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Romila Thapar
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Romila Thapar tells Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak why India as we know it is a ‘modern’ idea
An excerpt from ‘The Idea of India: A Dialogue,’ by Romila Thapar and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Romila Thapar & Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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Romila Thapar on the different types of nationalism and their impact on interpretations of the past
An excerpt from ‘Our History, Their History, Whose History?’.
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What is the future of the museum? Romila Thapar on why the past needs to be understood in context
An excerpt from ‘The Future in the Past: Essays and Reflections’, by Romila Thapar.
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Trending
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Romila Thapar: ‘The rights of citizenship have faded’
To mark India’s 75th Independence Day, PEN America asked authors from India and the Indian diaspora to write short texts expressing what they felt.
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Why Romila Thapar went to China in 1957: To study the history of Buddhism, not Communism
Excerpted with permission from ‘Gazing Eastwards: Of Buddhist Monks and Revolutionaries in China’, by Romila Thapar.
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Romila Thapar on the secular view of Indian history (and its differences with the communal one)
Excerpts from a conversation between Romila Thapar and her fellow historian Neeladri Bhattacharya.
Romila Thapar & Neeladri Bhattacharya
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Romila Thapar: ‘Who were the Aryans?’ is a less important question than what it meant to be ‘Aryan’
The book ‘Which Of Us Are Aryans?’ approaches the question through various disciplines such as genetics, linguistics, and archaeology, besides historiography.
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‘Urban Naxals’: It’s essential that right to dissent is not discarded in India, says Romila Thapar
In November, the historian delivered a video message at the Unesco headquarters on the freedom of speech and expression in India.
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Release the wrongfully arrested activists: Full text of petition filed by Romila Thapar and others
Five prominent civil society members petition the Supreme Court against the arrest of five activists.
Romila Thapar, Devaki Jain, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande & Maja Daruwala
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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The man who built JNU understood what a university stands for – the freedom to question and debate
First vice-chancellor Gopalaswami Parthasarathi’s vision of an institution of academic quality and wide accessibility made JNU iconic.
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India should draft a fresh secular code applicable to all citizens, writes historian Romila Thapar
The eminent historian says that any evaluation of culture requires us to understand why certain groups have been historically excluded or discriminated against.
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'Why can't we think of civilisation as a process of tracking cultures?': Historian Romila Thapar
Full text of the speech delivered at the 8th BR Ambedkar Memorial Lecture that pitched for rethinking civilisation as history.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Sanju Samson and Dhruv Jurel earn Rajasthan Royals easy win over Lucknow Super Giants
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian men beat Thailand in campaign opener; women beat Canada
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IPL 2024: Jake Fraser-McGurk’s whirlwind knock powers Delhi Capitals to win over Mumbai Indians
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: Harshit Kumar wins hammer throw gold as India’s medal tally increases
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Indian compound archers sweep all three team event gold medals