Who are History Makers?

A question arises: why have monarchs, generals and the members of upper class acquired celebrity in history? The answer is so simple that as they had dominance and wealth, they engaged historians to note down the history according to their will. Otherwise, the truth is that at their own they could not have contributed much to the process. There are toiling efforts of common people behind them who ended them seem great.

A critical analysis of history reveals the contributions of men who are projected as makers of history. Women are generally overlooked and they have no imposing place in history. Typically they seem to be missing from the process of history for the reason that their role and contribution are not recognized. If we go into fathom, we find that even today women engage themselves in field, cater to animals, keep themselves busy in household duties and look after children.
Since women remain involve in such occupations that’s why the male population gets the time to engross it in social, cultural, political and economic affairs. But now there is also feminist history, in which women are describing their own history. The main purpose of writing of this history is to demostrate their achievements and proves that they have equivalent share in building the history of human race.

A new trend has been setting up as the historians are trying to present history in an interesting and fascinating fashion. They assert and argue that nothing is afar history and they could write history of everything. This is the reason that today they are writing the history of perfumes, tears, fury, flattery etc…you name it. They are also exploring the goods of our daily use.

Historians are putting our intentions to very attractive research by pointing out how scientific inventions have changed our lifestyle. For example, take the simple wrist watch and examine how it regulates our routine life. It makes us time-conscious. We always watch it before doing anything. In a particular manner our all moments are enrolled by time. Not only things but whatever is surrounding us has a history. In the locality where we live, in the market where we go for shopping, and the family we belong to, all have interesting history to be traced in black and white.

The modern historian is also studying the impact of things on our everyday life. For example, how telephone and the cell phone, broadcasting, small screen and computer have changed our manners and routine. No doubt it’s an appealing theme which has need of further research.

Wars have the most dominant place in history. Record of human history is full of battles. Those who remained triumphant in battles are regarded as glorified and their achievements are vastly eulogized. However, hardly ever domino effects of a war are analyzed. For instance, questions stay behind such as what happened to their families of those exterminated in the combat zone. There is no detail in history about those who became war captive and afterward slaves. Also we find no printed material about their mind-set after loosing their independence.

Human race has badly effected by the demolition of wars. These are the wars which not only destroy rural community and municipality but also divest the bliss and pleasure of people. Conversely, in peace time, they enjoy life, sing songs, dance and remain fit in communal and financial activities. This serene life changes when war occurs. At the end of the day it eventuates in a trial of regret and adversity. For that reason, we must criticize those so-called vanquishers who wrought destruction and melancholy on the people to attain their greatness.

The rule of history is that it is not right to trace the events only. It is equally indispensable to evaluate and consider the causes in the wake of the events. Similarly the study of impacts of events on the lives of people is also necessary. For example, it is not a suitable way to illustrate a war involving two powers. Causes of the conflict and later on effects of war must be discussed. Therefore, by knowing these causes, we could be aware of the process of history and discover a message from it because history is an early warning system.