Wordcraft and Statecraft

This blog reviews books, politics and international events from a distinct perspective. Book reviews will be interesting to everyone with a lively interest in the world around. I am a trained Historian with a PhD in Medieval History from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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Wordcraft and Statecraft: Pondicherry, P0ndicherry, India; I am a Historian, Blogger and an Animal Rights Activist. I studied in Delhi University from where I took my BA (Hons), MA and M Phil degress in History. I took my Ph D in History from the UNiversity of Hawaii, Manoa in 1987 and am now the Professor of History in a Central University in South India. I have specialized in Vijayanagara History, Medieval History, Global History and Historiography and have taught these for over thirty years. I also run the HRDC of the UNiversity in addition to being Dean.

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Wordcraft and Statecraft

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The Prime Minister's Tryst with Gangaikondasholapuram: Rajendra Chola I and his fabulous mega-structure

Gaza, Israel, Palestine and October 7th: Gaza Faces History

The Tamils: A portrait of a Community Critical Review

Subash Chandra Bose, an American Historian and Politics A Terrible deplorable Mixture

The Deep State, the Truth and the Battle for our Democray. Kash Patel exposes the Swamp

Canada, India and the Unknown Gunmen: Is India responsible for the killing of criminals in Canada?

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis: J D Vance and American Politics

ARNI JAGIR AND THE "TEARS OF THE NAWAB": Histroy if Fiction

India's General Election 2024 The Prospects of the BJP and strategies

The Vishwanath Temple in Benares: Review of Vishwanath Rises and Rises by Meenakshi Jain

Is the United States of America a "Totalitarian Democracy?" Permanent War, Military Industrial Complex and Civil Society

"Conspiracy Theory" and Statecraft: The Committee of 300 and the World Order

Justinian his Church and Column in Constantinople A Look at the Past

Treason of the Intellectuals: The controversial Historian Neill Ferguson is spot on

Pakistan's YouTube Propagandists: Click Baits, Information War, Security Risks

Madam Commissioner's Extraordinary Life: An Autobiography or Public Relations?