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The Long March of Progress - A Historical and Personal Account (Paperback)
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The Long March of Progress - A Historical and Personal Account (Paperback)
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It is a historical narrative of human progress, in which the author
has included his own experience on three continents. The first part
of this book focuses on the emergence of the 'Modern Age' in the
West. In the second part, the author describes the arrival of
Muslim invaders, Arabs, Afghans and Turks, their conquest and long
rule in India to provide a contextual background for the evolution
of an Indo-Muslim culture. The third part includes a description of
the conditions of India in the eighteenth century, including the
disintegration of Mughal Empire and the contest for power and
territory among the native regional groups (Afghans, Marathas,
Sikhs, and Jats) along with the European trading companies. It was
during this period that two of the author's ancestors migrated from
the Roh (hills in the north-west) to the Gangetic plain: Rohila
settlements in the Gangetic plain were the foundation for his
family's march of progress. The fourth part comprises an account of
the arrival of Europeans in India, rising power of the East India
Company, consolidation of the British Raj, and the events leading
to the partition and independence of India in 1947. It was during
the British rule that the ideas of progress imported from the West
were grafted on to a very diverse cultural and social landscape of
India. Paradoxically the British imperial rule laid the foundation
for modernity in India. In the final part of the book, the author
writes about his family's three migrations, the first two of his
ancestors on the sub-continent and the last his own to Canada via
the Netherlands. The narrative ends with optimism about the future,
given the experience of progress so far and the great potential
that humans possess.
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