Roundtable with Romila Thapar Part 1

The space for dialogue and discussion is shrinking in ideological sphere.

India Cultural Forum, spoke to historian Romila Thapar in an attempt to uncover the historical background of dissent and debate in India, and how today, this tradition is aggressively being erased. The space for dialogue and discussion is shrinking in an ideological environment that increasingly shuns the practice of fundamental rationality. Here is the fist part of the discussion:

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