When Did India Become Modern

[acharya]

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Hello Acharya,

  Couple of things:
    a) We have to be proud of medieveal Indians because they did not let India converted to Islam as these Islamic invaders were able to achieve in Iran etc. This is a very important point that most of us including historians have a hard time understanding.

    b) After all the "lessons learnt" is modern India a country where everyone thinks alike w.r.t the defences of India both within and on the border? 

      My answer to b) is No.

-Digvijay
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a) I agree. They did what they faced with what they had.

b) I agree. Modern Indians have been indoctrinated with false history of their own land.


So in conclusion Modernity is a state of mind about the nationality, identity and political awareness relative to rest of the world including the neighbors. Indians have to become political aware of the center of gravity of political center of other races, ethnic groups and nations in the rest of the world. They need to understand the true history of other races and and other land and have a narrative of other races and lands.


Is the Indian elite and political class aware of these?