Re: The great national awakening…
The simmilarities between Indonesia and our own Subcontinent are startling.
Fact is the Subcontinent was a single land mass, all the people were living on the same country as it were, and still they could not stick together and division ultimately ruined everyone as one nation was cut up into many pieces.
Indonesia consists of several Islands of which the four main ones were Java, Sumatra, Bali and Sulawesi at that time. Despite the differences in education, belief and culture between each of the Islands the people fought and operated as one nation and one unit.
During the War Indonesia suffered terribly and was forced to fight a long and bitter guerilla war but still the people stuck together and ultimately triumphed.
Indonesia today has almost doubled in size since it was first created on the World map and its people continue to live together and while there are divisive issues the country has largely remained intact despite all its had to face.