“THE TECHNICIANS” (or rather the TECHNOCRACY) “There is not much to be expected from the third group of Anglicized Hindus, and therefore there is not also much to be said…” … that’s how dismissively if not disparagingly does Nirad Chaudhury write about Technicians (or technocracy) of India in his 1965 book, “The Continent of Circe“.Continue reading “The end of the Nehruvium and the Anglicised-Hindu Class (Part-3 of 3) — Concluded”
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M/s Hindenburg, A.L.Basham & Dalrymple and India’s colonial “wonder” hangover
For some bizarre and unfathomable reason, you know, reading the article above ⬆️ took me back on memory lane to my school days . In my history lessons for Class 8 we had a text book which had 2 chapters which we were made to study very thoroughly by our class-teacher (BTW, I studied inContinue reading “M/s Hindenburg, A.L.Basham & Dalrymple and India’s colonial “wonder” hangover”
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-27
In 1732 CE, the Persian marauder, Nadir Shah, invaded the Mughal capital of Delhi and carried out sheer unspeakably barbarian-scale mayhem, slaughter, loot and plunder for 57 days! The historian William Dalrymple writes (in his book, “The Anarchy”) that at the end of his expedition, the value of the loot that Nadir Shah took backContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantin-s”: Part-27″
The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 22
From a broad survey of the history of South India between the 15th and 17th century CE, it is easy to learn and conclude that the glory of scores and scores of Hindu temples (both Saivite and Vaishnavite) reached its pinnacle during the same period and it was thanks largely to the power of theContinue reading “The Decline and Fall of the “ubaya-vedaantins”: Part 22″