Xref: utzoo soc.culture.indian:23762 news.groups:17719 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhvax1!acsiq From: acsiq@uhvax1.uh.edu Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian,news.groups Subject: Re: soc.culture.pakistan Message-ID: <5547.25d7d822@uhvax1.uh.edu> Date: 13 Feb 90 15:49:21 GMT References: <35260@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> <36050248@hpindda.HP.COM> <110294@ti-csl.csc.ti.com> <4890@amelia.nas.nasa.gov> Organization: University of Houston Lines: 39 In article <4890@amelia.nas.nasa.gov>, prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Dinesh K. Prabhu) writes: > My belief is that when s.c.indian was formed, the word indian referred to > the entire South-Asian subcontinent. I wholeheartedly support the move to > rename s.c.indian to s.c.south-asia. We can use this forum to discuss > cultural matters pertaining to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and > Bhutan. I would also like to see talk.politics.south-asia created so that > all the sensitive political issues can be moved out of s.c.south-asia. > > Any takers? > > Dinesh Prabhu > > -- > Dinesh K. Prabhu, Eloret Institute, M/S 230-2 > NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA-94035. > Internet: prabhu@amelia.nas.nasa.gov > UUCP : {ncar,decwrl,hplabs,uunet}!ames!amelia!prabhu Why not soc.culture.asia or .europe or even social.culture.world? Then every body can discuss their *common* interests. What you have to realize is that although Pakistan and India have the same cultural heritage, their present day societies are becoming more and more different. And as long as people continue to ignore this fact, there is no hope of an understanding between the two countries. So allow us our own identity and soc.culture.pakistan and then maybe we can talk. Faisal. _______________________________________________ Faisal Usmani, Dept. of Electrical Engineering University of Houston, Houston, Texas. _______________________________________________ faisal@crcc.uh.edu, acsiq@uhvax1.uh.edu _______________________________________________