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A poll for historians

Monday, July 3, 2006

Finally, a poll that professional historians would be happy about. Guardian reports in a story that History has edge over Football.
Far more people are interested in history than football, according to a poll finding which may be particularly true today.
A group of heritage and environmental organisations, including the National Trust, Civic Trust, National Heritage Lottery [...]

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Dalrymple’s Mutiny

Friday, June 30, 2006

[Also posted in Revise and Dissent]
William Dalrymple has a long essay on the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 in the latest issue of Outlook, India’s leading news magazine. This essay is based on the third book in Dalrymple’s proposed quartet on Delhi: The Last Mughal, which will be published later this year. Bahadur Shah Zafar, the [...]

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Pataudi house

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

My first morning back in Delhi, I set out to Pataudi House in Daryaganj. Even after the first pre-monsoon shower the previous day and many years of living in Delhi, I still have to get used to a Delhi summer day. The hot air hits one upon disembarking a plane or train. So do many [...]

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On Samsa

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

1. What would make an author choose Kamsa as his pen name?
When Samsa wrote his best play, Vigada Vikramaraya, it was published in 1925 in Mysore University’s new and prestigious journal, Prabuddha Karnataka. It was a major honor for a ‘matric fail’, who had educated himself and come to hate passionately university scholars and palace [...]

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Samsa

Sunday, June 18, 2006

I have been reading Samsa again for a few months now. This Kannada playwright, who wrote six (published) plays on the history of Mysore has been a favorite of mine for long. I read KIRAM’s wonderful play, Nigikonda Samsa recently. Samsa’s nephew A. N. Subramanyam has a very insightful small book called Samsasmarane (Remembering Samsa).
Honestly, [...]

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A minister for history?

Friday, May 19, 2006

So the question of the day is simply: do we need a minister for history? Looks like it. If ever that job opens up in Karnataka, I will apply. Or run for that office.
‘Bhuta mantri‘ has a fantastic ring to it.
I love it.
Who wouldn’t want to be addressed as ‘manya bhuta mantrigale‘! As you all [...]

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