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I'm writing an essay countering Thomas Macaulay's ideas about how India should be developed, and I need some indian intellectuals to use as examples. If anyone could point me in the right direction, for as the ignorant american i am, i really havn't a clue about who to look for. Thanks.
The term "intellectuals" confuses me, why post here then? :blink:
Good luck anyway ;)
I feel your sig may reduce your potential sources of information.
However that is really a matter for you.
Good luck with the essay btw.
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
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Originally posted by chalice@30 November 2003 - 02:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
thanks, i just need some examples. As for why I am posting it, I knew i would get a bunch of replies quickly, as I see now. I realize my sig is probably a turn off for many, but atleast I hope there are some that can ignore it.. im not talking about ukman and jpaul.. just wanted some info.Quote:
Originally posted by chalice@29 November 2003 - 20:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
i hate to be picky.. but he was born at the end of british rule.. i was looking more for someone who lived in the 19th or early 20th century, or earlier, perhaps even thousands of years ago.
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Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight's Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic. It deals with, as I'm sure you're aware, Indian independence and heritage and worth reading for the pure richness of culture spawned during and after the Raj.
Except maybe for Clocker and JP, I am nearest your age requirements but I have never authorised anything of note. Sorry. :(
I did work once for an engineering firm. Though I did not understand why jewellry was not the end product. :huh:
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight's Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic. It deals with, as I'm sure you're aware, Indian independence and heritage and worth reading for the pure richness of culture spawned during and after and Raj. [/b][/quote]Quote:
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Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
Quite a few million would argue i guess
I have that book
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@30 November 2003 - 02:02
Salman Rushdie springs immediately to mind. I do rate him as a great Indian author. Though, some would argue this, I specify his prose and not his politics.
Quite a few million would argue i guess
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight's Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic. It deals with, as I'm sure you're aware, Indian independence and heritage and worth reading for the pure richness of culture spawned during and after and Raj.
Well, go and read it, ya bum!! :lol:
You made me search for it amongst my dusty shelves :lol:
Check anything by Dinesh D'Souza.
I don't know that he's written about India, though-definitely worth a look to see if he has. ;)
I read it in India, which made it very real, a great book. At the same time I read "Freedom at Midnight" and "The Raj Quartet" can't recall who by tho.Quote:
Originally posted by chalice@30 November 2003 - 10:28
Perhaps, UKman, but I refer really to Midnight's Children which is a work worthy of any 20th century novelist and quite on topic.
As for the topic; a good place to start would be with Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, and the father of Indira Ghandi, another good source of information.
Nehru
:)
PS: I like your sig, don't ever change it.