11-26-2005, 01:56 PM
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Lets not get parochial about this Most of Punjab got converted to Islam in the frst wave of conversions.well that is their prerogative but that does not indicate a fighting spirit to me. In fact long after most of the North was conquered in 1200 CE by the slave turks like Qutb ud din Aibak the Vijayanagar Kingdom lasted till 1565, even though they were constantly attacked by the Bahmani sultans so one cannot generalize that the rest of India was not fighting.As for bengal, i have great respect for the bengali renaissance but lately they have been a sorry bunch with communists ruling the roost for the last 25 years.
For the rest i am not in major disagreement with you in case you havent noticed.As for gandhi, let us move on.
Lets not get parochial about this Most of Punjab got converted to Islam in the frst wave of conversions.well that is their prerogative but that does not indicate a fighting spirit to me. In fact long after most of the North was conquered in 1200 CE by the slave turks like Qutb ud din Aibak the Vijayanagar Kingdom lasted till 1565, even though they were constantly attacked by the Bahmani sultans so one cannot generalize that the rest of India was not fighting.As for bengal, i have great respect for the bengali renaissance but lately they have been a sorry bunch with communists ruling the roost for the last 25 years.
For the rest i am not in major disagreement with you in case you havent noticed.As for gandhi, let us move on.