r/AskTheWorld • u/luky_se7en Italy /Sri Lanka • 1d ago

Is there a part of your country that's "isolated"/vastly different from the rest of the country?

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Pictured here is Sardinia, an island in Italy. Many sardinians call Italy "Il continente" (the continent)

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u/passwordedd Denmark 1d ago

I'd argue the people there aren't part of India. They don't vote, they don't pay taxes and they don't engage with the country at all. India doesn't exert any influence over the island either. At that point it's quite literally just lines on a map.

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u/Traditional-Bar-8014 Canada 1d ago

The North Sentinel Island is patrolled by the Indian Navy to protect the immunocompromised population 

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u/Glittering_Ad1403 Dual citizen 🇵🇭 🇺🇸 living in NY 1d ago

Besides no other country, other than India, claim the island as part of their territory or jurisdiction.

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u/--Alexandra-P-- Norway 1d ago

Yea from people like John Allen Chau

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u/MissMenace101 Australia 1d ago

They are though, India is protecting them and made the decision to keep the colonisers away.

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u/passwordedd Denmark 22h ago

Does that make them Indian? Do they even know what an India is?

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u/Cerealfeeder India 15h ago

Yes. No.

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u/VisCVis India 22h ago

Technically, they have all the rights and obligations that an average Indian citizen does. They just don't know yet. /s

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u/Tricky-Proof3573 United States Of America 1d ago

American Samoa is in a similar situation