Soulveda

The Making and Breaking of History

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Soulveda |  April 21, 2022

According to B. Tuchman, “history is the unfolding of miscalculation.” In other words, history usually develops in a manner quite contrary to people’s expectations. While events are unfolding, observers may pass judgement on the course they are taking, but the course of history defies all prediction, and in the end, things turn out quite differently from what people had initially expected.