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The Brown Sahibs and Modern Zamindars

Posted on December 9, 2010 | Comments Off

Terrorism and Security – the twin brothers – have had interesting consequences. One of that is seen with Indian VIPs – who make huge noises when they get ‘patted’ or ‘searched’ by security establishment at US airports. Even in this … Continue reading →

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Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 4)

Posted on December 2, 2005 | Comments Off

[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee … Continue reading →

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Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 3)

Posted on December 2, 2005 | Comments Off

[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee … Continue reading →

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Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 2)

Posted on December 2, 2005 | Comments Off

[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee … Continue reading →

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Colonial India and Imperial Britain (Part 1)

Posted on December 2, 2005 | Comments Off

[This essay Some Thoughts on The Drain of Wealth: Colonial India and Imperial Britain was published in the World History Bulletin (WHB) Spring 2004 (Vol XX No1). The WHB is published by World History Association (WHA), USA] © Anup Mukherjee … Continue reading →

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Literature, Nationhood and Imperialism

Posted on March 23, 2005 | Comments Off

To deny the concept of nationhood that stood in binary opposition to the enterprise of imperialism is basically to deny imperialism and to see the whole imperial enterprise as a foreign rule. When we do a social-history study of colonialism … Continue reading →

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The Third World

Posted on December 23, 2004 | Comments Off

The term Third World was first used by the French economist and demographer Alfred Sauvy in an article published in 1952. He used this term (Tiers Monde) as a parallel to Third Estate (Tiers Etat). As an observer points out, … Continue reading →

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Nation and Nationalism (2)

Posted on November 23, 2004 | Comments Off

Nation and Nationalism (South Asian Perspective) © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 Part 2 (this page) Indian History from sixth century BC (Post Vedic period) to early modern period should be seen as a continuous tussel between the central authority and … Continue reading →

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Nation and Nationalism (1)

Posted on November 23, 2004 | Comments Off

Nation and Nationalism (South Asian Perspective) © Anup Mukherjee Part 1 (this page) Part 2 The concept of ‘Nation’ for South Asia is an interesting concept to explore. In the Indian Subcontinent, the concept of Bharatvarsha (land of the Bharata, … Continue reading →

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Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World

Posted on September 23, 2003 | Comments Off

Contextualizing Gandhi in Twenty-First Century World © Anup Mukherjee (June, 2003) This essay was part of World History Association (WHA) Conference at Atlanta (June 2003). Detailed commentary by Prof. Marc Jason Gilbert, the Panel Chairperson of Gandhi and World History … Continue reading →

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