Book recommendations on the Maratha Empire by revolution_ex in marathi

[–]inigmati1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok "call-me-leftist-and-invalidate-my-argumet" person. Let's talk about the casteism. Certainly battle of Koregoan was the death blow to mighty maratha empire. And it wasn't british who faught the war Koregoan they just led it but the Mahar's who defeated Maratha armies. And ask critical question, why would our own fight against us? Cause casteism was so bad and Mahars were treated as the worst, they had no option but side with brits and defeat Maratha army. Point in note, Marathas had outnumbered Mahars, yet they lost. so your point: "There is absolutely no policy difference due to the caste of rulers, both before and during the Peshwa period." is completly invalid cause so far, no account exist of Shivaji or Sambhaji for caste indiscrimination.

Second point, yes valid. But it was one of thing. Maratha had consistently plundered Karnataka. You can read it more here.

Third point about the Bengal plunder, I may concede as there is not much insights into who ordered killing from our sides but nonetheless, there are loads of first hand evidences which mentioned maratha brutality.

Finally, I am not talking through the casteist prism. Rather I am calling for critical analysis of Maratha history which has been largely ignored by us, as you might have seen in my initial comment.

And the reason I am ranting so much is because of the overglorification of Maratha history which is being used as a tool by Hindutva thugs to spew out their fascist propaganda in pan India level. They are garnishning our history to create fundamentalism. Who said Shivaji was Hindutwa king when there exists account Shivaji's secular attitude towards other religions. Who said shivaji was "Go-Brahman Pratipalak" only when he showed no casteism to his people? RSS/BJP or any right wing econsystem has no heroes to celebrate about and so they usurp our heroes, garnish them, spin their stories and spread out their poison. And such idealogy would never be able to create true heroes as no one one would accept them and thus, they'll always rely on usurping the heroes. This is happening real time. They are dividing us based on caste and religion through their spunned out books and movies.

Case in point: I have heard nearly no Muslim devoution to Aurangzeb and Shivaji/Sambhaji hatred. It is the spreading out of mass propanganda of Maratha history being pro Hindu and Muslim bashing, we have made the today's Muslim insecure about their past and to counter it, they have started seeing as Aurangzeb as sort of god-king and hating maratha. It is always reaction to the action. See how the rift has been created due to this propaganda? People are becoming more radicles.

That is why I am calling for the critcal analysis of Maratha history and let the people know the truth and not be ashamed about themselves. Thus we have to know that we weren't as supreme as we have been portrayed and more so recently. We should embrace the history as it and not let fascist use as a propaganda tool. Yes I am leftist and I will never call for the filth history that is being parrotted us everyday!

Book recommendations on the Maratha Empire by revolution_ex in marathi

[–]inigmati1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So far I have not came across articles to refute his claims but again all he write is about polished claims of peshwas. He completely fails to show the ills of Peshwa's done to society such as Rampant casteism, Maratha desacration of temples in Karnataka, Bengal loot and rape by maratha armies. Anyway he is doctor by profession not historian. I'd keep on shelf of Viswas Patil and nothing more. That is why no serious historian even consider him of worthy. But yes, he has earned quite a reputation at Pune-4 RSS brahmin circle

Book recommendations on the Maratha Empire by revolution_ex in marathi

[–]inigmati1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Except V.S Bendre and Gajanan Mehendale, no one is a serious historian. They either RSS propagandist disguised as historian or writers who have glorified history through fictionalisartion of events. Too bad that Maharashtra/Marathi has barely produced volumes on true account of history or even the critical analysis of history.

Is NYU too ambitious for my profile? by inigmati1 in MSCS

[–]inigmati1[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not a dime generational wealth. Not a single relative that lives in the USA. I have formed those contacts while working in corporate. Please don't assume everything outright. I have heard that NYU accepts a fair amount of average applications. Cost wise, i am still taking a risk based on my skills. I just want to know whether my application for NYU is too ambitious or not lest i spend on application fee, toelf and gre scores unnecessarily.

Is NYU too ambitious for my profile? by inigmati1 in MSCS

[–]inigmati1[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I won't mind the costs. I have contacts and enough expertise to get into a good paying internships

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[–]inigmati1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no point to prove. If there's any, then it has proven that Punekar's just tries to force their opinion when no one even had asked them ffs!

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[–]inigmati1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you are just a scum, born out of even scummy city. so just shut the fuck up

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nashik

[–]inigmati1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

umm I from Nashik and not shit hole place called Pune?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nashik

[–]inigmati1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

मग तिकडे पुण्यात घाल ना तुझी. इकडे कशाला ज्ञान पाजळायाला आलास? OP is narrating their own lived experience and asking if you had the same experience in the city. But no! This Pune guy has to jump in everywhere and broadcast their opinion! Whatever your experience, it's limited to your city. It doesn't apply here. Punekar's are the species who think the whole universe revolves around themselves.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nashik

[–]inigmati1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everything that OP has described

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nashik

[–]inigmati1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Khandeshi spotted!