02-24-2008, 06:23 PM
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"...the US has a ruling elite that is extremely well educated and knows what they are doing."
But what are they educated in? Very few know anything about India or the region. Look at the course offerings at major universities, and the numbers of students who take courses on the region. Look at the major conferences that are offered - the University of Wisconsin, for example, offers a very large conference on South Asian Studies every October. There are hundreds of panels, and tens of thousands of books available - and almost none are on modern history or contemporary politics.Â
It's easy to get a good education in an awful lot of things in the US. It's not easy to get a good education on India, or regional affairs.Â
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They dont need to learn about Indians since they can hire Indians in sociology and South Asian Studies dept to get the expertise. from the colonial days UK and then later US has cultivated a large groups of Indians who are informers for the west. They keep a steady flow of Information about India and Indian society to the west year round.
West dont have to study modern history since they have control/influence over the Indian media and an Indian elite which copies and tries hard to act like Americans and westerners.
Indian political philosophy is heavily influenced by western ideas and thoughts with many political/religious strategists living in the west. Indian secularism is widely used as the base for Indian statehood
Indian education and history is Euro centric and westernized for the comfort of western elite.
"...the US has a ruling elite that is extremely well educated and knows what they are doing."
But what are they educated in? Very few know anything about India or the region. Look at the course offerings at major universities, and the numbers of students who take courses on the region. Look at the major conferences that are offered - the University of Wisconsin, for example, offers a very large conference on South Asian Studies every October. There are hundreds of panels, and tens of thousands of books available - and almost none are on modern history or contemporary politics.Â
It's easy to get a good education in an awful lot of things in the US. It's not easy to get a good education on India, or regional affairs.Â
Tim<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
They dont need to learn about Indians since they can hire Indians in sociology and South Asian Studies dept to get the expertise. from the colonial days UK and then later US has cultivated a large groups of Indians who are informers for the west. They keep a steady flow of Information about India and Indian society to the west year round.
West dont have to study modern history since they have control/influence over the Indian media and an Indian elite which copies and tries hard to act like Americans and westerners.
Indian political philosophy is heavily influenced by western ideas and thoughts with many political/religious strategists living in the west. Indian secularism is widely used as the base for Indian statehood
Indian education and history is Euro centric and westernized for the comfort of western elite.