tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post503961695199216451..comments2024-03-28T15:21:25.404+05:30Comments on Tomichan Matheikal's blog: Can History be Civilised?Tomichan Matheikalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-22632246160904441152016-01-22T07:47:16.020+05:302016-01-22T07:47:16.020+05:30Well written article. Enjoyed reading it. Very tho...Well written article. Enjoyed reading it. Very thought provoking.Manju Panchalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15879944095227332505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-36417988587118696282015-12-12T08:26:46.450+05:302015-12-12T08:26:46.450+05:30That's interesting, Titas. 20,000 calculated ...That's interesting, Titas. 20,000 calculated strategies!Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-54535312260061420512015-12-12T08:25:59.715+05:302015-12-12T08:25:59.715+05:30History inevitably belongs to the victor. See how...History inevitably belongs to the victor. See how the Indian history is being rewritten or attempted to be by the present BJP regime. A lot of RSS people have been appointed to relevant positions so that the process will be subtle but effective. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-15205033433799047412015-12-11T23:42:59.180+05:302015-12-11T23:42:59.180+05:30Leaders in the current world are hardly those who ...Leaders in the current world are hardly those who have been given that place by society,leaders are generally those narrow-minded people who are in that place today because 20,000 different methods were calculated before inculcating them in the "necessary" propaganda to earn the required profit.All of fundamentalism,hypocrisy,communal-ism are just the components of the entire process.<br />Titas Biswashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385123036859173134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-90363141277759634522015-12-11T22:01:56.035+05:302015-12-11T22:01:56.035+05:30Incidentally I knew all three, interestingly enoug...Incidentally I knew all three, interestingly enough, I was always intrigued by history, but that did not yield any info. History as it goes is penned on corpses and other things that are not "civilized" why? because history was always written by the victors, who won a war and massacred. It is a great flaw in us to understate the good and magnify shady incidents as historyDatta Ghoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375800182580592805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-44192902962544972502015-12-11T19:03:02.357+05:302015-12-11T19:03:02.357+05:30History can never be objective, in short :)
The a...History can never be objective, in short :)<br /><br />The article I have cited above illustrates it eloquently. America had refused to grant visiting visa to Mr Modi in the aftermath of the 2002 riots. However, later it revoked the decision because the same Consul General mentioned in the article suggested it. And the reason? Modi's meteoric popularity! The Consul General was sure Mr Modi would rise to national politics and in all probability become the PM. Then, if America changed the decision after that, it would be accused of opportunism. Hence he advised the diplomatic action of revoking the decision earlier. A few years from now, most people will forget these details and historians will make a new history: that even America realised its error with respect to Modi and the riots. That's how history works. It is manufactured. Heroes do not make history, history makes heroes, as a historian said. Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-42065181106199787402015-12-11T17:36:47.281+05:302015-12-11T17:36:47.281+05:30Interesting article. History has been a complex su...Interesting article. History has been a complex subject that gives rise to debates because what one writes comes from his/her own 'situatedness' as well as 'affiliations. I think Gadamer had talked about 'understanding' it 'differently', and bringing one's own understanding to the historical text. I think history itself is a series of 'texts' that have been subjectively (masked objective) written. sunaina sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07848852013009581839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-17836100603203327232015-12-11T16:07:53.885+05:302015-12-11T16:07:53.885+05:30I am genuinely thankful to the holder of this web ...I am genuinely thankful to the holder of this web page who has shared this fantastic paragraph at here.<br /><br /><a href="http://american-writers.org/" rel="nofollow"><b>custom essay writing service</b></a>Elsapaul84https://www.blogger.com/profile/04590171294815636591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-31665532119968523862015-12-11T15:40:21.705+05:302015-12-11T15:40:21.705+05:30Well written and thought provoking.. Well written and thought provoking.. Sneh Asnanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01157872015902246274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-55114903327254115322015-12-10T21:37:53.384+05:302015-12-10T21:37:53.384+05:30Suppose we change our approach to history and pres...Suppose we change our approach to history and present scientists, philosophers, and so on to students in such a way that they learn to question, investigate and discover. Instead of mugging up boring facts about who killed whom!Tomichan Matheikalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037872309096060126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2102451431033041663.post-16860369378284102622015-12-10T21:14:38.766+05:302015-12-10T21:14:38.766+05:30Something on my mind as well, had written a post t...Something on my mind as well, had written a post this week on how history books present history with an example of Mughal history! The realm of the textbook is place of drama and war with every changing government, how modi gets written depends on as you say, who writes that portion. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00174081362348221438noreply@blogger.com