User talk:Cyberwizmj

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[edit] Sandbox

Hello, Cyberwizmj, welcome to Wikipedia. I see you've been editing in the sandbox. That's great - the sandbox is an excellent area to practice your editing skills, but the heading at the top must not be removed.

The sandbox has a special header at the top {{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}}, which is an important notice to new users. Please do not remove this line. Do feel free to edit and type anything below the header on the page, though!

Also, although the sandbox is a practice area, edits in the sandbox must still conform to the good behavior rules that apply to the rest of Wikipedia. That means no behavior which is offensive or irritating to the majority of Wikipedia users. No insulting comments should ever be placed in the sandbox.

By the way, this is your user talk page where any other Wikipedia user can leave you messages. Happy editing! Thanks, Georgia guy 02:41, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ancient india

First: the name India was given to the subcontinent by the ancient greeks - so the name has been around for atleast 2500 years, or even more. We have adopted the european version of the name of the nation for historical reasons. Moreover, the people living within what the Greeks called India have consistently been a culturally homogenous unit since the time Alexander came in here....may be not politically, but culturally, India has been a nation for that period of time.

So ya, India is ancient - get over that!!!

Pizzadeliveryboy 15:07, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

You said:

The feeling of nationalism, of being one, a single country only came after the british came to india. Before that kings fought to extend their terretories, invaders invaded to amass wealth. This region was considered a single entity because of its geography.

PS: BTW I'm also an Indian. I just tend to look at things rationaly.cyberwizmj 18:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Please refer to a std English dictionary for the correct meaning of the word nation. I know some of them will holler that Wikipedia is not a dictionary....yada....yada....yada.... Thats not the point - whats moot here is the correct usage of the word, and the fact the person writing in English knows the correct meaning. To help you, I might advise that you start with www.dictionary.com - look up the meaning of nation in the Dictionary section, and refer to point # 3 (All meanings apply in different contexts - in case of India, imo, # 3 is as relevant as any other). I think I will have made my point clear.

In case you forgot, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India have been one single nation (as per point # 3) for a long time, till religion became a deciding factor, because certain Muslims decided they could not get a fair deal for themselves in a Hindu majority nation. Nepal has off and on been ruled by kingdoms based in India, and vice versa. Yes, Bhutan and SL have been geographically cut off from the mainland Indian subcontinent, I must admit.

Pizzadeliveryboy 15:42, 4 February 2006 (UTC)