After a two-year hiatus in lieu of the COVID pandemic, the History for Peace annual conference, The Idea of Democracy, reconvened at the Tollygunge Club, Calcutta on August 4, 5 and 6, 2022. The conference responded to the urgent need of the times—a discussion of democracy, emphasising the subject's pedagogy in the high school social science classroom. This journal is a compilation of the lectures delivered at the conference that reflect the diverse perspectives and approaches through which each speaker understands and experiences democracy in their private and public lives.
CONTENTS
Opening Address
NAVEEN KISHORE
Keynote Address: The Idea of Democracy
APOORVANAND
Why is History Crucial to Politics
ROMILA THAPAR
Historical Monuments in the Public Domain
SUDIPTA SEN
The Social Life of Democracy
SUNDAR SARUKKAI
Children and Justice
KRISHNA KUMAR
Dr B. R. Ambedkar and Democracy
ANURAG BHASKAR
Constructing Indian Culture
THODUR MADABUSI KRISHNA
Panel Discussion
ROMILA THAPAR, KRISHNA KUMAR, APOORVANAND,
THODUR MADABUSI KRISHNA & ARVIND NARRAIN
The BK-16 and the Idea of Indian Democracy
ARVIND NARRAIN
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