tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936801.post7038108028287340192..comments2024-03-22T10:16:02.929+11:00Comments on Gaddeswarup's blog: Michael Pettis 'Internal and external balance'gaddeswaruphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936801.post-367511430191587002015-06-19T10:28:50.727+10:002015-06-19T10:28:50.727+10:00I read the post but do not see as very insightful....I read the post but do not see as very insightful. Of course, his attentions are good. I see caste as essentially political. Mumford could have more easily studied the two mathematical institutes in Chennai, their origin, development, and the personnel there. He visited those places a number of times and has many friends.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936801.post-56031629568276188492015-06-19T08:21:57.877+10:002015-06-19T08:21:57.877+10:00Thanks, I have not seen it but read his earlier le...Thanks, I have not seen it but read his earlier letter. I am also tryin to et hld of a copy of "Beyond Caste" by Sumit Guha which is not easily available here. That is highly recommended by a couple of reviewers. I do think that persistence of caste is a real problem and one has to try to understand it. Thanks again.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19936801.post-25693033464739828862015-06-18T22:41:44.022+10:002015-06-18T22:41:44.022+10:00Sorry for posting a comment unconnected to the pos...Sorry for posting a comment unconnected to the post but as a regular reader of your blog, I thought I'd point your attention to this interesting post by Mumford just in case you hadn't already seen it: http://www.dam.brown.edu/people/mumford/blog/2015/AllMen.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10174703108198568603noreply@blogger.com