Miscellaneous Topics On Indian History - 2

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a padha-likha convert (or ready to), my guess.

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The overthrow of old religons... by the revealed religions is one of the haunting themes of history.... The changeover is hard to follow... It can be seen...that the great conversions- of nations and cultures, occur when people have no idea about themselves, and have no means of understanding or retrieving their past.  ... Converted peoples have to strip themselves of their past... (hating ones past makes it convenient to slowly forget it). ....It is the most uncompromising kind of imperialism.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

so says v s naipaul, in Beyond Belief.  he was awarded nobel for "uncovering suppressed historic narratives."