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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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Democracy and Ideas: Krishna Kumar
This lecture was delivered as part of the History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' hosted at St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh on May 5 and 6, 2023. Today we will discuss about how children think and how their minds operate. Then I’ll move on to some everyday sociology. And then in the last section, I will do a bit of what you might call following Dr Ambedkar’s physiology of society—why the blood doesn’t flow through Indian society the way it flows through a healthy body...
The Idea of Democracy in New India: Zoya Hasan
This lecture was delivered as part of the History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' hosted at St Kabir Public School, Chandigarh on May 5 and 6, 2023. The 75th anniversary of Indian Independence is a landmark event in the history of our democracy. India had long been an important exception to the notion that democracy can only take root in rich countries. Defying the odds, India introduced a full-fledged democracy in a multi-religious, hierarchical society traumatized by...
On History: Romila Thapar in Conversation with Arvind Narrain
This conversation was part of the History for Peace conference titled 'The Idea of Democracy' hosted at Delhi Public School, Ludhiana on November 12 and 13, 2022. Arvind Narrain: Working as a lawyer, particularly as a lawyer focusing on human rights issues, the Constitution is the document we go back to. During conversations with Dr Thapar in the past, she has very clearly indicated that the Constitution is a document for and to which she has a great deal of concern and attachment. I was...
