South Asia Citizens Web

part of ILO Asia-Pacific Working Paper Series, December 2017 | ILO DWT for South Asia and Country Office for India

The years after Independence saw a paradigm shift in history writing in India. Inspired by the ideals of nationalism, and the vision of a secular and democratic society, a generation of young historians set out to write a new kind of history. Historians, it was felt, had a role to play in the constitution of a new national imaginary, in fashioning the citizen subjects of the new nation state.

full audio recording for a lecture by historian Stephen Kotkin held in New Delhi on 18 December 2017. The lecture was organised by Ashoka university and the recording was made by sacw.net audio archive