History is always written by the victor

                             The Judgement of Paris and The Trojan War Greek poet Homer eloquently wrote about the events of the Trojan War in his epics Iliad and Odyssey . Though the Iliad focuses primarily on the end stages of the War, it was actually a 10-year siege by the Greek army on the land of Troy - to which Homer constantly alludes. But The Iliad can prove to be a tedious read (it goes on for 15,693 lines) and movies based on it like the Brad Pitt starrer Troy (2004) aren't always credible sources of knowledge as they are rife with factual inaccuracies. Let's find out here what actually led to the war and what were the significant events that took place during the war.  Paris, the son of Troy's ruler, Priam, was at a banquet hosted by the Greek God Zeus to celebrate the birth of Achilles, wherein he was deemed worthy and befitting by the mighty Zeus to judge who is "the fairest". To this feast, Er...

                      The P artition of India The partition of India was a grim affair that was accompanied by heavy loss of life and exuberant communal rage. As people traversed to either side of the border, they were forced to restart their lives from scratch and live in a chronic state of anguish and suffering. Hundreds of thousands lost their lives, millions were displaced and losses of billions were incurred.  All this gives rise to numerous questions- Was the Partition really inevitable? What role did the Britishers play, couldn't they have left a united India? What led to the Partition?  The first formal call for Pakistan was made by the Muslim League in March 1940 which was headed by Muhammad Ali Jinnah. The Muslims wanted a separate nation lest they will be dominated by the Hindus in the independent nation. As the League continued to gain support, they reached a point where there was no turning back. Even when the...

‘Et Tu, Brute?’ these were the last words exclaimed by Julius Caesar as he stood helpless while being stabbed by his best friend, Brutus, along with ‘The Liberators’, a group of senators who were disturbed by Caesar’s ambitions and perceived them as a threat to the existence of the Roman Republic which their ancestors have fought to establish. But was his assassination justified? What events led to this gruesome and brutal murder? Is being ambitious wrong? Caesar has shared power over Rome along with Pompey and Licinius Crassus under the First Triumvirate. As his popularity among people grew, he advocated certain reforms which included uniting the Roman Republic into a cohesive unit and wanted to bring order back into the Republic. Fearing his growing popularity, the Senate demanded of him to relinquish his Army. Refusing to do so, he broke the law to seize power and led an army against Pompey. They fought a civil war which was ultimately won by Julius Caesar and he started dominee...