History of India as it Happened

I was not impressed by the book. Not much information.

A great piece of work indeed. Schools in India need to switch to such books and teach true history to kids as opposed to keeping them confused by subscribing to ‘fictitious’ history books written by British authors .

A fantastic report on the true history of india. What our students read in history books is biased and altered by the BRITISH and their stooges like the Nehru dynasty and their followers. For the last 70 years our children has been taught with chapters like AKBAR THE GREAT, TIPPU THE TIGER OF MYSORE, etc. They were the worst tyrants the world has ever seen. Read this book and be wiser.thanks Amazon.

Must congratulate the author for practical ,amazing ,no-nonsense writing. It is a griping book . It not only shows Bharat's greatness but also bluntly shows its flaws .A must read book . May the youths [and youths at heart] read this book and realize and understand what it means to be Indian. Who are we and what is our task ahead.

This is a short book, but has enough detail to make you understand how we've been fooled since 1947 and perhaps even earlier. The only thing I didn't quite like is the last chapter, which is weak and insipid compared to the rest of the book.

Francois Gautier was the South Asia correspondent of the French daily Le Figaro. His connection to India is deep as he is married to an Indian. He has been influenced by the Indian spiritual tradition and has written a popular book on Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the Art of Living, The Guru of Joy. A History of India as It Happened, as the name suggests, is an attempt to look at the history of the country differently. There is a continuous struggle – one that has only intensified after the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in 2014 – between the “secular” historians like Romila Thapar and the “right-wing revisionists”. Both the expressions, secular and right-wing revisionists, need to be put in inverted commas as meanings of them vary depending on whom you ask. There may be, as indeed there is, a case for re-looking at the Indian history – any history for that matter – in the light of new discoveries as also changing world views of succeeding generations. But the question is: is Gautier qualified for the task? Sadly, the short answer is, no. The book lacks focus as if the author is not sure what he tries to accomplish. Indiscriminate use of bolds and CAPITALS (even in quotations without having the courtesy of acknowledging that emphasis has been added) has given the book an unpleasant taste of pamphleteering. English, at places, sorry, is atrocious. That may not entirely be the fault of the non-English author. Editing is the function of the publishers. And Har-Anand Publications has failed miserably. While Gautier’s love for India is unmistakable, his book is plainly ordinary. It may please the votaries of Hindutva (not Hinduism – Gautier undoubtedly knows the difference) in the charged election season, but those serious about the knowing the history of the country may keep it at arm’s length. For me, the only redeeming feature of the book is that it has kindled – or re-kindled – my curiosity about Sri Aurobindo, the forgotten saint of India.

IT IS SUGGESTED TO ARRANGE FOR TRANSLATION OF THIS BOOK IN ALL THE MAJOR INDIAN LANGUAGES TO MAKE IT A BOOK OF MASSES. AT LEAST IN HINDI, GUJRATI, MARATHI, TELUGU, TAMIL, KANNAD, MALAYALAM, BENGALI, ORIYA, BHOJPURI AND ASSAMESE.Every Native India (Hindu, Bodhh, Jain & Sikh alike) should read these authentic accounts of history rather than Marxist Islamist versions by our pseudo intellectuals. Excellent book.