Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity By Lamont Professor of Economics and Philosophy Amartya Sen

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fast delivery item in very good condition Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity When a book is written by Amartya Sen, it does not require any comments. We are not able to judge this world level scholar's work. I love his work. Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity I have enjoyed visualizing the rich content of this book about our ancient culture & history.From Rabindranath Tagore's influence of freedom to than 1000 years of relationship between India & China (education, religion, trade), this book can connect readers for argument & understand Sen's intellectual view. Among various essays my favorite part of the book is: Democracy makes a direct contribution to healthcare by bringing social failures into public scrutiny. This connection is similar to prominent observation that major famine do not occur in democracies, even when they are very poor. Large famines, which continued to occur in British India (1943 just 4 years before India's independence), disappeared abruptly with the establishment of multi party democracy in India.On the other hand, the entrepreneurship journey of Jamshetji Tata to build one of the biggest Iron & Steel Empires in India along with Globalization of ideas made me discover about the existence of plural identities that we all want to live in. After all one's identity is a matter of discovery than choice. Now the question is, what decision we make by giving importance to particular identity over others related to political beliefs, religion, nationality or professional attachments?Some of you (reader) might or might not agree with Sen's intellectual view but this book is a page turner for anyone to stimulate one’s thinking for argument, learning & discovery. Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity It's hard to imagine a tougher assignment than conveying the history and development of a culture in one book, but that's what Sen effectively accomplishes. Sen doesn't simplify the complex diversity of the Indian people and we are rewarded with a particularly rich understanding.I enjoyed this type of treatment (a collection of writings), because articles that appeared later in the book helped reinforce earlier discussion without being overly repetitive.Interesting factoid one artifact of India's diversity is that all 17 languages are found on Rupee paper currency. Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity can be hard reading for someone not exposed to eastern culture. Very academic at some places. Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity