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Kingdoms
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Once upon a time, slightly longer ago then before, there was a kingdom whose name and very existence have long since been forgotten. While the rest of the world was fighting for control of new lands across the seas, inventing ever more deadly weapons, and generously gifting their own religion to foreign people who didn't want it, this kingdom just splendidly was.
In happier years, because of its removed location in an out-of-the-way valley, it was a lodestone for the artistic, the different, th
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― As Old as Time
― As Old as Time
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Even two hundred years ago, when the British finally defeated
the divided yet dominant Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War
of 1817, India was a very static place. Most Indians could not have
just packed their bags and easily relocated from Maratha Pune to
Mughal Delhi, or from British Calcutta to Sikh Lahore—much less
from a small fort–town in Rajputana to rural Mysore.
Besides logistics, language was a significant barrier and so
were social acceptance and job opportunities. T
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― A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational State
― A New Idea of India: Individual Rights in a Civilisational State
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