Lord Posted October 8, 2012 Posted October 8, 2012 Karan Thapar interview was pathetic.just didnt let him speak
Crookbond Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 If hers is the acceptable conduct in an interview' date=' than I was born in Bangladesh.[/quote'] Or else in Pakistan? JK :icflove:
Crookbond Posted October 27, 2012 Posted October 27, 2012 Madhu tried to do a Karan Thapar but ended up being an Arnab Goswami.
ravishingravi Posted October 31, 2012 Author Posted October 31, 2012 Po8iuvy_Q9w&list=LLV4AnGcGo0KzKPDJF10xDkw&feature=mh_lolz
urbestfriend Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 Katju is an honest man, although he is impatient, but he has clearly erred in asking JS Verma to investigate about India today for no good reason. In fact Deepak Sharma has clearly explained about how he got the story, By asking for investigation for no good reason he has set a bad precedent.
suraj Posted November 8, 2012 Posted November 8, 2012 This Madhu lady is pathetic thussa hard hitting- she only comes across as uncouth and crass
ravishingravi Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 mp6YJaknMfY&feature=g-all-u R7CHV8NccT0&feature=g-all-u zTSq7dxZyu8&feature=g-all-u
ravishingravi Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 Somebody needs to put media's feet to fire.
ravishingravi Posted November 24, 2012 Author Posted November 24, 2012 2OW2Z7y30yM&feature=g-all Feels good to listen proper hindi.
ravishingravi Posted December 2, 2012 Author Posted December 2, 2012 zVQ_HbuO-_E Brilliant interview on Hindutva, chamchagiri, Rahul Gandhi, and some our forgotten prime ministers. Cant wait for the book
Lurker Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Brilliant interview on Hindutva' date=' chamchagiri, Rahul Gandhi, and some our forgotten prime ministers. Cant wait for the book[/quote'] It is definitely creating a buzz and worth checking out. A few thoughts though: a) Not sure when it happened but Ramchandra Guha is now noted as the leading historian of India, or atleast one of the leading historians. I have always liked his writings, specially with cricketing background, but to think he is the leading light is embarassing really. b) We need efforts by historians to write about modern India, just like Guha saab speaks about what-if had Shastri been alive for 5 more years. What also ticks me off is how this history is almost always at a National level and either pro-Congress or anti-Congress. It would be fascinating to see if folks like Guha could write about anti-freight policy of 50s/60s that led to death of industry in East India (read Bihar, Bengal, Orissa) and started the development down South. All at the behest of TT Krishnamachari of course. c) Lastly, whats up with us Indians to talk so fast? Will check the book out for sure
Sachin=GOD Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 It is definitely creating a buzz and worth checking out. A few thoughts though: a) Not sure when it happened but Ramchandra Guha is now noted as the leading historian of India, or atleast one of the leading historians. I have always liked his writings, specially with cricketing background, but to think he is the leading light is embarassing really. b) We need efforts by historians to write about modern India, just like Guha saab speaks about what-if had Shastri been alive for 5 more years. What also ticks me off is how this history is almost always at a National level and either pro-Congress or anti-Congress. It would be fascinating to see if folks like Guha could write about anti-freight policy of 50s/60s that led to death of industry in East India (read Bihar, Bengal, Orissa) and started the development down South. All at the behest of TT Krishnamachari of course. c) Lastly, whats up with us Indians to talk so fast? Will check the book out for sure It happened because of the tendency of good Indian writers not to write about the history of Independent India. He (Guha) put in perfectly in his book "India after Gandhi" when he said something like "going by the small number of books written about post 1947 India, its as if the history of India ended on 15th Aug 1947". So now we are left with Mark Tully, Patrick French, Dominique Lapierre to write about India while the Indian writers don't write about it. Similar is the example of William Dalrymple - he has written a few book (ranging from average to good) about the Mughal empire so he's no considered as one of India's foremost experts on the subject. I would love to read more about what has happened in this country since independence and also about some of the leaders post independence but sadly there are very, very few impartial biographies available. BTW I've heard the Guha has signed a HUGE multi-crore deal for a 8 part biography of Mahatma Gandhi :woot:
Lurker Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 It happened because of the tendency of good Indian writers not to write about the history of Independent India. He (Guha) put in perfectly in his book "India after Gandhi" when he said something like "going by the small number of books written about post 1947 India, its as if the history of India ended on 15th Aug 1947". So now we are left with Mark Tully, Patrick French, Dominique Lapierre to write about India while the Indian writers don't write about it. Similar is the example of William Dalrymple - he has written a few book (ranging from average to good) about the Mughal empire so he's no considered as one of India's foremost experts on the subject. I would love to read more about what has happened in this country since independence and also about some of the leaders post independence but sadly there are very, very few impartial biographies available. BTW I've heard the Guha has signed a HUGE multi-crore deal for a 8 part biography of Mahatma Gandhi :woot: Thats a fair point. History writing is on the decline, suppose it never really was that hot anyway. Generally speaking we have not taken care of our history and culture very well. Your assertion about Dalrymples and Mark Tully is funny and yet right on the money. Both of these are great guys with well meaning intention. And perhaps even more important they are both Indo-phile, and yet I am not sure if they are top level historians which they are looked at in India. (for intention of full disclosure I love reading Tully and Dalrimple)
Sachin=GOD Posted December 6, 2012 Posted December 6, 2012 Thats a fair point. History writing is on the decline, suppose it never really was that hot anyway. Generally speaking we have not taken care of our history and culture very well. Your assertion about Dalrymples and Mark Tully is funny and yet right on the money. Both of these are great guys with well meaning intention. And perhaps even more important they are both Indo-phile, and yet I am not sure if they are top level historians which they are looked at in India. (for intention of full disclosure I love reading Tully and Dalrimple) If you want to read about India then try Shashi Tharoor - some of his books are quite good.
Lurker Posted December 6, 2012 Posted December 6, 2012 If you want to read about India then try Shashi Tharoor - some of his books are quite good. Oh Shashi Tharoo and MJ Akbar etc to hum kaafi pahle parhte the barkhurdaar. There was a phase between Romila Thapar etc that went straight to Shashi Tharoor. I like ST. He is no historian but he is a romantic, you have to read his work that way. May not be 100% accurate factually but laced with optimism. MJ Akbar on the other hand was fantastic I thought, right from Asian Age days. Shashi Tharoor is a big time Nehru-bhakt. :hatsoff:
Sachin=GOD Posted December 6, 2012 Posted December 6, 2012 Thats a fair point. History writing is on the decline' date= suppose it never really was that hot anyway. Generally speaking we have not taken care of our history and culture very well. Your assertion about Dalrymples and Mark Tully is funny and yet right on the money. Both of these are great guys with well meaning intention. And perhaps even more important they are both Indo-phile, and yet I am not sure if they are top level historians which they are looked at in India. (for intention of full disclosure I love reading Tully and Dalrimple) IMO another factor responsible for the decline in History writing is the rise of writers like Chetan Bhagat etc. The continuous rise in the sales of books by such authors can be reason enough for others to follow suit instead of writing something about India. Today I was pleasantly surprised when I read that Gabriel Garcia Marquez is the 2nd highest selling foreign author in China - http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-04/the-foreign-authors-china-loves - I don't see why such authors cannot be successful in India. BTW have yo read Gurcharan Das?
Sachin=GOD Posted December 6, 2012 Posted December 6, 2012 Oh Shashi Tharoo and MJ Akbar etc to hum kaafi pahle parhte the barkhurdaar. There was a phase between Romila Thapar etc that went straight to Shashi Tharoor. I like ST. He is no historian but he is a romantic, you have to read his work that way. May not be 100% accurate factually but laced with optimism. MJ Akbar on the other hand was fantastic I thought, right from Asian Age days. Shashi Tharoor is a big time Nehru-bhakt. :hatsoff: I've noticed that a very large number of good Indian writers are Nehru Bhakts :hmmm: As for MJ Akbar - you must read The Sunday Guardian - Akbar is the editor and IMO its the best Sunday paper in the country right now.
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