Lecture on ‘India – secularism, democracy and socialism’
Eminent historian Romila Thapar has said that education should not conform to religious concerns in determining its content and structure. State-run institutions should be free of religious interventions and the contest of education is better left to the professionals in each discipline, she said.
She was participating an online lecture series on ‘India – secularism, democracy and socialism’ organised jointly by Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC), Kerala Council of Historical Research (KCHR) and Chintha Publishers in honour of historian K.N. Panikkar on Sunday.
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Prof. Thapar, Professor Emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University, also cautioned against allowing religion to legitimise politics and political activity.
KCHR course to offer a peek into the past
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Certificate programme in reading old scripts from February
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Certificate programme in reading old scripts from February
The Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) will launch a certificate course in reading old scripts like ‘Kolezhuthu’ and ‘Vattezhuthu’ in February as part of its efforts to create a team of scholars well-versed in scripts to help research.
The number of scholars, researchers, and students of history and others, familiar with old scripts, has depleted. There are not enough people to aid research now, and the course is being introduced to meet this requirement.