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We are an outcome of a continual movement of people from one place to another, and hence the circulation of ideas, beliefs, fantasies and dreams.
New discoveries of erstwhile trade networks across the globe dismantle our assumptions about the mythical self contained village,
New discoveries of erstwhile trade networks across the globe dismantle our assumptions about the mythical self contained village,
where the inhabitants are assumed to be have been able to carry on with life without any dependance on others.
Even though our Sangam poems (Puranaanooru, Agananooru, Pattinappaalai) for example, talk about this immense zest for exploration and long distance trading,
Even though our Sangam poems (Puranaanooru, Agananooru, Pattinappaalai) for example, talk about this immense zest for exploration and long distance trading,
our fixation towards grand ideas of empire building, and romanticized visuals associated with agriculture makes us assume that great empires are built by warriors who die for valor and honour and farmers who till the land until death, forgetting the outsized role
