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Soft power is not cultural exports Power is the ability to influence another’s behaviour in order to advance one’s own interests. Hard power is military, economic, technology et...
Abstract thought: Keynes had once said that “practical men, who believe themselves to be exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist”...
Macaulay’s objective on education: “..it is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class...
Thread: Rather than view society and the state as a “social contract”, view it as a trusteeship. Or as Burke said - “a partnership of the dead, the living and the unborn”. An unbro...
Thread: One thought related to this Sengol story- it also shows how Hindu conservatives like Rajaji still had some sway at the cusp of independence, within the Congress itself. Raj...
Has to be noted though that the Indian state, including the current govt. has far from disarming this narrative, actually fuelled it. Symbolic Co-option of Ambedkar would have been...
Not accepting Cabinet Mission Plan was an excellent decision by the Congress- ensured we weren’t permanently held ransom by a hostile anti national population. Partition was a nece...
Ofc one should learn from everywhere with humility. But it is also the case that self confident civilisations have some amount of contempt for others. It is natural - because civil...
@narne_kumar06 That could never happen if most Telugus were a part of Madras. Anyway call is not to retain Madras. It is for even smaller states. That is not A state for Telugus, T...
@dylanhead94 @Me_Predictor @humble_fool_0 My point is it is >= 0. If it is zero , then China has same leverage as today. If it is greater it is less. But that doesn’t mean China ha...
@SparkyBlitz This doesn’t prevent the Navy from doing its own analysis anyway. It is healthy to have an ecosystem of people who do serious scholarly work on defence. As I keep sayi...
@Me_Predictor @BurntOutCase Fighting an economic war alone with China doesn’t make sense - that’s their strength and there is interdependence. China is like Germany pre WW1. German...