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ART & CULTURE


A CONVERSATION ABOUT ANCIENT INDIA WITH ARCHEOLOGIST DISHA AHLUWALIA
SPEAKER: Disha Ahluwalia is an archeologist currently pursuing a PhD at MSU Baroda. She has worked as a field archaeologist for a decade...
Argumentative Indians
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WAS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GREAT BENGAL FAMINE OF 1943?
SPEAKERS: Amb. Kishan S Rana Ambassador Kishan S. Rana is Professor Emeritus, and a Senior Fellow at DiploFoundation. He was Ambassador...
Argumentative Indians
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EXPLORING THE ANARCHY: HOW A GROUP OF MERCHANTS CAME TO CONTROL INDIA?
SPEAKER: William Dalrymple is a Delhi-based Scottish historian and art historian, as well as a curator, photographer, broadcaster and...
Argumentative Indians
2 min read


IDEAS THAT SHAPED COLONIAL INDIA | RAHUL SAGAR
SPEAKER: Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Prior to this, I was an Associate Professor of...
Argumentative Indians
2 min read


EMPEROR ASHOKA - WORTHY OF THE EPITHET GREAT ?
Prof. Irfan Habib Professor Emeritus at Aligarh Muslim University. Prof Habib has worked on the historical geography of Ancient India,...
Argumentative Indians
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HOW DID BHAKTI WIN OVER TANTRA ?
Prof. Patton E. Burchett Patton Burchett is an assistant professor of religious studies at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia....
Argumentative Indians
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INDIA'S AGE OF TANTRA
SPEAKER: Prof. Patton E. Burchett Patton Burchett is an assistant professor of religious studies at William & Mary in Williamsburg,...
Argumentative Indians
1 min read


AKBAR - MODEL STATESMAN FOR MULTICULTURAL INDIA ?
SPEAKER: Parvati Sharma Parvati Sharma. Acclaimed Indian author, best known for her unconventional narrative biographies, among which the...
Argumentative Indians
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IS TOPPLING OF STATUES AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PROTEST ?
EVENT DATE: 17 DECEMBER • Dr. Kathleen Modrowski started the discussion by saying that “statues are not neutral and public spaces are not...
Shreyas Isaac
5 min read


IS GANGA-JAMUNI TEHZEEB A MYTH ?
EVENT DATE : 8 OCTOBER The glorious imagery conjured by the Awadhi phrase, ‘Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb’- perhaps most commonly evoked for its...
Argumentative Indians
6 min read


SHOULD INDIAN HISTORY BE REWRITTEN ?
EVENT DATE : 14 SEPTEMBER Voices seeking rewriting of #IndianHistory are not new. For decades there have been myriad groups expressing...
Argumentative Indians
1 min read


WAS INDIA'S PARTITION INEVITABLE ?
EVENT DATE : 7 SEPTEMBER The Partition of India is a moment of history in which two countries birthed out of violence, angst and...
Katherine Abraham
8 min read
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