[Reader-list] Joint India-Pakistan Statement on Mumbai

[A Khanna]

>>  Having said all of that, you would appreciate that
>> relationships on a personal level have nothing to do with
>> what country a person is from. Nor can they form the basis
>> of making a macro level evaluation of the 'psyche'
>> of a country.
>>  The 'inner mind' transcends the behaviour of
>> 'hail fellow well met' pleasant situations.
>>  As an example, it would be foolish for anyone to believe
>> that the warmth generated by Vajpayee and even someone
>> like Advani during their visits to Pakistan is in any way a
>> reflection of their "inner mind".

interesting - how then can the 'psyche' of a country be appreciated?  
or can it? or is it a powerful myth that masks a complex diversity of  
positions in a political economy? what is this 'inner mind'? can the  
fiction of a personified nation-state, or country be ascribed a  
psyche? and to what effect? is it the pre-requisite for the  
justification of violence by one 'country' upon another?

akshay

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