S2E12: History and myth always live together: a conversation with Wendy Doniger
Chicago University Professor Wendy Doniger, a living legend studying Hinduism and India over the last sixth years, speaks in this special episode of HistoryChatter about her early career choices, hist...
17 Okt 20211h 2min
S2E11: Qutb Minar and Islam in India
The second episode on the many histories of Qutb Minar carries shows how a good historian reads various sources of the past. It considers the ways in which Prof. Sunil Kumar had studied and interprete...
10 Okt 202148min
S2E10: The Early Life of Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, is often remembered only for his successful premiership during the 1965 Indo-Pak war and for his mysterious death while in the office soon afte...
1 Okt 202119min
S2E9: How To See The Qutub Minar
How do description of heritage monuments influence our sense of what is good or bad, or likable or avoidable, about various religious communities? This episode of HistoryChatter pays tribute to the sc...
26 Sep 202140min
S2E8: Churchill’s Cigar Assistant | Quick Takes 2
The second episode of HistoryChatter Quick takes is about the lighter sides of the Second World War in India. It also highlights the ways in which plenty of public money would be wasted in paying for ...
19 Sep 20218min
S2E7: The National Language Puzzle in India
What were the concerns before the founding fathers of the Indian constitution with regard to the question of the national language? Why does the language question in India open up a deeply felt divide...
12 Sep 202131min
S2E6: Viceroy Lord Linlithgow and his Bulls | Quick Takes 1
Did you know how Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India between 1936 and 1943, contribute to the development of animal husbandry in India? The first episode of HistoryChatter Quick...
5 Sep 20219min
S2E5: Disputation To Conversations: Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty and His Histories
This special episode of HistoryChatter features a conversation with Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty, who works at the University of Chicago. He speaks about his life and career, from his early exposure to ph...
29 Aug 202154min
