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Hi, I just joined lemmygrad! I've been lurking here for a while. About me uhhhh... I really like music, anime, and talking to people in general.

Also, the big reason I wanted to make an account today is because I wanted to recommend some books by Suniti Kumar Ghosh that I've been reading and really enjoying recently. I highly recommend "Naxalbari: Before and After" and "The Tragic Partition of Bengal", where you can learn things like how Gandhi was actually fascist and Gandhi's "non-violence" movement was actually a tool used by the British imperialists (and India's comprador bourgeoisie) to quell the rising anti-imperialist forces. (Suspiciously, Gandhi always seemed to be fine with violence whenever it was the imperialists doing it...)

One of my favorite parts about Ghosh is that they use so many quotes by members of the ruling class where the ruling class admits to their plans. It's literally evil villain reveals evil plan so it's basically irrefutable. Like Ghosh includes a quote by A. O. Hume literally explaining that the founding of the Indian National Congress was designed to "inoculate them ["the great lower middle classes"] with a mild and harmless form of political fever"... and there's so many quotes like this in the book from British officials and their puppets that make it blatantly clear how Indian "independence" in 1947 didn't liberate India at all.)

Anyways, my fangirling about Ghosh's works aside, I'm excited to be here and to get to know you all!! :)

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[-] rugarc@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks!! I'm finding it super comfy already, I'm really happy that the community is so welcoming, really heartwarming :D

[-] Cowbee@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Glad to hear it!

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