Comments on: My Article in Pragati:Towards a cultural liberalism http://varnam.org/blog/2008/06/my_article_in_pragatitowards_a/ History, Current Affairs & Books Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:39:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kaangeya http://varnam.org/blog/2008/06/my_article_in_pragatitowards_a/comment-page-1/#comment-2834 kaangeya Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:36:14 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1445#comment-2834 TRR, When you doubt the historical authenticty of a "text", forgetting for a moment that the Ramayana and Mahabharatas are not texts, whence the charge that they are instruments of political and social control? TRR,

When you doubt the historical authenticty of a “text”, forgetting for a moment that the Ramayana and Mahabharatas are not texts, whence the charge that they are instruments of political and social control?

]]> By: JK http://varnam.org/blog/2008/06/my_article_in_pragatitowards_a/comment-page-1/#comment-2833 JK Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:19:47 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1445#comment-2833 No. Socialism has been used for political and social control in India. No. Socialism has been used for political and social control in India.

]]> By: T.R.Ramaswami http://varnam.org/blog/2008/06/my_article_in_pragatitowards_a/comment-page-1/#comment-2832 T.R.Ramaswami Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:50:50 +0000 http://varnam.org/blog/?p=1445#comment-2832 Would you not also classify epics like the Mahabharatha and Ramayana, whose historic authencity is doubtful and also other religious texts as instruments for political and social control? Would you not also classify epics like the Mahabharatha and Ramayana, whose historic authencity is doubtful and also other religious texts as instruments for political and social control?

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