Day 2 At the end of the first day of the conference, Ms Malhotra was convinced that we had packed too much material into the first day and that the participants would perhaps take the day off. She was, however, ecstatic to be corrected as everyone came back for another day of intense disscussions. Keynote:…
On the third day of the conference, the clouds broke down on Kolkata. Roads were flooded, and as I waded through Ho Chi Minh Sarani with Aditi Banerjee at my side, we feared that waterlogged neighbourhoods would deter the participants. No such thing occurred however, and very soon towels and irons were brought out to…
Contemporary History and the Classroom. Workshop by Abeer Gupta There we were, on the afternoon 1st of August, sitting in a cosy circle around Abeer Gupta, Assistant Professor at the School of Design, Ambedkar University, slightly unsure of what to expect of the workshop we were attending. I for one was apprehending a deluge of sophisticated…
The International Conference on Teaching History took place on the 30th and 31st of July and the 1st of August 2015 in Kolkata. A platform for exchanging thoughts and ideas and learning, the conference combined panel discussions and workshops. It also showcased alternative work in the arts, in education and civil society opening up possibilities…
‘Ownership. Every thought. Every memory. Every emotion has a landowner. Things that ‘happened’. Are meant to belong. To you. Or to me. Like a privilege acquired at birth. A litany made up of ‘this is mine, yours, ours’. Often it is nations that appropriate entire histories. Lives. Other nations. People. Writing and the re-writing of…
