09-28-2003, 06:57 AM
Indians in the last 200 years have different kinds of history
One is puranas which have beenc arried over for atleast 1000 years
Other is the history as written by foriegn invaders
Indians have been living with both of them for several centuries and have not debated on the force of history.
It is the study of History with the intent to find out laws that will enable predictions in the domain of
today's power dynamics. Sadly, this is a far cry from the approach adopted to the teaching of History in India today, where a
Macaulayan education system dumps thousands of irrelevant facts into young minds effectively resulting in mental constipation.
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THis thread is to study the general perception and the image in the minds of Indians with a std education.
One is puranas which have beenc arried over for atleast 1000 years
Other is the history as written by foriegn invaders
Indians have been living with both of them for several centuries and have not debated on the force of history.
It is the study of History with the intent to find out laws that will enable predictions in the domain of
today's power dynamics. Sadly, this is a far cry from the approach adopted to the teaching of History in India today, where a
Macaulayan education system dumps thousands of irrelevant facts into young minds effectively resulting in mental constipation.
--
THis thread is to study the general perception and the image in the minds of Indians with a std education.