Showing results for "Lost Connections" in History

The Indian subcontinent was the scene of dramatic upheavals a few thousand years ago. The Northwest region entered an arid phase, and erosion coupled with tectonic events played havoc with river courses. One of them disappeared. Celebrated as -Sarasvati' in the Rig Veda and the Mahabharata, this...

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social, and political forces in history. Over the last 1,400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities, and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched from southern France to East Africa and South East Asia. Yet many of the contributions of Muslim thinkers, scientists, and theologians, not to mention rulers, statesmen, and soldiers, have been occluded. This book rescues from oblivion and neglect some of these personalities and institutions.

Join us on learning how Punjab became a fraction of a fraction of what it originally was less than 100 years ago, how different massacres, movements, and human rights violations were done by organizations and then covered up, along with how a land once agriculturally rich and full of resources became a desert and a war ground as a result of political parties specifically against Punjabi and Sikh citizens.