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The Origins of Nationalism in India

When does India begin its journey as a new collective, you ask. You are acutely aware and of communism of the civilizational cultural roots of that collective identity so how do you reconcile these two seemingly conflicting notions? I think we should look at the history of any society in the long run and also in the short run nationalism is a modern phenomena nation rules are something which is very modern it's a product of industrialization  and need for illiteracy he says.

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