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Studying history makes you feel like you understand something. But until you’ve lived through it and personally felt its consequences, you may not understand it enough to change your behavior.
“पुढल्या जन्मी पांचातला थोरला भाऊ हो, भीमा!”
― Yuganta: The End of an Epoch
― Yuganta: The End of an Epoch
“Social ascendency, innocently disguised as high fashion, good taste or prestigious expenditure, was the same the world over.”
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“Tradition is a fragile thing in a culture built entirely on the memories of the elders.”
― Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River
― Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River
“The battle of Panipat was fought for more than what is usually imagined. It was fought by a people in the far south of India, on behalf of the Mughal Emperor, for the defence of India.”
― Solstice at Panipat: 14 January 1761
― Solstice at Panipat: 14 January 1761
“[...] a time when anarchists were truly fearsome —less because they were willing to put a brick through a Starbucks window than because they had figured out how to organize themselves in a functional, egalitarian, and sufficiently productive society.”
― Chomsky On Anarchism
― Chomsky On Anarchism
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