Maine paya hai ki ye book ya isi lekhak ki dusri kitab kohinoor hindi mein padhna jyada majedar hai kyonki yahan mughal saltanat aur hindustan ki baat ho rahi hai to rakkasa, tawayaf ya kissago ye sare shabd hain jo hindi ya urdu mein hi jyada sahi aur satik lagte hain. Phir maine is book ko apne Daddy ke liye Hindi mein mangwaya. We had talked about how The Anarchy is not just a book of history but a reminder of the damage unbridled corporate power can cause. Maine ye book english mein paddhi thi aur mujhe ye kafi achhi lagi. It was the idea of maximizing corporate profit by a private joint stock company that eventually led to the colonisation of India. The last time we met, Dalrymple had told me that in The Anarchy he has debunked the notion that the colonisation of India was a national project of England to begin with. The Anarchy is, in a sense, a cautionary tale against Big Business because it tells the story of a boardroom in London running a country as vast and varied as India. Some time has passed between then and now and some things have changed but the good thing is The Anarchy is now out in paperback.įor a fat book, this is easier to hold and leaf through once more to learn about the fascinating story of a private trading company with headquarters in London that came to deal in silks and spices and ended up ruling India. The last time I had met Dalrymple was in October of 2019 when The Anarchy had come out, in hardback.
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