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On the contrary, the process has just begun. The cultural shift is part of the larger decolonisation process of India. The British took over power from the Mara
by braindead_in 6y ago
On the contrary, the process has just begun. The cultural shift is part of the larger decolonisation process of India. The British took over power from the Marathas, but handed it over to an Anglicized elite class who were also their partner-in-crime of the colonial loot. The Hindus, who were the elite ruling class of Marathas, are now asserting their voice. The Hindus are going through a renaissance of sorts. They are coming out of the survival mode they had been in ever since the Islamic invasions that ravaged their society with thousands of temples destroyed and millions killed or sold off in slave markets of Arabia. The Hindus managed to survive 1000 years of enslavement and saw off both the Islamic invaders and European colonizers while sustaining heavy losses of land, culture, wealth and prestige. The Persians and Egyptians who were their contemporaries were not that fortunate. They are now making a comeback.
As Ruchir Sharma points out [1], India is a postcolonial society which is unlike any other. We have our own, unique historical contexts, our own indigenous philosophies and value systems, and are bound together by a shared colonial trauma. And despite the hollowing out of our economy and society during centuries of imperialism, we can say with pride that our people are trying to improve their lives the best way they know how - seeking dignity, not charity, seeking empathy, not sympathy, and seeking equality, not revenge.
It is going to be very exciting to see how the Hindu society evolves over the next century. Knowledge is our currency and we will flourish in this information age.
[1] https://swarajyamag.com/politics/what-the-media-gets-wrong-about-india-a-guide-to-the-2019-elections https://swarajyamag.com/politics/what-the-media-gets-wrong-a...
- random314 6y agoThis is right wing pseudohistory which can be easily demonstrated to be false from the simple fact that India was at its global economic peak (20%of world gdp) under the muslim mughal empire. The hindus didn't just survive under Muslim rule, they flourished. Knowledge is definitely not the currency in India today. The government has set aside half a billion dollars for a pseudoscience ministry called Ayush. Pseudo physicians will now conduct surgery. Research institutes are being compelled to research the therapeutic benefits of cow piss. High school students are being taught pseudoscience- Indian cow milk is superior to Jersey cows milk because it contains gold!! From your comments itself, it is obvious that India is moving towards ethnocentrism and you are excited about it. This we can both agree upon.
- kamaal 6y ago>>India was at its global economic peak (20%of world gdp) under the muslim mughal empire. Actually its more like 25%. It was also a manufacturing super power. Under his reign, India surpassed Qing China to become the world's largest economy and biggest manufacturing power, worth nearly a quarter of global GDP and more than the entirety of Western Europe, and its largest and wealthiest subdivision, the Bengal Subah,[15] signaled the proto-industrialization. and who ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for a period of 49 years. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangzeb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurangzeb The metrics and history is clear, the heart burn is more on the line of him being Muslim. You don't want your biggest object of hate to be the most successful model/person you ever had in all your history. >>India is moving towards ethnocentrism and you are excited about it. Even on those line some one like Babur is more closer genetically and culturally(belligerent conquerers from Central Asian Steppes) to the Vedic Heroes than the boiled rice eaters we Indians are today. It's one of those grand Ironies staring us in our face.
- FlyingSnake 6y agoI think we need to separate the vapid demagoguery of right wing from the real historical trend of Dharmic awakening. There was never really an aversion to Islam even during the peak of Hindu reign e.g. Krishnadevaraya, Shivaji and Peshwas. Now coming to your point about economy during Mughal period, you just need to check the book ‘The Cambridge Economic History of India 1200-1750’, which documents the reality of Mughal Manasabdari system.[1] But all this perceived greatness of Mughal system can be challenged by the simple assertion that during the ~300 year rule, no a single university or centre of higher education was created by them. The only schools that flourished during that time were down south outside their realm. [1]: https://mobile.twitter.com/prathgodbole/status/1261356094087139328 https://mobile.twitter.com/prathgodbole/status/1261356094087...