The Past as Present
The Past as Present Nations need identities. In this, history plays a central role. These are created from perceptions of how societies have evolved. Delicate relationships between the past and…
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The Past as Present
Nations need identities. In this, history plays a central role. These are created from perceptions of how societies have evolved.
Delicate relationships between the past and present or an exacting understanding of the past, call for careful analyses.Understanding India's past is of vital importance to the present. Insisting on reliable history is therefore crucial to more than just a pedagogic cause. Many popularly held views about the past need to be critically enquired into before they can be taken as historical.
Why is it important for Indian society to be secular? When did communalism as an ideology gain a foothold in the country? How and when did the patriarchal system begin to support a culture of violence against women?Historian Romila Thapar has investigated, analyzed, and interpreted the history that underlies such questions throughout her career. Through
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