The monologue would have delivered a metaphysical blow if it had been someone other than Ms Rani. But she was a person with the right kind of understanding. I mean, history or the past is what we can regard as reality. Whatever happens, whenever it does, becomes a part of history. Every event is very much there, in history.
Humans record it, shape it, reshape it.
History is distillation of rumor. It is built upon bias and romanticism. As a historian you can transform a chicken into a lion. I can give legions of examples to prove my point. Ms Rani said hurriedly.