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Speakers at the talk condemned the supremacy of the North Indian version of the Ramayana and insisted that there were many other versions of the text which should be studied. Romila Thapar, eminent historian who was earlier scheduled to speak at the...
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The list of authors who have pulled out of OUP and switched to Permanent Black, and other rival academic publishers like Routledge, is a bit daunting: Sumit and Tanika Sarkar, Romila Thapar, Shahid Amin, Nayanjot Lahiri, Ram Guha, Sudipta Kaviraj,...
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One of the most awaited books of the year from their stable will be the unpublished writings of British conservationist Jim Corbett sourced from OUP archives. "For the centenary, we will have books by acclaimed authors including Romila Thapar, Irfan...
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2012, the first ever international book fair organized by Mahatma Gandhi University concluded here on Monday. Inaugurating the valedictory session, noted historian Romila Thapar said that internet will not be a substitute for books. Internet is like...
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These perceptions, when analysed, would provide illuminating insights into that past. Historians will have to inquire on who had written the texts, when were they written, for what purpose were they written and whether the purpose was effective. We may...
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The impact of mythology and history on society should be scrutinised academically, historian Romila Thapar has said. She was delivering the keynote address at a function organised by Mahatma Gandhi University in connection with the International Book...
About Romila Thapar
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Romila Thapar (born 1931) is a Indian Marxist historian whose principal area of study is Ancient India. She secured her doctorate under A. L. Basham at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University in 1958. Later she worked as Professor of Ancient Indian History at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where she is... Full Article
