SPEAKING OF HISTORY : (Record no. 761303)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 9780143476931
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Edition number 23
Classification number 954
Item number ROM/S
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name THAPAR,ROMILA AND ARORA,NAMIT
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title SPEAKING OF HISTORY :
Sub Title CONVERSATIONS ABOUT INDIAS PAST AND PRESENT /
Statement of responsibility, etc BY ROMILA THAPAR AND NAMIT ARORA
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication INDIA :
Name of publisher PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE ,
Year of publication 2025 .
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages 285p.;
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Speaking of History brings India’s past into sharp, urgent focus. In these wide-ranging conversations, Romila Thapar, the distinguished historian, joins Namit Arora, incisive writer and social critic, to explore how history is written, remembered and fought over.<br/><br/>Together, they pull back the curtain on the historian’s craft: how evidence is weighed, how interpretations are made, and why the past has become a battleground of politics and identity. From caste and gender to religion, mythology and nationalism, they revisit much contested terrain and ask the vital questions—what can we really know about our past, and why does it matter so much today?<br/><br/>The result is both erudite and refreshingly accessible: a book that challenges distortion and mythmaking, while celebrating history as an act of curiosity, argument and critical inquiry. At a time when the discipline is under siege, Speaking of History is both a defence of rigorous scholarship and a lively reminder that to engage with history in all its complexity is to undertake a profound journey—an inquiry not just into the past, but into ourselves.
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Language note IN ENGLISH
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term HISTORIOGRAPHY
-- SOCIAL STRUCTURES
-- POLITICAL CONTEXTS
700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name ARORA,NAMIT
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    Dewey Decimal Classification TEXT     Dept. of Arabic Dept. of Arabic General Stacks 06/07/2026 699.00 954 ROM/S ARA11651 06/07/2026 Book