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Manu Pillai
Revisiting Nangeli, the Woman with No Breasts
03 Nov 2019
Historian Manu Pillai's recently published book The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History seeks to revisit many characters from the country's past – from Basava…
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Diwali Special: Savarkar for Bharat Ratna, Talwar ki Dhanteras and more: Bharat Ek Mauj, S4E2
27 Oct 2019
In this episode, Sanjay Rajoura talks about how BJP is pushing for Savarkar to be conferred Bharat Ratna, Amit Shah’s intent to get Indian history rewritten, a BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh asking Hi
Subhash Gatade
Who Needs Romila Thapar’s CV?
02 Sep 2019
Thapar questioned imperialist versions of Indian history, which the Hindutva Brigade still goes by.
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Was Medieval India Really 1,200 Years of Slavery?
23 Aug 2019
In this episode of Present, Past and the Future, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay talks to eminent historian Raziuddin Aquil about the need for an accurate understanding of medieval Indian history at a time…
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Prof. Irfan Habib on 70 Years of Freedom
14 Aug 2017
In this lecture, Irfan Habib talks about colonialism, India’s Past and the role that the British played in shaping India’s history.
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Did Ramanujan's Essay 300 Ramayanas Really Hurt the Sentiments of Hindus?
05 Aug 2017
In 2008, the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), took offence to Ramanujan's essay “Three Hundred Ramayanas” , and demanded that it be excluded from the then undergraduate syllabus of Delhi…
Indian Cultural Forum
Roundtable with Romila Thapar Part 3
10 Apr 2017
The space for dialogue and discussion is shrinking in an ideological environment that increasingly shuns the practice of fundamental rationality.
Teesta Setalvad
The RSS Project: Distorting History, Saffronising Society
10 Oct 2016
Idea of India Conclave 2016
Hindu Rashtra, A Completely Flawed Concept: KM Shrimali
14 Jun 2016
Speaking at the Idea of India Conclave 2016 on the concept of ' The Use and Abuse of History ' Professor KM Shrimali said, the Sangh Parivar’s concept of a timeless Hindu Rashtra is completely a…
Sabrangindia
Confounding Mythology with History is the Sangh's Agenda: Amartya Sen
12 Mar 2016
The saffron agenda of confounding mythology with history also undermines India’s magnificently multi-religious and heterodox history