Rankean notion of fact as history became so well recognized in history writing during the late nineteenth and twentieth century that causation and reasons for occurrence were looked for in all history. Following his positivism, the Orientalists in India, by branding Indian society as devoid of historical sense, began writing about Indian history. After independence,... Continue Reading →
Vipul Singh.Speaking Rivers.Flyer The question of water and human dependence on river system has become one of the major public concerns in this twenty-first century. Speaking Rivers: Environmental History of a Mid-Ganga Flood Country, 1540-1885 does a long-term historical study of Bihar. It comprehends the transformations taking shape in the perception about the rivers such... Continue Reading →
BEGINNING OF HUMAN INTERFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT
Vipul Singh The earliest evidence of human interference on the environment could be traced to roughly 10000 years ago when humans learnt the technique of growing crops. They first grew crops for the domesticated animals and gradually went on to produce crops for their own eating. The phenomenon is known as the agricultural revolution in human... Continue Reading →
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
