History Sucks

Thats right. In my school days, my least favorite subject was History. Oh, why did I have to remember when the Princely states got dissolved, or when Tipu Sultan became king of mysore. Neither Indian or Asian or European or World history interested me. History sucked then!

Now, it sucks me in! I love it now. Maybe because I dont have to write key historical dates on an answer sheet in 3 hours. As I sit back and try to lap up all that the world offered for centuries, I hope that the history text in our school textbooks of today is much more interesting. I also hope that history examinations are not set on asking the students to remember the dates of each occurance and instead focus on the event and the significance of it.