@i_contemplate_ @AgentSaffron @octotus tho TBF, China was more advanced/united culture/state, so hard to say, chicken or egg :)
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@omarali50@AgentSaffron@octotus Was it really more 'advanced' say pre-Delhi Sultanate? Also post-WW2, India wasted headstart.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_@AgentSaffron@octotus Definitely deeper, broaders and far more unitary culture at entry to 20th C. No?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@omarali50@AgentSaffron@octotus Hmm LKY did say India is 'many nations' so perhaps unity helps in modernity.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_@AgentSaffron@octotus I hv no hard conclusions on any of this. e.g. clearly Raj apparatus was intact, China in disarray..1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_@AgentSaffron@octotus ..but disarray was sorted out over 50 years, deeper unity and culture reasserted? Or not that imp?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@omarali50@AgentSaffron@octotus Or just a regression to the mean.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_@AgentSaffron@octotus Certainly not a topic for twitter :) Anyway, I just restarted Stalin, paradoxes of power and..1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_@AgentSaffron@octotus and it makes you think many such thoughts. A great book. Anyway, we lefties and ex-lefties hv a..1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@i_contemplate_@AgentSaffron@octotus a different perspective. We (or at least the bookish ones) grew up on those events. Endless fascntn1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@omarali50 @AgentSaffron @octotus Conclusion: the more you know, the less you think you know? :)
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