CHAPTER 1: Postcoloniality and the Artifice of History.

Chapter 1 of the book "Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought & Historical Difference," edited by Sherry B. Ortner, Nicholas B. Dirks and Geoff Eley is presented. It explores on the idea of Indians who represent themseleves in the history and putting aside the problems of identity that underlie in a transnational enterprise. It highlights the discussions of history concerning Europe that remained independent and became a theoretical topic of all histories.