01118 a2200145 4500 260417b ii ||||| |||| 00| 0 mal d 9781803096612 Thapar, Romila The present colonizes the past New Delhi: Seagull Books, 2026. 91p. Recent interpretations of India's history have replaced careful inquiry with narratives that mirror contemporary anxieties and ambitions, sidelining the evidence, debate and plurality that once characterized India’s long intellectual tradition. At stake is a shift from understanding history as a method to treating it as a tool of identity and authority. In The Present Colonizes the Past, Romila Thapar asks: How have cultural and religious identities evolved through interaction rather than isolation? How have dissent and accommodation shaped social change? How have education and public discourse influenced what is accepted as knowledge? And, most urgently, how might weakened institutions and selective pasts redefine our heritage and citizenship? BK ddc 49544 49544 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN MAIN RN39 2026-04-03 48 271.56 1 808.84 THA 38519 2026-08-17 00:00:00 2026-07-24 399.00 2026-04-03 BK Recommended by AKHIL C (DPM/19/09/H)