Define it yourself“Local history can be about anything and there is no restriction to what constitutes local history,” says historian Venkatesh Ramakrishnan. For Thirupurasundari Sevvel, who founded the Anna Nagar social history group “Nam Veedu, Nam Oor, Nam Kadhai”, local history is common man’s history. Use technologyThe Facebook page, Madras Local History Group, founded by Venkatesh Ramakrishnan has nearly 20,000 members. “What we study now is history on a grand scale and local history is largely ignored. Local history is as important as the world history.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2019 12:43 UTC