There is absence of Conspiracy History in Indian Historiography. The Indians have the tendency to worship heroes and make God out of them. Vaishnavism can be interpreted as one of the best case in support of this argument.
Jaswant Singh Book may have troubled BJP on ideology level. However, on the sideline, it has again brought History in News and the aim with which this blog is created stands vindicated.
There are many such patches in Indian History which demands new interpertation and further inquiry. Another important topics are the Subash Chander Bose death, Lal Bahadur Shashtri Death, Shimla Summit, and so on.
The hitched report can be read in light of above mentioned points also.
I am rather satisfied with the aim of this blog as there is a place for "HISTORY IN NEWS"
Our Heroes, Nehur and Patel but Questioning them without Records! How Fair?
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Conspiracy History demands Space in Indian Historiography
With the release of book of Jaswant Singh, BJP, the controversy of genesis of partition of India in 1947 has again acquired an attention.
The general press and the rival political parties are again indulging in superficial debates with different motives at hand. However, India as a nation must understand that after 1947, there was a need to look at our history from a fresh angle. As Carr said, history requires a continuous dialogue between present and past. We must understand that when we live present, we are not having the perception of the future. We have it in dreams and opinions only. It is only when the future is registered into past, that we can define that in which direction at least we are going. This the beauty and contribution of historic evaluation. It is an ongoing process. History is about and always alive. The need is to imbibe the actual reality as it has existed in present. For that we have to shed our biases and confusions and face the reality as it is even if it hurts. Nehru was great. Jinnah was great. But we have to understand our present problems in right perspective. Remember, in Pakistan Jinnah is great and Nehru was not great. Will you say that truth has two versions. It is not unpatriotic if someone calls a leader of enemy country as a person with stuff. You must take facts as facts. This elucidation may go on and on. In NUTSHELL, there is need to write our history for present times. NOT as REVISIONIST but as the demand of the craft of history. That is the need.
Check the following report.
Jinnah was a great man: Jaswant Singh - India - NEWS - The Times of India
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