Dr. Bharat Desai's Blog

One of the most important chapters in the Indian history (and equally so for Pakistan) is the partition of the nation in 1947. This article is a review of the…

For those who do not learn from history, history teaches them a lesson at a great cost. We - the Indians - neither create history nor read history, and so w…

After Parsis, Anavils ( Anavil Brahmins , અનાવિલ બ્રાહ્મણ ) are the fastest decreasing community. The total population of Anavils around the world does not e…

During a candid chat with Prof. Dr Ashwin Desai in Surat one fine day, he asked me about the list of books I possess and I had no answer! I thought why not p…

With this article, I would like to tell you about three things: (1) the History of Islam and Muslims in India; then I will try to elaborate, specifically tell…

India-Pakistan relation’s issue is a very complex subject and to summarise it in a 180-page book needs great skill. This interesting book ‘India Vs Pakistan: W…

Is change really easy ? Let me start with the dictionary meanings of words ‘change’ and ‘easy’. Change [cheynj] –verb To alter To modify Pass from one fo…