शौनकचा कट्टा..

  The Great Divide.. is the term used to denote the only time in the census history of India where there was negative growth in the population of India. How did it happen? With a warm climate, assured seasonal rains, perennial rivers, resources India has always been a suitable for a large population to settle and grow. To say it precisely, India and Asia have always been a home for more than a fifth or sixth of humankind on the Earth. However, the fact remains that despite of having a large population it had always been stable with continuous wars, famines caused due to droughts, and pandemics. There have been incidences of epidemics, pandemics in India since ancient times but the century from 1817 to 1920 has changed the course of history. These around 103 years led to the Great Divide, forever changes in almost all the sectors of life. The Age of Pandemics, a professor at prestigious IIM-A and author Chinmay Tumbe has termed these years and elaborated it.  The book begins with the or