What Is History? Say You. Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

History is a record of
Past events and happenings
Recorded or unrecorded
Or conjectured,
History is in being historical,
Archival, musicological,
Historiographical.

To dig the old things,
To apply the spade work,
Excavate and fumble upon
Ancient things of yore
Is history,
Bringing out the things
Lying earthed.

History is history
Of dynasties, clans and royal heredity,
History in being historical,
Of lost kingdoms
And forgotten kings and queens,
Life-times,
Art, society, culture and administration.