William Dalrymple is one of the finest historians and authors who has previously brought to life the story of East India Company and how it led to British India.
In this book, he focuses on, among other things, how Buddhism spread all over.
It's a fascinating topic. He also has a very successful podcast [1][2] -- with his co-host Anita Anand -- The Empire Podcast, which chronicles the rise and fall of empires. Highly educational, not to mention entertaining.
I second the podcast recommendation. Empire pod has been truly worth every bit of the time. I am currently on the episode about History of coffee - ethiopia, ottoman turks etc.
Hmmm, interesting that you give agency for 75 years of history to those in China, but not in India. Are you claiming there is some racial superiority of the Han over Hindu? Couldn't you also argue that the rise of debt based mercantilist growth in China and subversion of Maoist Communism was a devious western European plan? Is that due to some inherent Aryan superiority that makes them responsible for every modern condition, or is it that devious plans put in place 50 years ago by Henry Kissinger and Winston Churchill have just come to fruition?
Ok, so Kissinger and Churchill. Thanks for the clarification.
I'm sure you're aware of the Indo-Soviet cooperation treaty of '71. Those sneaky anglophones strike again. I'm surprised you've been fooled by their clever subterfuge in China. The current business conditions there are everyone's fault but their own. For reference it all started with tricking Deng into supporting the Khmer Rouge and embarassingly invading Vietnam in '78.
I assume The West is also responsible for the Wagner Group in Africa, but not for the fall of apartheid in South Africa. I just want to get the collective guilt right.
I am sure Sachar committee would have loved to hear about these Islamic overlords oppressing Muslims in India or having last Muslim majority state having statehood taken away
This has basically nothing to do with the parent comment about Muslim "overlords" treating Indians badly. It's more about how superstitions and belief without applied logic can restrict avenues to worldly success
You have not understood my and the parent's comment i was responding to.
You have to know what the "Sachar Committee" was and its recommendations, to understand why the parent sarcastically referred to it in its comment. My comment will then become clear.
Pervez Hoodbhoy has spent a lifetime (and much reviled for it in Pakistan and by most Muslims all over the world) trying to shine a light on why the Islamic culture/society has fallen behind dramatically in Scientific/Economic/Social progress in the 21st century and become regressive/backward. The video i linked to gives a snippet and you can find more detailed analysis in his longer videos (available on Youtube) and books.
It's still not really clear. What does superstition in a community causing it to fall behind scientifically advancing societies have to do with "overlords" treating others badly?
The scientifically advanced societies in history often treated the people they ruled over extremely badly. The two are loosely connected at best
Because he and many other online-only viewpoint pushers only considers the situations where he and his in-group are the victim, not the other way around
It's a fascinating topic. He also has a very successful podcast [1][2] -- with his co-host Anita Anand -- The Empire Podcast, which chronicles the rise and fall of empires. Highly educational, not to mention entertaining.
Recommended!!
[1] Empire Podcast - Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/empire/id1639561921 [2] On Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0sBh58hSTReUQiK4axYUVx?si=45f5...