--- On Fri, 11/13/09, Frederick Noronha <fredericknoro...@gmail.com<http://in.mc940.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fredericknoro...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I do not believe World War II was "our" war, despite all > the rhetoric about the "fight against Nazism" and what not. It still > seems to me to be a ruthless scramble for colonies between a Britain that > had an unfair share at that time and a Germany that felt badly > left out (despite its technological and scientific prowess). And a > violent struggle for economic clout in a changing world. -- FN >
To which Santosh Helekar commented: "This is an amazing revision of history. The fight against Nazism in scare quotes was only rhetoric? Does Noronha deny the holocaust as well?" I think that what FN is saying is not so far fetched unless one wishes to view the world in black and white terms as Santosh wishes to do. I'd recommend Amitav Ghosh's novel 'The Glass Palace' for a very nuanced reading of the issues involved and that includes the nature of colonialism; the motivations underlying the Second World War; the responses of different Indian to this war; and the nature of war itself. Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350