Milton, Good article, good insights. India has 22 languages - represented by 11 scripts. One of my concerns is that the fast track ccTLD approach does not promise a review mechanism; I fear that any outcomes generated will simply be sent straight to the Board for a swift vote. Although it is convenient and simple to continue to use just one script to represent a country, and many countries will pick one if forced to - there should be no reason why countries should not apply for all the constitutionally mandated scripts that represent the name of their country. I agree with you reg. equal treatment on policies. You and I have been at opposite ends of the "it's just a symbolic representation" debate. Fact is that there is no easy "1 character, 2 character" rule that fits for local language names of geographic territories. And - no one wants to wait for a new ISO internationalized 3166 list either... -Ram rmohan@afilias.info