Voices

The History for Peace project serves as a platform for discussion, debate and the exchange of ideas pertaining to teaching and learning of history for peace and understanding.

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MYTH, HISTORY AND HISTORICAL TRADITIONS: UNDERSTANDING EARLY INDIAN LITERARY SOURCES - KANAD SINHA

This lecture was a part of the 'What is History' regional conference held in Chandigarh in October 2025. Just before me, Professor Supriya Varma––my teacher at JNU who taught us archaeology––delivered a lecture. In archaeology we study material remains. As we have been discussing social media and the popular reception of history over the last couple of days, we may also notice that in the public perception of history, the difference between history and archaeology is often confused. This is...

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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...

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...

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...

How to Live Together in a Democracy? Apoorvanand

This talk was delivered at The Idea of Democracy Chapter 2, Ludhiana in November 2022.

In Conversation: Romila Thapar and Arvind Narrain

Held as part of The Idea of Democracy chapter 2 in Ludhiana, Nov 2022.