by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Blogs
The Ocean realm covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, and it holds 97% of our planet’s water. The oceans play a role in everything from the air we breathe to the daily weather and climate patterns. Yet, we know very little about our oceans. Most of our knowledge about...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Blogs
Maritime history is a broad, interdisciplinary theme while studying global history encompassing the multidimensional study of human interactions. Arthur C. Clarke has captured the enormity of the maritime expanse as he has rightly put “How inappropriate to call this...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Blogs
The tiny Union territory is making big news! Lakshadweep is the only territory under the Indian jurisdiction to be completely Covid-free even after five months since the first case was reported1 in India, in Kerala. But the news should not come as surprise either...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Blogs
By Aishwarya Devasthali, Project Research Associate, Maritime History Society Maritime History Society takes dives deep into the ocean of knowledge to know more about India’s rich maritime past and to awaken heritage consciousness amongst Indians. Today, when the...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Blogs
My first encounter with the Makara was on a gateway of the Sanchi stupa. It featured a man wrestling with a serpentine monster geared with tusks of an elephant. Little was I aware of the creature and its significance in the Indian scheme of tradition. All of a sudden,...
by Marciisfteotsicmety | Jul 11, 2023 | All, Blogs
By Aishwarya Vivek Devasthali, Research Associate,Maritime History Society “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” ― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet This is a very well-known quote by Shakespeare, and is much talked...
