Amiya P. Sen
As we discuss the relevance of Gandhi’s understanding of Hinduism in modern India, we examine just how he accepted and interpreted the Hindu religious and cultural tradition in his own lifetime, both building upon what his forebears had cumulatively contributed over time but also differing from…
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Navina Lamba
There are numerous museums all around India which trace the nation's history and the lives of the people who helped achieve independence from the British. These museums, which preserve the legacy of our freedom fighters, are important sites which make the younger generation aware of the…
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In the first half of this conversation with Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Carl Malamud talks about the beginnings of his career as an early Internet pioneer and a technologist and his experiences with American government bodies in making public data accessible. A skilled raconteur, Carl brings alive…
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
Hind Swaraj shows that Mahatma Gandhi's sense of Indian civilisational ethos draws from both the literary canon and oral folklore. Gandhi in this little booklet combines his cultural, political, and economic ideas succinctly.
Mahatma Gandhi's Hind Swaraj and its illuminating…
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महात्मा गांधी के छत्तीसगढ़ आगमन एवं यहाँ उनके द्वारा की गयी…
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आशीष सिंह
देश के अन्य हिस्सों की भांति, वर्तमान छत्तीसगढ़ के कुछ इलाकों में भी, अंग्रेजी शासन की नीतियों के विरुद्ध जन आक्रोश उभरने लगा था। सन १९२० में रायपुर जिले के धमतरी, कंडेल, नगरी, सिहावा, बादराटोला एवं नवापारा-तानवट आदि स्थानों पर प्रशासन के जल एवं जंगल सम्बन्धी…
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Prof. Basu talks about the social understanding of caste as an agency and institution of social divisions in the colonial times as well as in the post-colonial state.
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Ishita Banerjee-Dubey
Rajarshi Chunder: How did the colonial administrators and ethnographers define the idea of caste? To what extent did it differ from the indigenous understanding of caste?
Ishita Banerjee Dubey: More than defining caste, over which colonial administrators did not agree, what they did…
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Anirban Bandyopadhyay
The caste question in West Bengal (and Bengal before 1947) is unique. It resonates with the conventional perspectives on caste in history and politics in India since the nineteenth century as much as it diverges from them. While there are many important perspectives on caste in Indian…
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