LOL. So you know admit it was a tiny change, and you don't even know if it's associated with the 'campaign' to which you associated it. A local village, on the country route to my… (View Post)

The conversation about the British empire below was interesting, and held varied views. Some pro, some anti, some mixed. All thoughtful. Then two posters come along with posts with zero content, just… (View Post)

No-one in this government appears to have any concrete 'vision'. At best, any vision is a nebulous cloud that varies from minister to minister. And it is led by someone who cannot sell a vi… (View Post)

The politics of empire is interesting. Take India. If empires are bad, then why does Modi invoke the Chola Empire - a vast, religion-based, militaristic and trading empire with a large navy - as the … (View Post)

You are both correct IMO. There can be more than one 'point' to something, and even at the time, there were differing views on it. The idea that there was one 'point', or even a g… (View Post)