On Dec 26, 2012 7:35 PM, "Thejaswi Udupa" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Vinayak Hegde <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> And one more fantastic answer: >> http://www.quora.com/History-of-India/If-you-could-change-any-one-event-of-Indian-History-what-would-that-be-and-why > > > Most of the people answering seem to be great believers in the 'great man theory' of history--including the top answer. The most radical expression of this belief was further down the page where one chap says 'kill Vasco da Gama who opened India to the Western world'. He seems rather secure in the belief that India would never have been part of European colonisation plans if Vasco had failed.
We, many Indians, believe that we invented our discovered most things. Reminds me of the father of the bride in the movie "the big fat Greek wedding". I would squarely blame it on our education system that does not allow us to question age old beliefs. Considering how bad we Indians are in documenting history, difficult to differentiate between history and mythology. -V
