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Post-Independence, M.N. Deshpande and other archaeologists like him, inspired by Gandhi, explored, excavated, conserved and showcased the heritage of a new nation state
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Post-Independence, M.N. Deshpande and other archaeologists like him, inspired by Gandhi, explored, excavated, conserved and showcased the heritage of a new nation state
India is a country with a vast and ancient cultural heritage. Its preservation and conservation is a responsibility on all of us. A systematic and organised excavation, conservation and restoration policy for this legacy started with the establishment of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 1861, with Sir Alexander Cunningham as its first Archaeological Surveyor and later director general resulting in excavation of famous Buddhist sites such as Nalanda in the second half of the 19th century and of course the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation in 1921.
Three recollections of Sunil Kumar, the historian who stood tall against majoritarian politics
In his book ‘The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate’, he argued that the sultanate was less a solid political entity than a fluid formation. Sunil Kumar
Rukun Advani
Fourteen years ago, Sunil Kumar held a copy of his first big book in his hands:
The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, 1192-1286 (Permanent Black, 2007). He had not bothered trying to publish it with any of the big American or British university presses, though they had all have taken it like a shot. It had been very long since anything substantially new and eye-opening had been written on the Delhi Sultanate, and Sunil, reckoned a dilatory perfectionist whose motto was much too fervently “better never than now”, was known to have been writing it for more than a decade. He could have had his pick of the publisher.
When did Bhishma die? A reading of the Mahabharata reveals a startling possibility
Rudrangshu Mukherjee investigates the Mahabharata to find out when – and how – Bhishma’s death actually took place. Detail from a painting depicting Bhishma on his bed of arrows. | via Ramanarayanadatta Astri / Public domain
“In my beginning is my end.” [1] These words of TS Eliot’s have a certain resonance when one looks at the career of Bhishma in the
Mahabharata. Bhisma had a life before his arrival on earth. The story goes that while returning from
Brahmaloka, Ganga came upon the eight heavenly
Vasu gods who were all in a terrible state. When she enquired, the gods told her that for a minor offence the
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize announces joint winners for 2020 financialexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from financialexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2020 jointly awarded to Jairam Ramesh, Amit Ahuja s works The Prize, established in 2018, recognises and celebrates excellence in non-fiction writing about Independent India by writers of all nationalities. FP Staff December 10, 2020 13:26:10 IST
The New India Foundation (NIF) Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize was on Thursday, 10 December, awarded jointly to Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California Amit Ahuja for his book
Mobilizing the Marginalised: Ethnic Parties without Ethnic Movements, and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh for
A Chequered Brilliance: The Many Lives of VK Krishna Menon.
The 2020 winners will share the prize money of Rs 15 lakhs for their respective books and will each receive the Book Prize trophy.