The Future in the Past : Essays and Reflections
English


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<i>The Future in the Past</i> brings together essays by Romila Thapar on issues and ideas that have preoccupied her throughout her career. These are subjects that surfaced frequently in discussions over the last six decades as they do even more so at present. Among them are the use and misuse of history the myths surrounding the coming of the Aryans religious fundamentalism in the study of society the overt and the insidious attempts by right-wing elements to pervert Indian culture variants of the Ramayana the importance of museums why dissent is important to democracy the role of the public intellectual and much more. Central to the arguments in these essays (versions of which first appeared in <i>Seminar</i> magazine) is an analysis of how the past permeates the present and influences the future.
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