History in general, and the history of South India is my new found interest. When Shri M.Nagappa, our history teacher (also our class teacher) at the Vijaya High School(VHS) taught about the need to learn history in our 8th standard, he did it in his typical style by giving some "n" number of points for each of the topics. One of those "n" that i still remember is, that history helps you identify the mistakes and helps u learn from it.
I guess this point had hibernated in my mind long enough. The right opportunity struck when Dr.Suryanath Kamath gave a lecture on the history of karnataka during the "SuvarNa Karnataka" celebrations organised by the IITM Kannada cultural association.
In the wake of recent border issues of Belgaum, the back drop of Tipu Sultan issue which, i followed closely by reading most articles published by Vijaya Karnataka in the recent days; most of our "DIG" friends (thats what IIT(M)ians call fellow kannadigas) were charged up to dig deeper into the history of karnataka.
I'm blogging my experience of learning history in general and the south indian history in particular.
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Hmm..Nice start..Let's see what comes next...
Thats really great start.. I really find very few techies who would really be interested in History.. But its very necessary to know your identity and culture. Lot can be learnt from history.. though the ones starting from entry of British East India company does not really give true ordeal..To me History brings in us sense of pride and nationalistic feeling..keeping us together..
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