore, there is no hostility on social media to India, by Mauritians. Whereas there are some awful Nepalese on youtube etc making snide and stupid remarks about India. With Maldives, it's even their politicians, let alone citizens on social media, being jackasses.

Mauritius has always been very friendly to India, even while also being friendly during the cold war, with the US. It's track record is superior to Nepal. So Hindus are the largest single minority at 48%, and not far from being a majority. India should keep watch on the demographics. Go with...

Right, India must keep a close watch on Mauritius. Let's hope the demographics favour India, with a Hindu majority(?) currently. If the Moslems( particularly) become a majority, things are very uncertain and touchy. If it turns into a Christian majority, it's more likely to be pro-US or pro...

Very good. Needless to say, this should have happened long ago, Christians should have been encouraged to know about, make references to, feel respect for, Hindu symbols, concepts and history. Without necessarily plunging themselves into it, or giving up their Christian faith.

There is a group of Indian Christians from Kerala and Goa, who are solidly Indian and who would not denigrate Hindus or Hinduism. The few that we know have never tried to convert, or put Hinduism down. They mind their own lives.

Maldives doesn't acknowledge Hindus or Hinduism. India should bring this issue up.