Tag Archives: history

We are fortunate to have books. They are the real treasures. They hold so much within that sometimes we feel that it is not possible to absorb it in multiple lifetimes also. Bharat, that is India, is the oldest civilization that exists and is functional even today. Since our school days we know that civilizaitons seeded and grew over river ... Read More »

While we read a lot of books for variety of reasons, underneath all the reading experiences, there is a learning. Fiction allows you to think about problems and solutions in lives of fictional characters in a vicarious way, while non-fiction allows you to read the author’s point of view and critical thoughts on a particular topic, providing information on an ... Read More »

Indian mythological tales are filled with treasure troves of stories that span through epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata and multitude of puranas. Over time, some of these stories which are a small part of big collection, are explored further by writers of each age and we get a new interpretation to reflect the generation that is interpreting it. For example, ... Read More »

Since ages we talk about human evaluation and evolution. From the days when human used to be apes, we are living in a well equipped scientific era. And, we are looking forward to enter into an automated and controlled humanoid era; sooner or later. Unless, of course, something unexpected happen and change the course. And, as per the known history, ... Read More »

Regular readers of ThinkerViews know that we love reading and one of the best perks we find in being a professional book review team is getting exposed to the new talents. We strongly believe that every voyage, no matter if it is to the place next door or to another planet, always start with a small step. So it doesn’t ... Read More »

Red Fort: Remembering the Magnificent Mughals is a recently released book. The author Debasish Das is a history scholar and inspired by works of various historians. Writing a book about historical stuff is quite a challenging job. On one hand, you need to perform extensive research work and the narrative thus would be quite dry; on the other, you cannot ... Read More »