History is a beautiful way

To see how we perceive

An African saying

"T'is the lions that tell the story of the hunt, not the gazelles"

1. Colonial / Imperialist School - justifying colonialism (James Mill)
2. Orientalist school - Eurocentric Sanskrit based (Max Muller)
3. Nationalist School - Counter colonial narratives (R.C. Majumdar)
4. Marxist School - Class conflict (D.D. Kosambi)
5. Religious School - the different religious perspectives
6. Cambridge School - power structures (Anil Seal)
7. Subaltern studies - the perspective of the marginalised (Ranajit Guha)
8. Post modern critiques

I would not liked to be labelled

Let us say

This book , a good read for exploring brilliant - sometimes lesser known - inspirators / change makers.

Where it is happening now - and perhaps always was - Asia / Africa / Middle East

Refreshing to ponder on non mainstream ways of looking at the timelines of nation stated.

However even if we are living in a post colonial time - economic - politico control is evidently still pretty one sided (North-South) , West-East