Issue 27 - June 2009 - A sense of history (3.7 MB)
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Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review
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Dear readers
We take a break from our regular programming this month to bring you a special issue on Indian history, put together by Jayakrishnan Nair, our guest editor.
But why history? Because, first, a shared understanding of history is likely to smoothen the public policy process in several important areas. Second, advances in science and technology are challenging age-old beliefs in Indian historiography and promise to transform the field. And third, we felt that the topics would interest you.
In this issue we have two editorial perspectives, five short feature essays (including one piece of historical fiction), one book review, and passages from five books written over spread over two thousand years. References and explanatory footnotes will appear on our website next week.
So read and share!
best regards
The Pragati team
PERSPECTIVE
Towards a shared understanding
And why it is important
Nitin Pai
Getting objective about it
Historical narratives must be stress-tested before acceptance
Jayakrishnan Nair
FEATURE
The peopling of India
A genomic unity that goes back 50,000 years
Michel Danino
The Ghaggar and the Sarasvati
The scientific evidence is against their being one and the same
Suvrat Kher
Hubs of the medieval trade
During a previous round of globalisation
Ullattil Manmadhan
Eastern sea, golden lands
One day, a thousand years ago...
Anand Krishnamoorthi
The tribal militias of the Frontier
The British had terrible luck purchasing their loyalty
Joshua Foust
BOOKS
A Muslim traveller’s tales
Across the Dar-ul-Islam in the 14th century
Jayakrishnan Nair
Foreign observations
Excerpts from perspectives on India
Megasthenes, Xuanzang, Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, George Nathaniel Curzon & Alice Albinia
We take a break from our regular programming this month to bring you a special issue on Indian history, put together by Jayakrishnan Nair, our guest editor.
But why history? Because, first, a shared understanding of history is likely to smoothen the public policy process in several important areas. Second, advances in science and technology are challenging age-old beliefs in Indian historiography and promise to transform the field. And third, we felt that the topics would interest you.
In this issue we have two editorial perspectives, five short feature essays (including one piece of historical fiction), one book review, and passages from five books written over spread over two thousand years. References and explanatory footnotes will appear on our website next week.
So read and share!
best regards
The Pragati team
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PRAGATI - THE INDIAN NATIONAL INTEREST REVIEW
Issue 27 | June 2009
PRAGATI - THE INDIAN NATIONAL INTEREST REVIEW
Issue 27 | June 2009
PERSPECTIVE
Towards a shared understanding
And why it is important
Nitin Pai
Getting objective about it
Historical narratives must be stress-tested before acceptance
Jayakrishnan Nair
FEATURE
The peopling of India
A genomic unity that goes back 50,000 years
Michel Danino
The Ghaggar and the Sarasvati
The scientific evidence is against their being one and the same
Suvrat Kher
Hubs of the medieval trade
During a previous round of globalisation
Ullattil Manmadhan
Eastern sea, golden lands
One day, a thousand years ago...
Anand Krishnamoorthi
The tribal militias of the Frontier
The British had terrible luck purchasing their loyalty
Joshua Foust
BOOKS
A Muslim traveller’s tales
Across the Dar-ul-Islam in the 14th century
Jayakrishnan Nair
Foreign observations
Excerpts from perspectives on India
Megasthenes, Xuanzang, Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, George Nathaniel Curzon & Alice Albinia
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