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Queerness as 'Art': Naveen Kishore’s ‘Performing the Goddess’ as a Pedagogic Tool
A resource discussing the need to embed subaltern perspectives of queerness into the South Asian classroom through the analysis of a film
Anchita Dasgupta
Jun 16, 20239 min read
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'Humanity Dehumanised': The Bengal Famine of '43 and Chittaprosad
A classroom module looking at the Bengal Famine of '43 and the arts.
History for Peace
Jan 2, 20231 min read
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1857: Reading between Narratives
'The 1857 Uprising holds centrality in framing our imagination of the making of the modern Indian nation historically. It is emphasized...
History for Peace
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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1971: Political Realities and People's Memories - Diven Nagpal
A classroom resource that sets a detailed outline of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
History for Peace
Dec 29, 202127 min read
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Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Life and Times - A Classroom Resource
A classroom resource exploring the many facets of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, drawing from a conversation between Salima Hashmi and Kavita Panjabi.
History for Peace
Dec 29, 20215 min read
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Forgotten Histories: Hyderabad’s Annexation to India - Sreemoyee Mukherjee
A resource on Operation Polo—its contexts and aftereffects. Based on a History for Peace talk by Yunus Lasania.
History for Peace
Dec 29, 202120 min read
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Special Release: The Preamble App
An application that invites you to critically engage with the Preamble through a teaching resource.
History for Peace
Dec 28, 20211 min read
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Art of Looking: Engaging with Art Critically, Creatively and Contextually - Angel Roy Thomas
Download the complete module here: Looking at art is not a straight-forward process involving sight only, but is imbued with our...
History for Peace
Oct 9, 202115 min read
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Witness to Loss: S.L. Parasher's Partition Line Drawings
by Rajosmita Roy Download the complete module here You can access the recording from which this module emerges here:...
History for Peace
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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The Preamble: A Brief Introduction—A Classroom Resource, Mayukhi Ghosh
Download the complete module here: This classroom module has been developed by Mayukhi Ghosh for History for Peace in collaboration with...
History for Peace
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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Lost in Transition: A Narrative of Non-Existence - Puja Bose
A module tracing the predicament of the indigenous Buddhist Chakma refugees from former East Pakistan, now stateless in Arunachal Pradesh.
rajosmita218
Oct 8, 202125 min read
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Some Facts and Perspectives on the Partition - Suchandra Bose
A module based on a talk by Rajmohan Gandhi that closely and diversely lays out the context of the 1947 Partition.
History for Peace
Oct 8, 202123 min read
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Amrita Pritam and the Pain of the Partition - Sanjukta Bose
A module that looks at varied responses to the event of Partition, through poetry.
History for Peace
Oct 8, 202111 min read
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Partitioning Women in the World of Men: A Study of Qurratulain Hyder's Works - Diptarka Datta
A module exploring the 'long shadow' of the Partition on its survivors, through the years, via select literature by Qurratulain Hyder.
History for Peace
Oct 8, 202119 min read
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Revisiting 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War through Art: Teaching Resources
Recently, we concluded a workshop series for high school teachers based on the research Sushrita Acharjee worked on for History for...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20211 min read
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Liberation War in Images: Photography - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Click below to download the PPT. This PPT is ideally complemented with a...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20212 min read
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Liberation War in Images: Paintings - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita Acharjee's complete research document. Click below to download the PPT. ACTIVITIES Below are three artworks...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20212 min read
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1971: Songs of Liberation - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Download the PPT by clicking below. ACTIVITIES This could be turned into a group...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20213 min read
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The Lasting Impact of Collectible Ephemera - A Classroom Resource
Click here to read Sushrita's entire research document. Click below to download the PPT. POSTERS IN THE HISTORY CLASSROOM Click on each...
History for Peace
Jul 16, 20212 min read
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Your History gets in the way of my Memory
*Cover image courtesy: Nalini Malani, The Rebellion of the Dead, 2017. Sourced from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nalini_Malan...
History for Peace
Jul 12, 20215 min read
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