Since the Sunday I have been reading a book called The Argumentative Indian. The book is a collection of essays by Amartya Sen.
The essays are primarily on Indian History and Culture. Here are some of the interesting topics the author has touched upon:
1) Hindutva: The Author portrays the negative influences of the militant Hindu culture.
2) China and India: The author writes about the interaction between India and China between 5th century AD and 11 the Century AD.
3) Class in India
4) Gender in India
5) Secularism
Overall, I am not very happy with this book. For me it has been a very slow read.
Indian's reading this book will feel that the author is stating the obvious. (Well when I pick a history book or a book on Indian culture i look for a different perspective than what is preached by indian history and social studies text books)
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