Re: [silk] Quora and Mahabharata

2013-01-01 Thread SS
On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 20:07 +0530, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > We, many Indians, believe that we invented our discovered most > things. Would you be able to say if anything was invented or discovered at all in India? As far as my recent reading goes, there are some interesting things that hap

Re: [silk] Quora and Mahabharata

2013-01-01 Thread SS
On Sun, 2012-12-30 at 10:22 -0800, Radhika, Y. wrote: > If our education created an entire class of over educated, insecure > people who then left India, those choosing to stay behind - the overly > judgemental, over confident desis are no great shakes either. Shining > India or Overly Glossy India

Re: [silk] Quora and Mahabharata

2012-12-30 Thread Radhika, Y.
If our education created an entire class of over educated, insecure people who then left India, those choosing to stay behind - the overly judgemental, over confident desis are no great shakes either. Shining India or Overly Glossy India? Only after all our mud settles, will something truly unique

Re: [silk] Quora and Mahabharata

2012-12-30 Thread SS
On Wed, 2012-12-26 at 20:07 +0530, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > We, many Indians, believe that we invented our discovered most > things. I have views on that. There some things that were actually discovered or invented that are sidelined and dismissed as unimportant or as fake claims. Especially

Re: [silk] Quora and Mahabharata

2012-12-26 Thread Venkat Mangudi - Silk
On Dec 26, 2012 7:35 PM, "Thejaswi Udupa" wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: >> >> And one more fantastic answer: >> http://www.quora.com/History-of-India/If-you-could-change-any-one-event-of-Indian-History-what-would-that-be-and-why > > > Most of the people answer

Re: [silk] Quora and Mahabharata

2012-12-26 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > And one more fantastic answer: > > http://www.quora.com/History-of-India/If-you-could-change-any-one-event-of-Indian-History-what-would-that-be-and-why > Most of the people answering seem to be great believers in the 'great man theory' of h