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How to understand modern India - Marginal REVOLUTION

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I could just rewrite my post How to understand modern China, but change the examples.  But you can do that mental exercise yourself, and besides it is easier to access information about India in the English language.  So let me try a very specific recommendation for India: Study Indian textiles and their history I  found […]

I could just rewrite my post How to understand modern China, but change the examples. But you can do that mental exercise yourself, and besides it is easier to access information about India in the English language. So let me try a very specific recommendation for India: Study Indian textiles and their history I found this the single most useful way to get a handle on Indian history, a bit less on contemporary India. Here’s why: 1. The artistic side of textile history gives you a clear sense of regional differences, and also Islamic influence, or lack thereof. 2.. It focuses your…

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