tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post6511921303289433386..comments2024-03-07T14:43:21.888-08:00Comments on Whatever I want to write about: Hit the road, (Union) JackSriram Khéhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06907731254833435446noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-68348954781602784142016-06-23T22:48:18.903-07:002016-06-23T22:48:18.903-07:00Hey, "Leave won by 52% to 48%" reports t...Hey, "Leave won by 52% to 48%" reports the BBC. A referendum that was heard around the world.<br />This will certainly have enormous repercussions throughout the world, for years to come. An event perhaps as important as the Berlin Wall coming down ... Real life is always infinitely more unpredictable than we can ever imagine. Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-48079452023529205232016-06-05T07:05:20.983-07:002016-06-05T07:05:20.983-07:00Yes, we differ (and have differed the same way ear...Yes, we differ (and have differed the same way earlier too.)<br /><br />I am ok with whatever identity that people want to have. But, what I am not ok with is using that identity in order to promote their supremacy and to systematically keep the "other" out. What I imagine is, I would argue, far more challenging than is to have an EU or an India. In India or EU, the diversity is accommodated under a big tent, but--and especially in India--the bigness of the tent allows for people of similar identities to stick to their own kind. <br /><br />It is not the size of the geography that should matter--think about the tiny countries in the western part of Africa, for instance. The challenge is whether people are informed, educated, and human enough to think beyond their respective boundaries and identities. <br />Sriram Khéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06724218458246880137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27946614.post-26213976852060049212016-06-05T02:58:35.636-07:002016-06-05T02:58:35.636-07:00We are the opposite end of the spectrum when it co...We are the opposite end of the spectrum when it comes to identity. You are comfortable in a smaller homogenous identity. I am comfortable in a broader, diverse identity. That is why you are not a fan of the most extreme example of a diverse nation - India, while I am a unabashed proponent of every other nation following India's example.<br /><br />I am firmly in the Britain staying in the EU camp. Nothing massively dramatic will happen to Britain if it exited. But it would have lost the wonderful idea of living closer with other Europeans. What you have to articulate is why going separately will make the UK better. Being British was never an issue with being in the EU - the EU is not a nation. The real reason why the Out camp wants Out is to stop migrants from Eastern Europe who have free movement as part of the EU. You want to support that ?<br /><br />Next in line will be Scotland , again. Then why should Orkney not secede from Scotland - Orcadians are a separate culture. Then why not the North Isles and South Isles go separately ?<br /><br />We will fundamentally disagree on the concept of nationhood.Rameshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11782192840421019943noreply@blogger.com