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I feel the mega-country most imminently close to a breakup is
Indonesia.
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>From: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],"Goa's premiere mailing list, estb.
>1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
>To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
>Subject: Re: [Goanet] Leo Lawrence's book
>Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:53:00 -0800 (PST)
>
>--- Paulo Colaco Dias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think everyone will agree that the Republic of India never exercised
> > sovereignty over Goa before so how could the Republic of India (Indian
> > Union) repossess Goa?
>
>Dear Paulo:
>
>In my interaction with Goan expats in the last 5 years, I have been
>surprized that a majority (I
>have not done a scientific poll) believe Goa should be separate from India
>(at least in the
>Catholic community). Some of them never lived in Goa, but strongly hold
>that view. My second
>surprize has been how easily that view has been passed down to the next
>generation. All this
>thinking might come to nought and is sometimes only academic discussion.
>However, a 50 or 100
>years from now, I think mega countries like China, India, Brazil, Russia,
>America might split up
>under their own weight into smaller entities for political, religious,
>economic reasons (even Iraq
>may split up). Even within countries, some states like UP have split in the
>last few years. The
>countries I mentioned did not have the same geographical boundaries a 100
>years ago, so anything
>is possible a 100 years from now. Over time everything changes.
>
>The futurist like me wants to ask: what will a Goan country look like?
>
>Regards,
>George
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