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India: The Empire Strikes Back
William Dalrymple Aug 21, 2007In 1600 India produced 22.5% of global GDP. By 1870, India had been reduced into a Third World nation, thanks to the Raj.
Vidarbha and Farmer Suicides - Facts and Fiction
V S Gopalakrishnan Oct 11, 2006The black cotton soil of Vidarbha is legendary and is supposed to breed “aalsi” (lazy) farmers since you simply have to throw the seeds onto the fields and you will have a rich cotton crop! So why the suicides in the cotton belt now?
The Myth of the New India
Pankaj Mishra Aug 4, 2006Only 1.3 million out of a working population of 400 million are employed in the information technology and business processing industries that make up the so-called new economy.
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