...How Railways Modernised India? (Tutorial -1) Submitted by: Monali MM-401 Media in Modern India Railways Modernised India Modern era starts with the Industrial Revolution in Europe which influenced the colonised countries as these constituted the periphery of the central imperialist countries. However, the time and period of inception of modernity is controversial. Modernity is a change European society was undergoing and injecting these changes in the colonised oriental world for “their own benefits” and had in a way modernised these part. These impacts can be positive or negative depending on the receptiveness of the society or say modernity is dialectical in itself. The transfer of these changes brings cultural transformation in the recipient society. Irrespective of the characteristics of this society, just in order to exploit resources and being opportunistic sometimes yields bad consequences to these societies. But this is not true in all cases. The concept of modernity has kept adding characteristics to itself with time. In colonial or national context, modernity was the idea of liberation or differences in the society, influencing as well as being influenced by the colonial projects. Latter sounds more pronounced as the introduction of education, postal services, telegraphs, railways etc. has helped in the nationalist movement of India. Modernity has many equivalents, one of these is technology. Technology is the metonym for modernity. The equation fosters a conceptual...
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