tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post7030177327524994245..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: "It is worth trying to understand why"Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-38370579603366654592006-12-15T21:26:00.000+05:302006-12-15T21:26:00.000+05:30Abi,
It is true that Ambedkar came back to India ...Abi,<br /><br />It is true that Ambedkar came back to India with a PhD from Columbia (begging the question if he would have been a lesser man if he hadn't gone there in the 1st place). And so did Gandhi return to India with an admittance from the Inns of Court (and yes I know Sainath respects Gandhi; JP returned to India with his PhD at Wisconsin unfinished. And what about that other comrade of Gandhi who returned from Columbia, J.C. Kumarappa, whom Nehru derided as a village idiot!<br /><br />Ambedkar certainly was a great thinker (and while we praise let's read his Thoughts on Pakistan also!) who got some things right and others wrong. He was a great humanist, but also a believer in the ancient and timeless India. So let's not cherry pick. So while we praise him let's not lose ourselves in rapture and forget the great man's admonishment of Indians for their bhakti and mindless devotion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com