Time Quote by Romila Thapar

“To categorize some people as indigenous and others as alien, to argue about the identity of the first inhabitants of the subcontinent, and to try and sort out these categories for the remote past, is to attempt the impossible.” quote by Romila Thapar — Download Open image

““To categorize some people as indigenous and others as alien, to argue about the identity of the first inhabitants of the subcontinent, and to try and sort out these categories for the remote past, is to attempt the impossible.””

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“I do not believe there is any place in this country for any particular culture, whether it is a Hindu culture, or a Muhammadan culture or a Kanarese culture or a Gujarati culture. There are things we cannot deny, but they are not to be cultivated as advantages, they are to be treated as disadvantages, as something which divides our…

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“To conclude on a personal note, these thoughts came to me again and again in the past few months. There has been so much talk about who is national and who is anti-national and those in authority insist that it is all about the kinds of slogans that one has to shout to avoid being called anti-national. But slogans do…

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“Some forms of Indian asceticism, although not all, have a socio-political dimension and these cannot be marginalized as merely the wish to negate life.”

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“A later age looks back with nostalgia at an earlier one and depicts it in terms of ideals and activities now receding.”

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“Nationalism may begin with ideas among the elite but its propagation involves having mass support. Initially, anti-colonial”

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“Adivasi societies are not fossilized societies.”

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“These passes were used so frequently that it is incorrect to project the north-western mountains as barriers. They were corridors of communication.”

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