![]() ![]() You wonder why? But when you begin to dig deeper, it unfolds to you that naming is not such a silly, random exercise after all. ![]() For instance, the tallest mountain in India being called Mount Everest. “History can be thought of in a completely different way when you look at it differently. ![]() The book by the global strategist at Deutsche Bank is an attempt to weld many things - not just history, or politics, cultural geography or even economic geography. The Land of the Seven Rivers, is a fascinating account of the history of India’s geography, conversely, it is also the “the geography of India’s history and civilization”. Economist, environmentalist and urban theorist Sanjeev Sanyal’s book, For over 230 million years now, ever since the time of the dinosaurs, did you know that the physical mass of India has been on a northward drift? In its relentless journey, were you aware that it collided with the Eurasian plane and pushed up the Himalayan and Tibetan plateau? The process however, is not over – the Indian plate is still pushing into Asia. ![]()
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