Recently somebody commented that the history books in India had stopped at 1947. Is that because there has been no history after 1947?
There seems to be a lack of towering personalities/thoughts in almost every sphere of life. In politics there is no Shivaji, Gandhi, Nehru or even a Hitler. The last towering persona probably was Indira Gandhi. In literature, there doesn't seem to be another "Gone with the wind" or a "War and peace" being written. In music will there be a Lata Mangeshkar or Asha Bhosle again? (Though I do confess Shreya Ghoshal is right up there).
There seems to be a lacuna of those towers which sway humanity - makes me think, are we in the age of mediocrity?
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