We are now slowly filled with well-crafted and professionally Historical accounts that build a sense of the Past. However, this has steadfastly changed in the last few decades. It made careers for people with very less positive differences in society. There was a community of History readers and writers within a clique. They have remained within the four walls of academic libraries. In post-independent India, we are used to a pile of History books with enormous academic detail, foot-notes, claims, and criticisms. Nevertheless, we live in an era of History and we must deal with it. As a result, we have a steadily deracinated and uprooted society. It has occupied a crucial space and time at school denying space for tradition narratives. In fact, it has made a significant difference to society in ways that we may not like. Yet, we cannot say that History has made no difference at all. One wonders if History has remained a self-perpetuating enterprise for a chosen few. Yet, King Ashoka hardly inspires society as much as King Krishnadevaraya or King Samudragupta even today. The Tradition had completely chosen to forget Ashoka. Modern History resurrected King Ashoka from archaeology and texts. In India, that is Bharat, we continue to learn more from Ramayana and Mahabharata, than anything in modern history. It is difficult to say if Europe has learned from the historical accounts of Hitler. History helps us to learn from the past and make progress.Ī significant part of the society has remained oblivious to such academic history. This has been answered by the community that practices History. This is part of a larger question about the purpose of a historical account and History itself. This is an important question that we must ask. How do you read a Historical Account? That is a million-dollar question.

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