History Archive

  • A history of the short twentieth century (1914-1991) The weekends in my village don’t miss their highlights: I bought this time the volume by Eric Hebswam’s “The Age of Extremes”,...

    Eric Hobsbawam’s “The Age of Extremes”

    A history of the short twentieth century (1914-1991) The weekends in my village don’t miss their highlights: I bought this time the volume by Eric Hebswam’s “The Age of Extremes”,...

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  • It was a revolt of the masses and the intellectuals! Has the world become a better and safer place after the fall of Communism? Views could differ. America as the...

    Why Communism fell in 1989?

    It was a revolt of the masses and the intellectuals! Has the world become a better and safer place after the fall of Communism? Views could differ. America as the...

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  • Some thoughts on the history of our times. History is a challenging social science! Reading history is one thing. Writing history is another thing. Should we, Indians,  re-write our history?...

    Do Indians have a sense of history?

    Some thoughts on the history of our times. History is a challenging social science! Reading history is one thing. Writing history is another thing. Should we, Indians,  re-write our history?...

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