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Since quite a few mutuals have been asking me to be on Goodreads, created the account and have uploaded the first list of ~100 books. If a book exists in the list, it's not an endorsement but a recognition that it's useful in some or other ways.
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While reflecting on Fernand Braudel's concept of material life in Indian context, which is the most fundamental layer of human society, one realizes that there was virtually nothing that changed in the material life of Indians from mid 6th c. to 18th c.
The sole method of increasing production was to add more hands and give more raw material to work with. At the same time, there were significant changes in the market economy due to the internal and external factors. Yet, it didn't change the everyday structure of life.
Nikhil Kamath has zero understanding of how revenue sharing works between the center and provinces in China. It's structurally quite similar to India where center decides revenue distribution with an equalizing principle. Either, he is ignorant or playing to the gallery.
Also, these Indian entrepreneurs who love the political economy of Chairman Mao's country won't survive a year under the CCP rule with their existing modus operandi. They would learn in such a swift way how capitalistic they're allowed to be.
For the ones interested in diving deeper into how revenue sharing works in China and its underlying principles:
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The ratio of copper to silver in Gupta era coins was 0.36 which is remarkably close to the eutectic ratio of 0.39. While humans knew the concept of eutectic point by empirical methods, its consistency in coins across years shows metallurgical sophistication of Gupta mints.
ALT Reference: https://www.academia.edu/164821909/A_Preliminary_Analysis_of_the_Metal_Content_of_Gupta_Gold_Coins
Mauryan empire was the ultimate expression of the vitality of Indian civilization that broke every shackle to realize its expansionary spirit. Indian Republic chose it for pacifist reasons, but its imperial grandeur is a consistent reminder for us to realize our full potential.
In public perception, Harsha was seen as the one responsible for killing his elder brother Rajyavardhan. Banabhatta writes how Harsha was restless to get rid of the sin of killing his elder brother (अग्रज) as Indra was after killing Vritrasura (अग्रज as Vritra was a Brahmin).
ALT Reference: p. 362, Ch. 7, Hindi translation of Harshacharit by Pt. Jagannath Pathak.
Bana in Harshacharit mentions that during the Gauda campaign of Harshavardhan, there were some unruly Brahmins who had climbed on trees to abuse the government officials and soldiers because they were not supposed to enter such agrahara villages (cf. Jamb ins. of Pravarasena II).
ALT Reference: p. 166-67, 'Harshacharit: Ek Sanskritik Adhyayan' by Dr. V S Agrawala.
Looks like someone in Congress recently heard about London Counter-trial organised by Communists after the Reichstag fire and they thought it would be the best to transplant it in India and expose the 'regime'. Their malice is excelled solely by their love for imbecility.
The #PublicImpeachment of CEC GyaneshKumar has begun! The National Anthem, followed by a powerful speech by presiding officer @meira_kumar, and now @incIndia President @kharge weighs in with a ferocious indictment. A full lawn in listening mode. I am alongside fellow LokSabha MP @KirtiAzaad of @AITCofficial
Bana in Harshacharit mentions that during the Gauda campaign of Harshavardhan, there were some unruly Brahmins who had climbed on trees to abuse the government officials and soldiers because they were not supposed to enter such agrahara villages (cf. Jamb ins. of Pravarasena II).
ALT Reference: p. 166-67, 'Harshacharit: Ek Sanskritik Adhyayan' by Dr. V S Agrawala.
The description of Assam as the land of rhinos was so firmly entrenched in popular perception that when Gupta emperor Kumargupta I issued the coin to celebrate the reconquest of Assam, he was depicted as slaying the rhino using a sword on it.
ALT Reference: https://doi.org/10.23993/stor.176059
"It should be to produce people capable of understanding society well enough to improve it".
― That's called Critical Theory that the author doesn't like apparently. Humanities education with the premise of action inherent in it will always be Progressive.
India Has Too Many Thinkers and Not Enough Testers
The purpose of the humanities cannot merely be to produce more opinions about society. It should be to produce people capable of understanding society well enough to improve it. @anujg
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One of the finest ever made. After reading the Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, one couldn’t have asked for a better film adaptation of the series. A fitting tribute to the literary genius of Patrick O’Brian.
I wrote about my love for the film Master and Commander, in honour of Trafalgar Day this week spectator.com/article/in-pra…
