" History is not a manifesto for action, a list of crimes to be avenged, a litany of positions to be reversed or a collection of rights to be wronged. History is, to paraphrase the great A.J.P. Taylor, the answer you give a child when he or she asks you: ‘What happened?’ It is a description of what happened. "

― Sidin Vadukut , The Sceptical Patriot: Exploring the Truths Behind the Zero and Other Indian Glories