tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post1029693641265654210..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings - why multicultural Australia cannot be part of AsiaJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-84902356452165335032012-01-25T05:28:22.795+11:002012-01-25T05:28:22.795+11:00Interesting comment, Ramana, and for a number of r...Interesting comment, Ramana, and for a number of reasons. <br /><br />India is clearly part of Asia at one level, and yet the sub-continent gets a classification of its own that affects thinking.<br /><br />Thinking about your paraphrase, my own mind set equates small Australia to a Greek Island or perhaps Venice. It's much harder for a very big country like India. There is something lurking in my mind here that won't quite come out. Another post, perhaps.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-56011396432116825852012-01-25T02:40:47.362+11:002012-01-25T02:40:47.362+11:00Let me paraphrase your penultimate paragraph to fi...Let me paraphrase your penultimate paragraph to fit today's India.<br /><br />We live in a complicated world of conflicting groups/linguistic and religious. The most economically successful states have to be open to all to attract traders from everywhere in the country. Our wealth is directly linked to our government liberating us from the shackles of our past. Our bankers, investors and traders span widely. The products produced by our industrialists, artisans and farmers are widely distributed within and outside our country. In other words, we are a miracle!<br /><br />Population, future etc are all well known to you and I just want you to consider this comedy of not including India in Asia!Rummusernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-31399469212056570892012-01-21T20:56:53.667+11:002012-01-21T20:56:53.667+11:00Interesting comment, Evan. You may well be right.Interesting comment, Evan. You may well be right.Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-88172554460659055182012-01-21T11:11:55.965+11:002012-01-21T11:11:55.965+11:00I'm more and more surprised that Australia doe...I'm more and more surprised that Australia doesn't pay more attention to Scandinavia that exists in the shadow of a very large place - Russia and so on.<br /><br />I think there must be things we could learn for our relations to "Asia" - Indonesia, China, Japan.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.com