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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?’.
Romila Thapar
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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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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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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.
Romila Thapar
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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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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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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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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Mumbai City win dramatic semi-final first leg against FC Goa
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Athletics, Asian U20 C’ships: India clinch medals in men’s javelin, discus and 1500m on opening day
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Boundaries and impact: The imbalance in IPL 2024 shows it is not a good time to be a bowler
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship