Why Is History So Controversial in Today’s India? Romila Thapar and Namit Arora Explain
The book examines what history is understood to be, what its long shadow on India’s present is and what is the kind of politics and its interest in making history controversial.
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Historian Professor Romila Thapar and social critic and an engineer by training, Namit Arora recently began a conversation on history in India which ended up as a book, Speaking of History. This book examines what history is understood to be, what its long shadow on India’s present is and what is the kind of politics and its interest in making history controversial.
The co-authors examine many periods of Indian history and issues. In this episode of Book Shook, they discuss their thoughts on the historical method and the implications of making history subservient to politics with the Editor of The Wire, Seema Chishti.
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