Historychatter Podcast

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 Juni 202225min

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 Juni 202239min

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 Maj 202217min

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 Maj 202216min

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 Maj 202220min

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 Maj 202227min

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 Maj 202238min

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 Apr 202221min