Scholars agree that nation state formation in South Asia had taken on
opposite direction to its development in Europe. In South Asia, the
struggles for independent from long periods of colonization did not come
with the aim to build an overarching state led by a civic society under
one ethno-religious cultural identity. The multi-nation, multi-lingual,
multi-religious and multi-cultural nature of the South Asian societies
prevented such uniformity and civic consciousness in their society. The
post-colonial struggles for democracy in these states in South Asia
bears witness to the fact that independent was perceived as an
opportunity for a particular ethnic group than to the entire state.Read more>>>
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