<!--QuoteBegin-dhu+Mar 2 2008, 09:07 AM-->QUOTE(dhu @ Mar 2 2008, 09:07 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>The British bled us</b>
Dina Nath Mishra (Pioneer)
<b>This column deals with a book by Will Durant, the greatest American historian of the 20th Century. </b>He shot to fame because of his 11 volumes of Story of Civilisation and another book titled Story of Philosophy.<b> The third book, about which I am going to talk, was banned by the British. Not even a single copy could be found. </b>Fortunately, someone found a copy and it was published by Strand Book Stall, Mumbai. The book put me thinking on how India would survive. But first, let's see, what Durant had to say about India just before the British came.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]79173[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Dhu, any ideas on the book's title - that is, is he referring to Durant's "The Case for India" or some other book? (But "The Case for India" <i>could</i> be found in Amazon marketplace some years back...)
Can someone ask Mishra to get it digitised and put up on the web?
Dina Nath Mishra (Pioneer)
<b>This column deals with a book by Will Durant, the greatest American historian of the 20th Century. </b>He shot to fame because of his 11 volumes of Story of Civilisation and another book titled Story of Philosophy.<b> The third book, about which I am going to talk, was banned by the British. Not even a single copy could be found. </b>Fortunately, someone found a copy and it was published by Strand Book Stall, Mumbai. The book put me thinking on how India would survive. But first, let's see, what Durant had to say about India just before the British came.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->[right][snapback]79173[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Dhu, any ideas on the book's title - that is, is he referring to Durant's "The Case for India" or some other book? (But "The Case for India" <i>could</i> be found in Amazon marketplace some years back...)
Can someone ask Mishra to get it digitised and put up on the web?