I am woman, hear me roar

June 23, 2012

What Kind of Revolution Do We Need in South Asia?

Filed under: Uncategorized — Nabiha Meher @ 9:18 pm

Reblogged from TheSouthAsianIdea Weblog:

The peculiar thing about South Asia is that it has not had a social revolution. Compare it with Europe or Russia or China where feudal, monarchical or other pre-modern forms of governance were swept away to be replaced by new ruling classes. Social revolutions preceded modern forms of governance, democratic or autocratic. South Asia moved from pre-modern to modern forms of governance, midwifed by the British, but the same social class remained in charge reinventing itself in new roles.

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THIS! "One suggestion is to aim for an intellectual revolt, a revolution of the minds, an overthrowing of the thrall in which our rulers have enmeshed us for decades – a declaration that from today we cease to believe the lies on which we have been fed, nurtured and reared." Let's do this.

1 Comment »

  1. Home revolution which start from home economics by en powering women as a economic head of that organization generation take to change or needed for revolution so revolution of home based industry a new sector to save from root

    Comment by mabbaskhan — June 25, 2012 @ 4:09 pm | Reply


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