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May 22, 202318 min read

Why is History Crucial to Politics? - Romila Thapar

This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...

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Oct 16, 202023 min read

The Inter-face of Region and Religion in the Panjab-Romila Thapar

Romila Thapar is an Indian historian as well as an Emeritus professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Aug 5, 202014 min read

Article 370 in the Constituent Assembly: Shaping a Hindu Jammu and a Muslim Kashmir-Mridu Rai

Mridu Rai is the author of the prizewinning book Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects: Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir.

Aug 4, 202028 min read

Rehabilitating Secularism: An Intellectual, Ethical and Political Approach-Rajeev Bhargava

Rajeev Bhargava is Professor at CSDS, Delhi and currently, Director of the Centre’s Institute of Indian Thought.

Feb 29, 202029 min read

The Music of Stones: 700 Years of Adoption, Assimilation, Absorption and Appropriation-Sohail Hashmi

After working as director of Leap Years, Sohail Hashmi started his heritage walks, writing on Delhi and around culture, language communalism

May 15, 20195 min read

Shared Histories 2019, Chandigarh - A report

We landed in Chandigarh on May Day, on the eve of the two-day history teaching conference we had organized, to be hosted by Saint Kabir...