many indians today complain about nehru's daffodil-sniffing idealism,
and unwise economic policies. he probably was essential to keeping india
a democracy, which most of the elite recognise today is a good thing for
india; his contemporaries would probably have turned india into a failed
such extents: he refused to accept a permanent security council seat at
the UN for india, when the US offered it in 1953, and suggested that
the seat go to china instead.
.. and there he shot himself in the foot, more than once (hindi chini bhai
bhai suddenly turning into his crying over ae
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 07:53 +0530, Bonobashi wrote:
...And I'm glad to report that even today, the hospitality sequence in a
traditional Bengali household is water - sweets - tea. That's if you aren't
there for a formal meal or such-like big-time stuff.
sweets being an even faster way of
On Sat, 2008-08-30 at 15:09 +0530, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
Actually, the great Indian nod is not particularly associated with the
south.
At least in the US of A.
but that's because head-wobbling south indians are overrepresented in the US of
A!
-r
The following article about economic progress and the Dalits appeared
on my doorstep this morning. As an ignorant foreigner, I'm curious
about whether it is considered to reasonably reflect reality:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30caste.html
Perry
i liked it, though as the article noted the dalit writer is perhaps optimistic.
still, it's good to be optimistic and the basic premise is correct, that
economic advancement and urbanisation is going to reduce caste barriers (and is
probably the only effective way to do this). that's been the
I've long argued that urbanisation and economic growth are the best ways to
counter caste-based discrimination. (They're no panacea, of course.) People
move to cities to reap the benefits of larger economic networks, and it is
simply not in their self-interest to discriminate. In my experience,
As for democracy, wasn't there a thread on gii or silklist about how he was
responsible for quite a lot of laws abrogating the freedom of the press?
Laws that continue to be abused to this day?
He wasn't a democrat as much as a wooly headed and utopian socialist -
admittedly one with a huge
Rishab Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
i liked it, though as the article noted the dalit writer is perhaps
optimistic. still, it's good to be optimistic and the basic premise
is correct, that economic advancement and urbanisation is going to
reduce caste barriers (and is probably the only
On Saturday 30 Aug 2008 8:11:08 pm Perry E. Metzger wrote:
The following article about economic progress and the Dalits appeared
on my doorstep this morning. As an ignorant foreigner, I'm curious
about whether it is considered to reasonably reflect reality:
I am a philosophy newbie and came across this from Two Bits by
Christopher M Kelty (it was cited a few months ago on Silk-list for
its references to Silk-list). I couldnt resist enjoying what Mr. Kant
has written about Immaturity.
Here it is in full:
IMMANUEL KANT
An Answer to the Question:
What
Hugely readable as always, Shiv. Could I add a tuppence to this?
Quite apart from this view of society within Hindu India, there was until
historically recorded times an alternative discourse going on. I think that
your observations need to be held next to the Buddhist social view as well, in
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