did have some of the oldest civilizations in history. I don't believe that any of them was called "India." And I don't believe that if you were to go back in time and meet them, you would have anything at all in common. I don't think they played cricket.
If you said "India" to them, they would not know what you were talking about. I don't think secularism and communal harmony were their national values. If you were to go back in time to meet them, I am sure you would rather live in modern Pakistan than Ancient India.
The fact is that the modern state of India was established as a political entity in 1947. OK, so it is about 62 years old or so.
Before that, several different nations came and went in that area, and India is just another one of them. It is not as there is one nation of "India" going back to the beginning of time.
This is a delusional national mythology, like every other.
did have some of the oldest civilizations in history. I don't believe that any of them was called "India." And I don't believe that if you were to go back in time and meet them, you would have anything at all in common. I don't think they played cricket.
If you said "India" to them, they would not know what you were talking about. I don't think secularism and communal harmony were their national values. If you were to go back in time to meet them, I am sure you would rather live in modern Pakistan than Ancient India.
The fact is that the modern state of India was established as a political entity in 1947. OK, so it is about 62 years old or so.
Before that, several different nations came and went in that area, and India is just another one of them. It is not as there is one nation of "India" going back to the beginning of time.
This is a delusional national mythology, like every other.
And please do not call me ignorant and stupid.