Paradoxical huh? Not really! "History is more linked to the future, than it seems". Says who? Me!! Having hated history (read social science) for the significant part of my life (almost my entire school and college life! Partly because it was nearly impossible for me to get the facts like dates, names and places right which meant I had to study hard and partly due to the series of stern teachers that taught the subject), gradually now I have come to realise that it might entirely not be a waste of time to study and understand history. History is useful. Not because it allows us to take pride in the success and heroics of our forefathers (seems less logical, as our birth is a mere game of chance), or establish superiority over other 'groups' (just because the generation(s) before us did the same, leaving behind the question "is it reasonable?"), or take undue advantage in the current society due to the fact that our forefathers were treated unjust...