Preserving The Past

‘This is our history. No one else will preserve it’: How Dalits are archiving caste history

Sidelined by mainstream academia, the community is gathering and preserving documents, photographs, BR Ambedkar’s broken spectacles and dentures and more.

Vidhi Doshi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
· Jun 29, 2023 · 07:30 pm
How an innovative scientist found a cure for Tamil Nadu’s decaying Chola bronze deities in the ’30s

S Paramasivan began work as an archaeological chemist at the Government Museum Madras in 1930. His pioneering techniques helped preserve many treasures.

V Vijaysree
· Oct 16, 2022 · 11:30 am
Taliban’s return threatens what’s left of Afghanistan’s dazzlingly diverse heritage

The country’s history is preserved in over 2,600 archaeological sites scattered across its rugged terrain and numerous regional museums.

Julian Droogan, The Conversation
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Malcolm Choat, The Conversation
· Sep 17, 2021 · 11:30 pm