On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Sidin Vadukut <[email protected]> wrote: > Ahem. (Sheepish grin.) I forgot to recommend a podcast I wished existed. > > 1. A factually accurate, detailed podcast telling the history of India's > military conflicts since independence. Both internal and external.
Almost sure to get the producer into legal hot water in Inda. Generals on all sides of the border dislike the truth, since the wars have never really ended. We live in the middle of a very long cease fire. In war, truth is the first casualty, etc. Neither India (includes Pakistan) nor China have written histories that are any more than hagiographies of kings. Sima Qian's non-existent progeny should know this more than anyone else [0]. [0] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19835484
