March 07, 2014 DUBAI: The impact of Western empires on colonies like India and other countries for over two centuries was debated on Thursday as two celebrated authors, with diametrically different views on imperialism, crossed ideological swords and sharp words at the sixth edition of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. Celebrated British author Jeremy Paxman was pitted against Indian author Pankaj Mishra, whose latest book on political and social history From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia, has critically re-evaluated the events of the past two centuries. (snip) http://gulftoday.ae/portal/d3522dcd-ec92-4d6c-95ae-9bac5f93bf02.aspx ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar