[Reader-list] Count Dracula and political conflict

[yasir ~يا سر]

... and the real one

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_the_Impaler>
http://www.donlinke.com/drakula/vlad.htm

<http://www.donlinke.com/drakula/vlad.htm>romanians dont particularly like
to discuss dracul or vlad with strangers   :D



On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:06 PM, Inder Salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Transylvania is also often associated with
> *Dracul<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula>
> **http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula
> **
> Recently i met an artist named Nemere from this Region in Japan . Then he
> described his identity. He had deep grudge against Romania, his country
> because he believed that the entire region is dominated politically and
> economically by Romanian majority population.  His one of the performance
> was  rubbing  the official report of the Govt on the road which showed
> flawed figures to claim control over Transsylvnia.
>
> There is very interesting history of this region, just click to read
>
> *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania
>
> I was wondering about the areas in the world which are simmering with
> discontent. Yugoslavia was once a peaceful area , but it experienced the
> worst recently, and still most of its population are not sure about their
> locations with regard to their identity. In any case most of the serbs look
> similar to  Slovenes and Croats. Religious identity was discovered sooner
> and devastated the entire regions with a whole sale hate between all.
>
> There is a literary a Dracula in Kashmir these days, and is devouring
> people
> in scores. Even if Kashmiri Dracula would transform into literature, the
> history of it would remain like Transylvania's unless there is some change
> in staus quo...
>
> I believe it is just a matter of time before the so called peaceful society
> of a regions turns violent, since there is a imposed history in each case.
> .
> Who knows when my artist friend from Romania turns into a stone pelter
>
> with love
> is
>
>
>
> http://indersalim.livejournal.com
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