A report in the Hindustan Times on 2 April 2001 states that the dealers are convinced that these fragments "would be prized in the same way as pieces of the Berlin wall
..The idea of "fragments" has a chequered history, and in recent years South Asian intellectuals have furnished some other fragments of the story. Both Gyanendra Pandey and Partha Chatterjee have reminded us that the nation has its own "fragments", those sectors who have been excluded from the enterprise of the modern nation-state, or are repeatedly thwarted in their attempt to claim the privileges attendant upon citizenship
Vinay Lal teaches history at the University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.littlemag.com/mar-apr01/vinay.html
Supply and Demand in India and China sold for worship.
..The idea of "fragments" has a chequered history, and in recent years South Asian intellectuals have furnished some other fragments of the story. Both Gyanendra Pandey and Partha Chatterjee have reminded us that the nation has its own "fragments", those sectors who have been excluded from the enterprise of the modern nation-state, or are repeatedly thwarted in their attempt to claim the privileges attendant upon citizenship
Vinay Lal teaches history at the University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.littlemag.com/mar-apr01/vinay.html
Supply and Demand in India and China sold for worship.



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