Rajiv Chopra's Reviews > India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution

Someone gave me the second book in the trilogy, so I decided to buy the first book. When I started reading the book, I realized I had made a mistake.

For one, the author's focus is narrow.
- He assumes that a country is like a balance sheet, a static frame. This is incorrect because a country, a nation, flows.
- He assumes that only Hindus make up India (Bharat). He ignores the contributions of Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, and Sikhs. This is narrow.

The use of the word "Bharat" is artificial. Even the Chinese refer to their country as "China" when they speak English and "Zhong Guo" when they speak Chinese.

The author throws a lot of facts at you and fills the book with quotations.

There is a lot of data but no wisdom.

There is a lot of cleverness but no insight.

Read the book only for the quotations and for nothing else.

The writing is turgid and self-important. There is no logical flow in the narrative.