Speaking of History brings India’s past into sharp, urgent focus. In these wide-ranging conversations, Romila Thapar, the distinguished historian, joins Namit Arora, incisive writer and social critic, ...

In a conversation with Scroll, Historians Romila Thapar and writer Namit Arora talk about their book Speaking of History: Conversations about India’s Past and Present. They discuss how historical ...

An awareness of historical method should enable us to choose valid and genuine history from its fake versions. This crucial concern is at the centre of ‘Speaking of History’. It consists of a series ...

Romila Thapar’s essay, “In Defence of History”, part of her 2014 book, The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities through History, began with a premonition: “From 1999 to 2004, when a BJP ...

Historian Professor Romila Thapar and social critic and an engineer by training, Namit Arora recently began a conversation on history in India which ended up as a book, Speaking of History. This book ...