tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post4547872855403328227..comments2024-01-03T13:53:38.766+05:30Comments on pareltank: Does History Lie?kochuthresiamma p .jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-55457922613243085872010-01-17T03:30:38.571+05:302010-01-17T03:30:38.571+05:30I thank 'Urs....Jina' for the Links, albei...I thank 'Urs....Jina' for the Links, albeit belatedly.A Stoichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10657488599907311113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-84684160311486843342009-10-11T08:32:26.059+05:302009-10-11T08:32:26.059+05:30@ charakan
please do. and history thru word of mou...@ charakan<br />please do. and history thru word of mouth also most welcome. that's a rare commodity.thanks.<br /><br />@ nikhil narayan<br />'But for the post 1947 zeal to write history and create leaders and warriors,we would not have had a Lion of Kerala,Pazhassi Raja who is immensely over rated'<br />this is the process of decolonisation of knowledge. inevitable in a country whosekochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-7724091245948589262009-10-10T07:44:33.721+05:302009-10-10T07:44:33.721+05:30KPJ, I am honoured to see some of my comments were...KPJ, I am honoured to see some of my comments were featured in this post.If you had warned me I would have written more points in a better way.Thank you.<br /><br />Events in history can be used by vested interests for suiting their present needs. Every where in the World it was like that.<br /><br />I will come back with few more points on the Tipu debate as I need time for research.Arun.N.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11255908292437790693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-43803095462419789762009-10-08T01:57:01.531+05:302009-10-08T01:57:01.531+05:30Teacher,
The past is in the hands of the present
...Teacher,<br /><i>The past is in the hands of the present </i><br />Why else did the mighty Cholas who ruled a third of India and a huge part of SE Asia end up being a 5-10 question while the Mughals were worth 60-70 marks? (in school)<br /><br />Had the British not fought Hyder Ali Khan and Tippu,Hyder-Tippu would not have been much eulogized as they are now.<br /><br />But for the post 1947 zealNikhil Narayananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925886537201353625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-78609549311939776012009-10-08T00:26:56.921+05:302009-10-08T00:26:56.921+05:30I think the fundamental mistake people often make ...I think the fundamental mistake people often make is that they derive their sense of self from within the narrow confines of religions (or caste, or color, region, language and what not). <br />The problem of this then, is that they end up reacting to things of the past (whether true or not) or present, as mere Hindus or Muslims or whatever, not as human beings who cannot bear to see the Nithin Rajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007647956253340118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-44120063635255874922009-10-08T00:04:32.216+05:302009-10-08T00:04:32.216+05:30@ursjina
someone else was also telling me abt the ...@ursjina<br />someone else was also telling me abt the comment not being published. could be the posting isn't complete (copying the letters wrong or something). I publish all comments. the last i received from you is to 'I belong here '. do send the comments again.<br /><br />yes,you are right. we hear the voice of only those who are privileged to be heard.<br /><br />@ kochuthresiamma p .jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01320086308375078739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-34854882363505204472009-10-07T23:36:28.754+05:302009-10-07T23:36:28.754+05:30Yeah. I have wondered about this so many times. Wh...Yeah. I have wondered about this so many times. What if Mumtaz Mahal had written something on Taj Mahal?Will the sttory be any different? What about the voices of the people who were considered untouchables?Will our history be any different??<br /><br />U might find Maddy 's blog interesting.http://maddy06.blogspot.com/ and his history blog http://historicalleys.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Btw, Jinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114322815517985585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17189016.post-13948762126723265682009-10-07T17:33:11.368+05:302009-10-07T17:33:11.368+05:30History can lie as and when it is convenient for t...History can lie as and when it is convenient for the ones who need the lies today. <br /><br />The British are known to have thrived on divide and rule.<br /><br />I feel whatever happened then still does not justify the communalism we see propagated by some political groups today. We seem to thrive on <b>victim-hood</b>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com