In 'Modian Consensus', Swadesh Singh talks about how the Nehruvian Consensus demolished the ideas of the Civilisational Consensus that had spiritualism at its core.
For over three decades, AR Rahman has been a cultural ambassador of Indian pluralism. And yet, in today’s climate, that legacy seems disturbingly fragile.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
This villainisation of reputed historians like Satish Chandra or Bipan Chandra etc doesn’t make sense. What makes tye RW historians think they aren’t influenced by colonial discourse? The RSS ideology itself is affected by colonial era(for e.g. they deny Aryan migration into India despite even genetic evidence today). And they overglorify Gupta age despite its short comings. “Golden age” concept itself is in a framework of European historiography. And Nehru did the right thing by making Indian question those dubious “civilisational values” or traditions. Any society which doesn’t learn to question itself will fall into Stagnation. This lack of questioning/skepticism of ancients, and villainisation of Musslim heritage, is what plagues RSS led history.
This villainisation of reputed historians like Satish Chandra or Bipan Chandra etc doesn’t make sense. What makes tye RW historians think they aren’t influenced by colonial discourse? The RSS ideology itself is affected by colonial era(for e.g. they deny Aryan migration into India despite even genetic evidence today). And they overglorify Gupta age despite its short comings. “Golden age” concept itself is in a framework of European historiography. And Nehru did the right thing by making Indian question those dubious “civilisational values” or traditions. Any society which doesn’t learn to question itself will fall into Stagnation. This lack of questioning/skepticism of ancients, and villainisation of Musslim heritage, is what plagues RSS led history.