Prof. Prodyut Das 2

  . Why Indian History needs to be re- examined                                                  Prof. Prodyut Das The short answer to the question is that as written and taught post- Independence it does not make sense to the ordinary people like me. Take the example of the myth that when Independence came in 1947 the British who had managed to extract some 43 trillion pounds of wealth during their regime simply shook hands with their ex -subjects and walked off leaving us of the sub -Continent to our devices. That is what a noted Historian (the late Hobsbawm?) would have us believe. Perish the thought they continued to meddle in our affairs in every way thereafter. This enormously powerful and ancient economic region of MahaBharata that predates political boundaries of what is called – India ,Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ceylon- has had the maximum number of political assassinations and doubtful deaths at the level of head of state compared to anywhere else in the world. A cursory li