Talk:India

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Willing to Compromise on Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh

I'm willing to make a compromise on this. I like how China did its map. We should color code the map. We should write the following examples and label my color coding:

Claimed by India, administered by China Claimed by India, administered by Pakisatn Claimed by Pakistan, administered by India Claimed by China, administered by India

Holidays in India

Noting that sombody wanted to add more information today that seemed relevant to me, but it was quickly reverted, I thought I'd take a look around.

• The template is used only in this place. That's an inappropriate use, and hits the servers hard for no purpose. Get rid of it.
• Only 3 holidays are listed. Previous lists had:
  • 4
  • 5
• All travel sites, including those indexed by the ministry of culture, list at least 5 as national holidays.
• The ministry of personnel has considerably more!
• A lot of interesting information about the holidays and festivals has been removed,leaving a bare list.

What's going on here?

--William Allen Simpson 19:34, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

I can't speak of the List of Festivals in India, but can comment on the others.

• New Year is *not* an official holiday. It is a working day in many parts of India.
• May 1 is celebrated as Maharashtra Day and Gujarat Day in their respective states and takes precedence over ILD.
• The pdf contains holidays that are applicable to only Central govt employees. Holidays mentioned in the pdf closely match holidays which are declared by individual states. =Nichalp «Talk»= 07:33, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

External Links

I have added a Link to Blog site http://indiangals.blogspot.com/ The Purpose of this blog site is to give a profile of Indian girls who have performed well in Sports, career, cinema and many other feilds of life. This is not a Adult related site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.144.33.178 (talk • contribs)

I have reverted your change. We will end up with a huge list of external links if this is allowed. You can add it to a new article related to that subject if you want. - Ganeshk^T/_C\^@ 20:07, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

:::I checked up the site. "This is not a Adult related site." Ha Ha. - Ganeshk^T/_C\^@ 20:20, 11 January 2006 (UTC) The link you had added was indiangals. You refer to it was indiangirls which is porn site. - Ganeshk^T/_C\^@ 20:34, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Map

please standardize maps to reflect the indian version of the Kashmir dispute, as is stipulated by the Govt. of India. The Pakistan country page is free to use their version of the map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pizzadeliveryboy (talk • contribs)

Interesting viewpoint. The India article doesn't belong to Indians solely, nor does the Pakistan article belong to Pakistanis. I don't understand why each country page should reflect that country's version of the map ... Wikipedia is not an Indian or Pakistani Govt site. This encyclopedia belongs to the world, should reflect issues as perceived from a neutral point of view. Thanks. --Ragib 23:10, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Reverted your map change. As Ragib said, this is NPOV. - Ganeshk^T/_C\^@ 00:01, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I am considering changing the map to show the Indian viewpoint. There are advocates for people to create an independent Puerto Rico. Should that be marked as disputed? Mark all land as Indian, or I will do it. Also, who recently changed the maps, they are TERRIBLE!

Oh yeah, I also have to add this. If Wikipedia is neutral, why doesn't it offer an alternate view about the Holocaust. People have provided evidence that it never happened. I'm not saying that I deny it, but you claim that "all views should be expressed." If I don't see this in the holocaust page, why should India be givin a "neutral view?" If this doesn't change, I'll add the true Indian map.

Finally, this goes to Ragib. Ragib, how do I know you aren't bias? A lot of Bangladeshis hate Indians. - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shellymelly (talk • contribs)

Please refrain from making comments based on people's origins. If you want, check out my contributions. And please, sign your comments by using ~~~~ after your comments. Thanks. --Ragib 07:53, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm trying to make a point here that all parts of Wikipedia are bias to their respective country's perspective. Please read my post above and see if you agree with it. Thanks! Shellymelly

Ancient???????????????

The changes have been made in both pre colonial histories of India and Pakistan.

India and Pakistan were formed in 1947. Thats just 50+ and certainly not ancient. India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh are all third world countries, with shared histories and cultures. It's stupid for India and Pakistan to crib about 'My culture' and 'My History'.

Changes are more in Pakistan article, as whoever wrote that article seems too much bent upon proving that Pakistan was never a part of India. India and Pakistan were never together, technicaly they never could have been. Guys GET OVER IT. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyberwizmj (talk • contribs)

Too much to edit.

I suggest that a common ancient histroy page be created. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyberwizmj (talk • contribs)

Template:India ties

I've replaced the footer templates with Template:India ties. Such templates on country articles have been deprecated for some time, after lengthy discussions at Wikipedia:Wikiproject Countries. Since most countries belong to at least a half dozen international organizations, which creates quite a mess at the bottom of articles when a box is added for each. Since my knowledge of India is very limited, I recommend you to make changes to improve this template. (See also United Kingdom and Canada for examples). CG 20:28, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

The new template needs work before it can go into the article. So I had to revert your change. I will work on merging the templates later today. - Ganeshk^T/_C\^@ 20:35, 13 January 2006 (UTC)