
S2E44: Shell Shock: An Early History
HistoryChatter in this episode looks into the early career of Shell Shock as a disorder. It was first discovered among British soldiers in France during the First World War. I look at the early medica...
13 Kesä 202225min

S2E43: Hill Boarding Schools in India
Boarding Schools in various hill stations in India had been around since the mid-nineteenth century. This episode of HistoryChatter looks into what role they play in society, then and now, in terms of...
7 Kesä 202239min

S2E42: Public schools and ‘Manliness’
Public schools, which are in reality private boarding schools for the upper-class children, took off in the UK in the nineteenth century. One of their contributions was that they produced scores of po...
30 Touko 202217min

S2E41: A Princely Auction That Did Not Matter
The princely states in India ceased to matter after India became independent in 1947. How did the princes cope with the sudden disappearance of their authority? One of the immediate crises was financi...
22 Touko 202216min

S2E40: Museums as Instruments of Learning
On International Museum Day, #HistoryChatter recalls the history of the movement. Even though the date was fixed by ICOM, and preservation of heritage has been promoted aggressively by UNESCO since th...
18 Touko 202220min

S2E39: Indian English in the 1950s
Foreign observers noticed some unique features of Indian English during the 1950s. India had recently become independent. There was a great deal of resistance to the persistence of English. At the sam...
9 Touko 202227min

S2E38: A brief history of the insurance business
LIC is now entering the share market. Experts predict that the development has the potential to significantly rewrite the history of infrastructure and business financing in India. The latest episode ...
2 Touko 202238min

S2E37: AIIMS and the Colombo Plan
In April 1952, exactly seventy years ago from now, the foundation stone of All India Medical Institute was laid. It was to be the nucleus of advanced medical research and teaching in India. This episo...
24 Huhti 202221min





















