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Mediating Speech: Between Freedom and Violence - Shahrukh Alam
On Monday mornings, I often find myself rushing to court to defend an accused who has been arrested or is about to be arrested for...
History for Peace
Dec 23, 202427 min read


It is Just that there be Law, but Law is not Justice - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
This Keynote lecture was delivered at the History for Peace annual conference titled 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta on August 3, 2023....
History for Peace
Dec 16, 202423 min read


Notes on Law and Lawlessness in Kashmir - Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh
This lecture was delivered as part of the seventh annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta, 2023.
Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh
Nov 9, 202426 min read


Casteist Carcerality: Everyday Policing of 'Habitual Offenders' in India - Nikita Sonavane
This lecture was delivered as part of the seventh annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Justice' in Calcutta, 2023.
Nikita Sonavane
Sep 16, 202424 min read


In Search of Justice through Failures of Reconciliation,The Volatility of Dissent and Systemic Forgetting: A Performative Analysis - Rustom Bharucha
Structured in three sections drawing on performative evidence from different parts of the world, this talk will focus on a wide range of...
megha malhotra
Jun 11, 20242 min read


Nonviolence and the Future of Democracy - Rajni Bakshi
This lecture was delivered as part of the History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' hosted at St Kabir Public School,...
Urvi Shah
Sep 16, 202318 min read


The Social Life of Democracy - Sundar Sarukkai
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
Jul 14, 202330 min read


Children and Justice - Krishna Kumar
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
Jul 14, 202331 min read


Keynote Address: The Idea of Democracy (Calcutta, 2022)- Apoorvanand
This keynote address inaugurated the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in Calcutta...
History for Peace
Jul 13, 202327 min read


The Idea of Democracy (2022): Opening Address - Naveen Kishore
This opening address inaugurated the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in Kolkata...
History for Peace
May 29, 20234 min read


Why is History Crucial to Politics? - Romila Thapar
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
May 22, 202318 min read


Historical Monuments in the Public Domain - Sudipta Sen
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
May 15, 202317 min read


Perspectives in Pedagogy- Shahnaaz Khan
This lecture was delivered as part of the History for Peace conference titled 'Beyond ‘Teaching’: A Conference on the Meaning of...
History for Peace
May 8, 202336 min read


The Bhima Koregaon 16 and the Idea of Indian Democracy - Arvind Narrain
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
May 1, 202335 min read


Dr B.R. Ambedkar and Democracy - Anurag Bhaskar
This lecture was delivered as part of the 6th annual History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' which was hosted in...
History for Peace
Apr 17, 202322 min read


On Translating Baluta and the Self-Marginalisation of Dalit Writers - Jerry Pinto
I started my professional career as a teacher. I taught mathematics from the age of 14 to the age of 30. At the age of about 28, I...
History for Peace
Apr 6, 202319 min read


Remembering the Missing Mothers: Women Members of the Constituent Assembly - Achyut Chetan
In January 2018, the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, (CWDS) New Delhi brought out a calendar titled ‘Women at the Midnight...
megha malhotra
Mar 27, 202331 min read


History and Her Source - Aloka Parasher Sen
'It is high time that we move from a “singular voice of history to one that is multivocal” by emphatically asserting footnotes that...
History for Peace
Mar 6, 20232 min read


How to Live Together in a Democracy? Apoorvanand
This talk was delivered at The Idea of Democracy Chapter 2, Ludhiana in November 2022.
History for Peace
Jan 5, 20231 min read


In Conversation: Romila Thapar and Arvind Narrain
Held as part of The Idea of Democracy chapter 2 in Ludhiana, Nov 2022.
History for Peace
Jan 5, 20232 min read
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