The violent history of Assam is often considered marginal to the Indian nation, but literature can help readers understand the global implications of this.
If palm leaf inscriptions can be saved from rodents, insects, the forces of nature and deliberate destruction, they can paint vivid pictures of the history of the Syrian Christians in Kerala.
“Material culture is the history and philosophy of objects and the myriad relationships between people and things.”
- Bernard Herman, material culture scholar.
