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History

Their ‘lost Jerusalem’

Historical events through 2023 and 2024, and the shaping of politics and diplomacy, are providing intriguing insights into our world, bridging the past with a violent, volatile present.

In or Out?

Italy, a nation synonymous with history and culture, stands at a crossroads, confronting the intricate challenge of immigration amid a swiftly ageing population.

Tragedy Revisited~II

Not much publicity has been given in this part of the world to the fact that the American Hispanics faced brutal discrimination and were the first victims of the Manhattan Project that produced the bomb. It is a little known historical fact that when the US conducted the Trinity test, the world‘s first atom bomb explosion, but not with the kind of devastating effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the radiation fallouts due to wind direction affected the Hispanics severely

Bhaugulpoor Tales

As East India Company rule grew and Diwani rights came to be enforced, Paharias and Santhals found themselves without their right to live in the forest areas, nor get the advantage of forest produce. In due course of time, they became rebellious. In 1784, the Company began their crackdown on the tribals, those original inhabitants of forests whom we today speak of as the Adivasis

World Government~II

If countries can forget their differences, their people will prosper, which is the objective of any governance. Imagine what could happen when a common government can attract ideas from billions of citizens, channel their creativity for innovation and direct their energies for development it could usher in a world beyond the wildest of our imagination. If nations can forge alliances to promote regional integration, scaling it up to be continental integration and finally to a world government, where every country retains their uniqueness yet is guided by a common agenda driven by such a government, we can become what scientists have called a Type-I civilisation

A sense of history

While recording and interpreting historical facts under an attitudinal or ideological inspiration always casts a shadow over the truth of history, such manipulation by the state has a far-reaching effect when the product is offered to young impressionable minds in schools and colleges