History

History That India Ignored; Author Prem Prakash; Vitasta Publishing; ISBN: 9788119670321; Rs. 625/-

It is said that history is written by the victors. Victors not just write history but also sometimes write it selectively, carefully publicising or glorifying persons and events that suit their taste and marginalising or demonising those that they have a problem with, for whatever reasons.

A Refreshing Relook at Indian History It is said that history is written by the victors. Victors not just write history but also sometimes write it selectively, carefully publicising or glorifying persons and events that suit their taste and...

July 7, 2025

Tags: Chandi Chowk, Freedom-fighters, History, History that India Ignored, Indian history, Seth Ramji Das Gurwale, Historical and Civilisational Studies

Harnessing the Trade Winds: The Story of the Centuries-Old Indian Trade with East Africa, Using the Monsoon Winds by Blanche Rocha D’Souza, (First published in Kenya in 2008 by Zand Graphics Ltd, Reprinted in India 2021 by Pentagon Press LLP.) Pp. 204. IN

Samir Bhattacharya

Long before the Christian era, Indians had the knowledge of monsoon winds. And Indians started sailing, not only before the European explorers of 14th centuries and around, but Indians sailed even before Hippalus, the Greek mariner, famous for...

November 15, 2021

Tags: Eastern Africa, Gandhi, Historiography, History, Indian Diaspora, Indian Marchants, Indian Ocean, Indian Traders, Maritime trade, Monsoon wind, Scramble for Africa, Ugandan railway, Africa, International Relations and Diplomacy