On Saturday 14 Jul 2007 12:10 pm, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > That the feeling of national identity did not exist in any exploitable > form at that time, and that it emerged only later.
This is one of the clearest statements you have made. I disagree with you. > Sorry. I'm fifty kilometres away from my history books (which is why I > didn't have an ISBN for the Somnath book). If you're really interested, > I might be motivated to dig them up sometime when I'm across town. > > But history isn't something suited to analysis through soundbites, > rather than reading voluminous and often boring tomes. Well that means you have stated a personal opinion, and I have stated mine. You are entitled to yours even without my saying so, and i will hold mine. Thanks shiv
