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We, as south Asians, have not invented anything worthwhile in the entire epoch of modern history. No #ChatGPT no #Google no #Amazon no fb, no car, no phone, no electricity, no printing press, no motion pictures. Nothing. What could be the reasons? #MaxWeber Thread 🧵⬇️
I sometimes do this simple exercise of asking university students during a lecture or seminar to list the objects around them, and name any item that might have been invented by Indians or Indian institutions. Not once have I encountered anyone affirmatively naming an object.
It holds out if we just look at the items in our homes — bulb, fan, cooler, air conditioner, air purifier, washing machine, OTG, microwave, pen, watch, phone, TV, radio, etc. We can’t attach a single invention to an Indian name. This proves that India is a no invention nation.
#Antislawismus und #Rassismus gegen Menschen aus dem östlichen Europa. Ein Thread zur historischen Einrodnung und dazu, was ein progressiver #Antirassismus daraus mitnehmen sollte.
"Deutsche Kulturträger": Vor allem seit der #Aufklärung virulente Vorstellung von einer 'höherwertigen deutschen Kultur', die das 'Licht der Civilidation' in den 'dunklen Osten' trägt, der als kulturell 'leerer Raum' imaginiert wird.
"Deutscher Osten": #Völkisches Konzept des östlichen Europa als eines 'Raums', der vom Baltikum bis zum Schwarzen Meer als 'deutsch' vereinnahmt wird, da, siehe oben, es zwar wenige 'Deutsche', aber eine 'höherwertige Kultur' gäbe.
There comes a moment for every rookie researcher when, having come across new & unexpected evidence in the archives, promptly falls out of his/her chair. That moment for me came early in the work, with the story of "Freedom," of Azadi.
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#ChattingWithChatterjee
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@Swarthy_Bastard Through the metaphor of birds the 1979 Farsi primer presents the importance of freedom & independence in a simple & accessible way for 1st Graders. If captured, birds, like humans, "do everything possible to be free again. They like freedom. Humans also like to live free."
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@Swarthy_Bastard The story of freedom, however, takes a wild turn in 1982, as Iran's former revolutionaries realized that they must now deal with matters of state and governability. Freedom, it turns out, had limits.
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