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What % of the Indian business class supported the nationalist movement? How did that change over time (from 1910 to 1940)?The TV soap Buniyaad depicts a rooted Khatri family in
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Thoughts on "conservative politics" in IndiaThe base of H-Right is motivated by religious insecurity, H-Rashtra urges, minority appeasementPolicy wonks on the Right want economic reform, institutional reformThese two planks don't
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Fascinating account of how the great Greek mathematician Eratosthenes figured the circumference of the EarthHis estimate was 28,000 miles - about 15% higher than the actual figure of 24,901 miles
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Revised analysis on google "search" trends for top religious texts in IndiaEarlier thread was a tad flawed.Texts considered :Bhagavad GitaQuranMahabharataRamayanaBiblePeriod past 12 monthsHighlight - Ramayana the top search in much
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Fundamental difference between West and India lies in the understanding of the word "Politics"Indian term : rAj-neeti (meaning - science of governing)Politics in contrast means "on the affairs of a
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"Hindu" atheism can be viewed as "Hindu" only if you interpret the word "Hindu" to include every thought current native to the subcontinentBut strictly speaking, atheistic materialism (even that of
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Heyday of "Western liberalism" in public discourse was in the 1980s and early-mid 90s, ehen US managed to win the Cold War, and the Washington consensus reigned supremeSince then, success
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Thought on ShakespeareWhen Shakespeare was writing his plays back in 1600 - The # of English speakers in the world : 4MM (roughly 0.7% of world's population)# English speakers in
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Interesting comment that positions Rama as a conservative of the old order, while KrSNa-avataram marked the dawn of a new era, with new rules. A radical figureEven Al-Biruni goes to
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One of the oft-repeated criticisms of Hindu thought is that it is too "other-worldly", too metaphysical, and too unconcerned with the mundane world of affairsVidura Neeti in the Mahabharata is
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Pic shared below in the tweet is an edit of a still from a 1954 movie - Andha NaalA songless film directed by the great Veena player S Balachander. Sivaji
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What @dhume is hinting at here is - India should've opted for the British monarch as our ceremonial head of state in 1947Instead of an indirectly elected Presidency we have
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