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"Does Europe have a Civilising mission in India?" - excerpts
Some thought-provoking excerpts from: Does Europe have a Civilising mission in India? by Jakob De Roover*, published on 16 June 2008 - Issue : 786. *** Excerpts Begin *** Recently, the European Pa… more »
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"Does Europe have a Civilising mission in India?" - excerpts
B Shantanu wrote 3 weeks ago: Some thought-provoking excerpts from: Does Europe have a Civilising mission in India? by Jakob De … more »
Mahatma and Netaji - A little bit of history
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B Shantanu wrote 1 month ago: In my previous post, I has asked the question: What could be the reason(s) for the Government … more »
Let the truth be known: What really happened to Netaji?
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B Shantanu wrote 1 month ago: Like many of you, I have often wondered how India’s present would have looked if Netaji Subhash Ch … more »
Naman 1857 - A Tribute to the Martyrs
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B Shantanu wrote 2 months ago: Please watch this short video and spare a moment to remember the brave souls who laid down their liv … more »
Bahadur Shah Zafar & "Bharat Ratna" - more than a joke
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B Shantanu wrote 5 months ago: Amidst all the recent brouhaha around Bharat Ratna nominations, someone conveniently forgot the … more »
India's 59th Republic Day
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aalasanthosh wrote 5 months ago: India celebrated its 59th Republic Day today. The Republic Day of India holds a special place in th … more »
Reassessing Mahatma: Did Gandhi-giri really worked?
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B Shantanu wrote 7 months ago: Several weeks ago, I came across this piece by Dr Dipak Basu (Professor in International Economics i … more »
The "truth" about a "benevolent Empire"
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B Shantanu wrote 8 months ago: Varnam posted this great entry on “The Benevolent Empire“ earlier this week which menti … more »
'Nehru, Edwina united in souls, not bodies'
Amitava wrote 12 months ago: The love Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had for Lady Edwina Mountbatten was chivalric and it was not physi … more »
Clearing the dust off Macaulay's "famous quote"
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B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: Many of you must have come across this “famous quote” of Macaulay in which he appears to … more »
Some good links for weekend reading...
B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: Here are some links for your weekend reading: 1. An article recommended by someone I respect. I hav … more »
Of Bharatiya passion and "phirangi" thoughts...
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B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: Aditi Goyal from Bharat Uday Mission recently wrote this essay - worth a read. Some excerpts below: … more »
Of Swastika, Nazis and sacred symbols…
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B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: The recent controversy around Germany’s proposal to seek an EU ban on swastikas (and later it … more »
"Why Britain should fear Shilpa"...
B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: Nice one from the BBC (although when you click the link the actual title of the story is, “Big … more »
Of Bangalore, Bengaluru and Fractured Identities...
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B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: A few days ago, I got into a passionate debate about the merits of the name change of Bangalore to B … more »
Would "Gandhi...have become an asterisk of history rather than an icon"?
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B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: Peter Worthington wrote a great piece in the Toronto Sun last week titled, “War cannot be wage … more »
"China: Will India repeat the mistakes of 1962?" - Excerpts
B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: I alluded to Claude Arpi’s excellent article in my previous post, “India, China and Aru … more »
Whats nectar for secular US is toxic for secular India
B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: Just came across S Gurumurthy’s brilliant critique on the recent BusinessWeek article on Karma … more »
India in the 1820s...
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B Shantanu wrote 1 year ago: I first came across this graph on Greg Mankiw’s blog. Greg is a Professor of Economics at H … more »
