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complexworld's avatar

sir, what are your views on roddam narasimha's answer to needham's question "why did scientific revolution not take in china and India despite being them leading 14 previous centuries?"

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Sanjay Bhide's avatar

Very insightful. Do you think the same logic applies to other non-europe regions mainly China, Southeast asia and middle-east that missed the IR bus as well.

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Ravindra Jadav's avatar

True. Necessity is the mother of invention and we are already Sone ki Chidiya.

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Milind Lokde's avatar

Thank you so much sir. It was a wonderful read and understand the conditions of the time.

Very less is discussed on this topic.

Nalanda University was a hub of knowledge which was destroyed on purpose.

Other than that I believe caste system has also played a major role. Only Brahmins were entitled to knowledge, who held it firmly.I belive even they did not understand much of it. Not sharing of knowledge gave rise to superstition, as everyone else had to believe whatever was said to them.

However, as I said very less is discussed on this topic. Thanks again for bringing up this topic.

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Vishy Iyer's avatar

Brilliant sir, as always!

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Manmohan Singh's avatar

Too simplistic and comfortable findings while deliberately not mentioning the monopolistic control on education and rigid stratification of society which fed on hierarchical incremental exploitation down the chain. Another Noble laureate to study for “missing the bus” is Daron Acemoglu (Why Nations Fail).

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Vedicarya's avatar

India was an active warzone undergoing civilizational collapse from 1100 AD-1700 AD.

All that remains of that period is letters and chronicles about war, rape, and destruction.

All that remains of that period are fortresses and tombs to “Ghazis”. Why would such a place have an Industrial Revolution.

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Vedicarya's avatar

“Our” you’re not a Hindu.

Every society had a class system including China and including every Muslim nation and European nation. Japan even had its version of a Dalit class like the Burakumin yet became one of the leading global powers in history.

How is a country with a reservation system “casteist”, India is deeply impoverished because the congress ran this country for 50 years and the British for 150. How can you blame India’s problems on Hinduism, when the British or Congress are neither Hindu? Or even Modi when he’s only been in power since 2014? You expect India to develop in a year after being ruined by Muslims, Christians, and Seculars for 1000 years straight?

India’s thankfully the fastest growing economy now and will get its due now that people who actually care about its Hindu citizens are in power.

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Vedicarya's avatar

Varna is not caste. Talk about whatever religion you are because you are not an expert on Hinduism. “I belong to every religion” LOL why should i even argue with someone who contradicts themself.

China developed faster because its not an idiotic democracy with anti-nationals, foreign propaganda, and doesn’t play into foreign divisiveness like the puppet you are.

I think India has a lot to learn from China like putting Muslims in concentration camps like they do with the Uyghur. A fellow polytheistic nation following their folk religion and one that stands firm against western powers.

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