A Nation of Beggars
Ameeri Badao -- reminiscent of Deng`s exhortation to fellow Chinese: ``It is glorious to get rich.``
You mentioned something about India being wealthy until 800 years ago, and then the Brahmins did something -- what was this change you allude to?
There has been no reformation since Adi Sankaracharya in the 8th century AD. As late as 1800 (almost 5 decades after the British won the Battle of Plassey), we accounted for 20% of the world`s wealth -- see Paul Kennedy, ``Wealth of Nations.``
Cheers,
Sunit.
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sunit
Jun 27, 2000 09:33 pm
Brilliant article!!Ameeri Badao -- reminiscent of Deng`s exhortation to fellow Chinese: ``It is glorious to get rich.``
You mentioned something about India being wealthy until 800 years ago, and then the Brahmins did something -- what was this change you allude to?
There has been no reformation since Adi Sankaracharya in the 8th century AD. As late as 1800 (almost 5 decades after the British won the Battle of Plassey), we accounted for 20% of the world`s wealth -- see Paul Kennedy, ``Wealth of Nations.``
Cheers,
Sunit.
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