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“Those Whom We See as Different Have Helped us Define Ourselves”
30 Aug 2019
In the Nemi Chandra Jain memorial lecture delivered in New Delhi on 16 August, Romila Thapar explains the historical context that forms background to contemporary definitions of the "Other" and the "…
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It’s a Mockery of Democracy, Say Over 200 Writers, Cultural Activists on Kashmir Situation
16 Aug 2019
We condemn government’s division of people and territories from above, subverting the very basis of our constitutional federalism, says statement by A Mangai, Amitav Ghosh, Ashok Vajpeyi, Nayantara…
Indian Cultural Forum
S Raghunandana Returns Award in Protest Against “Violence in the Name of God and Religion”
19 Jul 2019
S Raghunandana has refused to accept the Sangeet Natak Akademi award conferred on him.
Indian Cultural Forum
Remembering Raja Dhale: How the Dalit Panthers Planned to Burn Holy Books
17 Jul 2019
Raja Dhale, who passed away on July 16 at the age of 78 in Mumbai, was one of the co-founders of the Dalit Panthers along with JV Pawar, Namdeo Dhasal and Arun Kamble. They were inspired by the Black…
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The Many Worlds of a Revolutionary: The Bhagat Singh Reader
13 Jul 2019
The poor workers and peasants should be made to clearly understand that their real enemies are the capitalists, so they must be careful not to fall into their trap.
Indian Cultural Forum
Visiting the Mahabharata in 19 Voices
05 Jul 2019
"There is a problem with the single voice, especially in the epic. What is a mainstream narrative? What is a majoritarian narrative? The bigger the epic, the more panoply of characters, the more the…
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“The Cult of Ram Was Popularised Post 16th Century BC”
02 Jul 2019
A panel of speakers that included Romila Thapar, Kunal Chakrabarti, Zoya Hasan, and Valay Singh, discussed this and other questions at the book launch of Ayodhya: City of Faith, City of Discord in…
Indian Cultural Forum
She Was No Longer Believable
25 Jun 2019
Revisiting Ashok Mitra's essay on Indira Gandhi and the Emergency
Shoma A Chatterji, Indian Cultural Forum
Who is an 'Outsider' in West Bengal?
25 Jun 2019
Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee says that all bad things happening in West Bengal have been wrought by “outsiders” or “bohiragato” – people who come/came to stay in Bengal from other…
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Remembering Girish Karnad: ‘Beware of my words: They have many tongues like the sea. They are tomorrow’s seeds’
18 Jun 2019
Candles are at times, lit from fuming hearts, inside burning bodies and slogans snatched from silenced lips and feeble lungs.