Saturday, July 30, 2016

I guess I am going to use my entire month's dongle quota on downloading the podcasts of BBC History Hour. :-) In the past few days I have listened to the accounts of the rehabilitation of those jailed wrongly during Stalin's regime after his death, the first suicide terrorist attack in Amman, Jordan, the Mossad's failed attempt to assassinate Hamas leader in Jordan, the massacre of East Timor protesters by the Indonesian army, the killings at Delhi's Trilokpuri area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the 1946 Lhasa visit by two foreigners one of whom went on to write the book 'Seven Years In Tibet', the WWI battle of Verdun, the 2001 foot-in-mouth epidemic in the UK, the 1947 Christian Dior show in Paris and much much more.

It's like attending a lecture in history but in a totally fascinating and interesting way. It's a pleasure to listen to these podcasts at the end of the day. Can't wait to find out what's more in store. :-) I feel like a kid in a candy store :-)

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