Eminent economist Amartya Sen: "India's two greatest Emperors were both Non-Hindu"

by Guest Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:24 pm

India was never a Hindu rashtra, even before Muslims came to India. In the first millennium BC as well as the millennium that followed, the Gupta period for example, India had a powerful presence of Buddhism along with Hinduism and Jainism. Christians came to India by the 4th century AD latest, and there were Christians here well before there was a single Christian in Britain. Similarly, Jews came to India very early. Parsis came when persecution began in Iran. Also, Muslims came first as traders across the Arabian Sea, well before the Muslim military conquests in the north.

India has had a variety of religious influences all this time. Just to mention one thing—if you are thinking of the two greatest emperors of India, you would tend to think of Ashoka and Akbar. One was a Buddhist and the other a Muslim.

http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/indias-two-great-emperors-were-both-non-hindu/214293

by Kayalvizhi Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:28 pm

Not only in economic progress but also in the delivery of public services, such as food, health care and school education, Tamil Nadu would be better off as an independent country. "A number of Indian states--Kerala and Tamil Nadu, for example--would be at the top of the South Asian comparisons if they were treated as separate countries, and others--Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, for example--would do enormously worse." - Professors Jean Drèze and Amartya Sen in their 2013 book “An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions” (both authors are economists and Amartya Sen received the Nobel prize in economics in 1998).

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"India would have registered higher growth rates if it had comprised only what are now its southern and western parts...The rest of the country held the South and West back...", so said P. Chidamparam, former Minister of Finance of India (2004-2008) to the American Ambassador Timothy Roemer in August 2009. Chidamparam concluded that India could achieve 11-12 per cent growth if it were the South and West only, noting that the rest of the country held it back.” (The Hindu newspaper; March 23, 2011).

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The July 14, 2016 issue of TheMinuteNews published some interesting statistics [Reference 1]: For every 100 Rupees that Indian government collects in taxes from Tamil Nadu, Indian government gives back only 40 Rupees in projects, grants, etc. On the contrary the Hindi speaking state of Uttar Pradesh gets 179 Rupees for every 100 Rupees it pays in taxes.
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by Kayalvizhi Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:16 pm

<<< if you are thinking of the two greatest emperors of India, you would tend to think of Ashoka and Akbar. >>

H-India school books teach mostly north-central history. So this misinformation.

What about Cheran SenguttuvAN, Rajedra Cholan, just 2 names worth to be called great kings of South asian peninsula

by Guest Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:51 pm

Kayalvizhi wrote:<<< if you are thinking of the two greatest emperors of India, you would tend to think of Ashoka and Akbar. >>

H-India school books teach mostly north-central history. So this misinformation.

What about Cheran SenguttuvAN, Rajedra Cholan, just 2 names worth to be called great kings of South asian peninsula

could you share some links to your favorite romantic Tamil songs with me?

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:54 pm

Kayalvizhi wrote:<<< if you are thinking of the two greatest emperors of India, you would tend to think of Ashoka and Akbar. >>

H-India school books teach mostly north-central history. So this misinformation.

What about Cheran SenguttuvAN, Rajedra Cholan, just 2 names worth to be called great kings of South asian peninsula

Yeah. How about recent leaders like Jaya, Annadurai, etc.? They are far superior to BIMARU leaders like ugly Maya, Mullahyaam, Laloo, etc.

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