Tramping the Dusty Roads

Tramping the Dusty Roads

My Worn & Dusty Musings

Who are you & where are you from?

Do you have an origin story? Think hard about it and explore.

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Rajiv Chopra
Nov 06, 2024
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The Mughals and our school history books.

Our school history books taught us that the “Afghan chieftain,” Babur, rode from Babur to “India,” in 1526 CE, defeated the Lodi king, Ibrahim Lodi, and set up the Mughal Empire in “India.”

I use the word “India” because India did not exist then, despite the outraged howls of modern Indian jingoists. Nations and n…

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