tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post9201533717381232150..comments2024-03-27T03:46:20.901-06:00Comments on Thirty letters in my name: Namit Arora on Nalanda UniversityHarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339987786745985294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post-17317853616575374632010-10-06T05:52:47.038-06:002010-10-06T05:52:47.038-06:00Divx online noktafilim.com film izlemek harika. uc...Divx online <a title="film izle" href="http://www.noktafilim.com/" rel="nofollow">noktafilim.com</a> film izlemek harika. ucuz <a title="bitkisel zayıflama hapı" href="http://www.bitkiselzayiflamailaci.com/" rel="nofollow">bitkisel zayıflama hapı</a> burada. Anlık <a title="bölgesel zayıflama hapı" href="http://www.bolgeselzayiflamailaci.com/" rel="nofollow">bölgesel zayıflama hapı</a> resmi satış sitesi. Kilo vermek <a title="sağlıklı zayıflama hapı" href="http://www.sagliklizayiflamailaci.com/" rel="nofollow">sağlıklı zayıflama hapı</a> le daha kolay. cildinizi <a title="kozmetik" href="http://www.medikalkozmetik.net/" rel="nofollow">kozmetik</a> ürünleri ile gençleştirin. Hızlı <a title="nöbetçi eczane" href="http://www.nobetcieczane.biz/" rel="nofollow">nöbetçi eczane</a> arama. Haydi <a title="stop ter" href="http://www.stopter.web.tr/" rel="nofollow">stop ter</a> le hayata tutun. Düzleştirin <a title="çatlak kremi" href="http://www.catlakkremii.com/" rel="nofollow">çatlak kremi</a> ile cildinizi. Gücünüze güç katın <a title="jinsei" href="http://www.senyaku.gen.tr/" rel="nofollow">jinsei</a> kolye ile. Kaliteli <a title="sağlık ürünleri" href="http://www.cinselsaglikurunleri.org/" rel="nofollow">sağlık ürünleri</a> resmi sitesi. Hızlı <a title="diyet hapı" href="http://www.diyethaplari.net/" rel="nofollow">diyet hapı</a> le kilo verme. Yaşamınızı <a title="elektronik market" href="http://www.elektronikmarket.org/" rel="nofollow">elektronik market</a> ürünleriyle kolaylaştırın.saban_arslan21https://www.blogger.com/profile/14314584560208715960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post-14585186006942367412009-07-24T08:07:02.487-06:002009-07-24T08:07:02.487-06:00Hi Krishnan,
That’s a loaded question, but here&#...Hi Krishnan,<br /><br />That’s a loaded question, but here's an attempt! Most of the books of history I cherish are not on Indian history. I am trying to change that now, but the reason is that I began studying history seriously only when I got to the United States, when I was about 22 or 23. At the time, it was the history of the United States – Native American history specifically – that interested me, since I traveled frequently to many different Native American reservations. As you may have noticed, I write a lot about it. I am fascinated also by the history of Mexico -- which is why I traveled there. <br /><br />In the process I’ve also learned the broad outlines of what happened in other parts of the world and am slowly trying to build my knowledge. My favorite history books are: Guns, Germs and Steel, the book that tries to answer why the world is the way it is today; 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, by Charles Mann; Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World by Nicholas Ostler; Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles by Richard Dowden; and India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha. <br /><br />Among travel books I like Pankaj Mishra’s Butter Chicken in Ludhiana; VS Naipaul’s India: A Million Mutinies Now, Among the Believers, Beyond Belief, and A Turn in the South. I own all these books and constantly return to them for interesting excerpts and analysis. The India travel books I am really looking forward to are Alice Albinia’s Empires of the Indus, and MG Vassanji’s A Place Within. Vaasanthi’s Cut-outs, Caste and Cine Stars which I have written about, is also a great book – for me at least, since I had up to this point no overarching view of 20th century Tamil Nadu history.Harihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339987786745985294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14626538.post-70651829818157792442009-07-24T02:38:22.655-06:002009-07-24T02:38:22.655-06:00Fascinating stuff indeed. And this was centuries b...Fascinating stuff indeed. And this was centuries before Oxford, Cambridge. We ought to be really proud of our glorious heritage but alas we Indians give two hoots to history :-(<br /><br />Hari, as an aside, what are your cherished books on history/travel. What are the books you own ? I would be interested very much to know.Krishnanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06642369297736205420noreply@blogger.com