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Modern India’s modern myths

It is my belief that the first column of a New Year should try to be cheerful no matter how bad the times. So, despite the attempt to bump off our new Home Minister in Guwahati on New Year’s Day I am not going to say more than one sentence about terrorism this week. Here is that sentence. May t  ....Read more

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Myths of Tavleen SinghBy: P Gulzar | Monday , 5 Jan '09 7:12:28 AM Reply | Forward Tavleen Singh overstates the case and creates false bugaboos. The supposed commonality between liberals and Islamists will come as a shock to both of them. She plays to the gallery and increases divisiveness..
Better to avoid offensive terminologyBy: Kumar | Monday , 5 Jan '09 6:25:33 AM Reply | Forward The term 'hindu india', referring to the duration in the past when casteism was more prevelant, tends to be offensive to the dalits and the lower castes.
Modern India’s modern mythsBy: Arti | Monday , 5 Jan '09 11:38:29 AM Reply | Forward Mostly JNU.
Modern India's stupid historians, intellectualsBy: History101 | Monday , 5 Jan '09 2:24:11 AM Reply | Forward Great article! Very well said! I would like to add one more comment about the self-loathing (so-called) historians/ opinionators. They get the dates about Indian history so wrong: I wonder which college/ university gave them the degrees.
Tavleen Singh 4.1.09By: Bani Södermark | Sunday , 4 Jan '09 22:38:16 PM Reply | Forward Tavleen, You are always direct and incisive, but this time you were superb. Kudos to you for having the courage to say publicly what most of us havee only thought in private! Well done.
Criticise Bharat - Win AwardsBy: Appu | Sunday , 4 Jan '09 19:53:24 PM Reply | Forward Our greatest historian Romila "Amichand" Thapar won "prestigious" million dollar award in the west. Ms Tavleen has no chance doing so if she remains faithful to the concept of "Bharat". Btw, origin of Bharat was called "Bhrahma-Vartya" (Manu-Smruti -2.18) between rivers Saraswati
Modern India's modern mythBy: M.S. Ramanna | Sunday , 4 Jan '09 15:01:18 PM Reply | Forward Dear Talveen Singh,You are one of the best. I was really impressed with your 'Modern India's modern myth'.I hope the comrades will read this and learn something.
Modern India’s modern mythsBy: Suresh | Sunday , 4 Jan '09 5:24:35 AM Reply | Forward Tavleen Singh is perfectly right. GDP estimatesAccording to economic historian Angus Maddison in his book The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective, India had the world's largest economy from the 1st century to 11th century, with a 32.9% share of world GDP in the 1st century to 28.9% in 1000 CE.
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