Sifting Fact from Fiction Workshops | April and June 2026

Report on a series of workshops on 'Sifting Fact from Fiction' conducted in April and June 2026 in association with the Teachers' Centre.

HISTORY FOR PEACE AMBASSADORS - REFLECTIVE ESSAYS

History for Peace and the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at MAHE-Bengaluru successfully completed the first Peace Ambassadors project with three final year students of History – Aditya Sunil, Avishi Agarwal, and Yash Bhattacharjee. The essays here trace their individual journeys through different historiographical traditions and the ways in which these encounters transformed their understanding of history—from grand narratives centred on rulers and nations to...

HISTORY FOR PEACE AMBASSADORS - FILM ESSAYS

These essays are a part of the first History for Peace Ambassadors project with the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at MAHE-Bengaluru. They have been written by the three peace ambassadors Aditya Sunil, Avishi Agarwal and Yash Bhattacharjee. For a complete report on the project click here. Introduction Historical films often become our first and most enduring encounter with the past beyond the pages of a textbook. Whether we are history enthusiasts, film critics,...

PARTICIPANTS' REPORT ON THE ANNUAL HISTORY FOR PEACE CONFERENCE 2026 - 'HISTORIES OF THE PRESENT'

This is an abridged version of a comprehensive report with particular focus on the relevance of the conference in the classroom. It includes inputs from Harpreet Kaur, DPS Ludhiana, Nikhil Ranjan Pawar, DPS Pune and Aniket Nandy, DPS Coimbatore and has been compiled by Rohit Kumar, DPS Patna of the TAKSHILA EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY (TES). Naveen Kishore delivering the Opening Addess “Tolerance does not grow with banning what is thought to be unpalatable; it grows with arguing and talking about...

UNLEARNING with Urvashi Butalia

Report by Lavaya Senthil Urvashi Butalia began by discussing what she had learnt about Partition as a member of the first post-Partition generation. In school, students were given a neat picture – the British and Pakistanis wanted Partition, Indians did not; Nehru was good, Jinnah was not; India was better for choosing secularism. Students, including Butalia, accepted this as truth. Meanwhile, family member’s real experiences of the Partition were seen as mere family tales and not taken...