India: Impact of the West

Author: Amita DasPublisher: Popular PrakashanYear: 1994Language: EnglishPages: 113ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171547907 DescriptionThis book focuses attention on a major turning point in the history of the Indian subcontinent which affected the lives of the Indian people in many different ways. India's ancient connections with the West underwent a sea-change with the advent of the new Europeans in the sixteenth century. Formal colonization wreaked havoc, both economic and social. Yet, even in this unequal relationship, India did gain. The impact of the West produced far-reaching changes in India. As Jawaharlal Nehru said : but it came almost in spite of the British. They succeeded ion slowing down the pace of that change to such an extent that even today the transition is very far from complete. Dr. Amita Das traces this fascinating transition. The author believes that to understand the present, it is necessary to identify the socio-economic and cultural changes introduced in coloni