This morning a very dear friend and ex-colleague of mine and I happened to exchange some views on India and China and their relative achievements as a people in contemporary times. This is what my friend wrote to me: QUOTE: “I strongly believe in (this line of reasoning):No Kingdom without Army.No Army without Wealth.No WealthContinue reading “Meritocracy as a value in China and India”
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Time to restore pride back to our ancient Hindu temples that Hollywood and Bollywood turned into caricatures
magnificent-bharat-1-2.pdf In the attached PDF file, all the pictures show the truly magnificent temple-architectural wonders to be clear testimony to our country’s glorious heritage . But why in all these years after Indian independence hadn’t they caught — forget the world’s — but even the attention and imagination of our own millions of citizens inContinue reading “Time to restore pride back to our ancient Hindu temples that Hollywood and Bollywood turned into caricatures”
Why INDIA’s great heritage doesn’t make it to the top of UNESCO’s “WORLD HERITAGE SITE” rank-list
Getting on the list of UNESCO’s WORLD HERITAGE SITES is an ordeal—about a year and a half’s worth of paperwork, lobbying, and presentations—but those who triumph can expect a healthy boost in tourism and conservation efforts. Here below is a recently published chart that shows the ranking of countries that are on the top-10 RankingContinue reading “Why INDIA’s great heritage doesn’t make it to the top of UNESCO’s “WORLD HERITAGE SITE” rank-list”
The wars that America regrets are still remembered … but the war America does not regret, long forgotten!
This is such a revealing and insightful chart indeed! America, make no mistake about it, has had a hand in either instigating, leading or orchestrating almost all wars fought in the world in both the 20th and 21st century so far … And given so many of the present potentially tinderbox-hotspots of geopolitical tension thatContinue reading “The wars that America regrets are still remembered … but the war America does not regret, long forgotten!”
PAKISTAN: “THE SICK MAN OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT”
Below is an Op-Ed piece by an anonymous writer in the Friday Times (Pakistan) . I read it twice fully and I must confess I was at once afflicted by so many mixed feelings about everything this extraordinary correspondent has penned in his almost elegiac piece (so much redolent of the famous one of ThomasContinue reading “PAKISTAN: “THE SICK MAN OF THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT””
The boring Professor,Dr. AMARTYA SEN
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/29/british-empire-india-amartya-sen?utm_term=6c664819b930703f3b8ce66b72ddfa1f&utm_campaign=TheLongRead&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=longread_email Amartya Sen writes the above article in THE GUARDIAN, UK seeking mainly to ask the question and set off a debate on it: “what would India have been, and eventually become too, if the British had not occupied and ruled the country for 200+ years.” Much of his article instead of actually suggesting interestingContinue reading “The boring Professor,Dr. AMARTYA SEN”
When Ambedkar wrote that the assassination of Gandhi would be good for the Country
(Following is a letter written by Dr. B.R Ambedkar to Laxmi Kabir (Savitri Ambedkar), whom he later married. He expressed his views on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi) When Ambedkar wrote that the assassination of Gandhi would be good for the Country https://heritagetimes.in/about-us/ Alipur RoadFebruary 8, 1948 I have been the greatest champion of theContinue reading “When Ambedkar wrote that the assassination of Gandhi would be good for the Country”
“A global “Lehman Brothers” event looming ahead?”: Sombre thoughts of a man of sobriety.
In 1989, New York real estate investor, a man called Seymour Durst spent $120,000 to erect a “National Debt Clock” in Times Square to track the exact amount of money that the U.S. federal government was borrowing to pay its bills. At the time, the country had run up a $2.7 trillion tab, but thatContinue reading ““A global “Lehman Brothers” event looming ahead?”: Sombre thoughts of a man of sobriety.”
The rotten-sweet but refreshing fragrance of Freedom — reflections on the 46th anniversary of the Emergency…
Indira, Jeeps and Blue Books (Thanks to my dear old friend VK Kanna for this link) June 25th 1975 … The Emergency ! I still remember the day … I was a 2nd year B.Com undergraduate student in Loyola College , Chennai, who having finished the First Year university examination was enjoying the ensuing holidaysContinue reading “The rotten-sweet but refreshing fragrance of Freedom — reflections on the 46th anniversary of the Emergency…”
A brief History of Indian historians
👍👏👏… What an amazing video-clip! You must watch it! And how true and so very well said! If one thinks deeply about it, it would be very clear that the very idea and so-called “Study of History” as well as the art and craft of history-writing as we know it today is a 💯 %Continue reading “A brief History of Indian historians”