Podcasts by Historychatter Podcast

S8E2: When South India started drinking coffee from 2023-09-18T15:46:30

Coffee drinking on a large scale did not start in India before the early 20th century. Once it became popular as a leisure drink, many commentators responded to its novel appeal. Some believed i...

S8E1: G20&History!- All you need to know from 2023-09-10T02:09:04

The G20, also known as the Group of Twenty, includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Ar...

S7E4: Sikkhim, R&AW,&Integration | India United #5 from 2023-09-07T09:58:13

Sikkim followed a different trajectory from other former princely states. India virtually treated it as a foreign country, until early 1970s.
The final episode of the series India United exp...

S7E4: The Sikkim puzzle | India United 4 from 2023-08-28T14:26:57

Jawaharlal Nehru was firmly against hereditary monarchs. But he made an exception in the case of Sikkim.
He let Sikkim’s King stay on, until after his death. His daughter Indira Gandhi belie...

S7E3: Riots, Insurgency, UN and Operation Polo | | India United 3 from 2023-08-22T02:43:26

In the third episode on the incorporation of princely states within independent India, I take up a detailed case study of Hyderabad. It was the largest princely state in British India, and the N...

S7E2: Men(on) The Mission | India United 2 from 2023-08-15T04:36:05

Integration of various princely states to the newly independent state of India was carried out primarily by the States Department. It came into being in July,1947 and was headed by Sardar Patel....

S7E1: The Dream of a Princestan? | India United 1 from 2023-08-07T13:40

Given a choice, many native princes did not want to become a part of the independent Indian republic in 1947.
Quite a few of them had even hatched a conspiracy to create a confederacy of pri...

S7E1: India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic | Official Trailer | Sardar Patel Documentary from 2023-08-07T13:31:46

🗓️15th of August 1947

On one side we see it as the day of India's Independence, on the other, the day when the country got partitioned.

But there's one more side that is not much ...

S6E3: And The Maruti Story | The Great Indian Car Dream 3 from 2023-07-30T05:03:05

The Government of India began to encourage the manufacture of a small car only by the 1970s. Sanjay Gandhi, Prime Minister’s son and an automobile fanatic, carried out the audacious Maruti exper...

S6E2: The Bumpy Ride | The Great Indian Car Dream 2 from 2023-07-23T05:54:12

The first thirty years after independence were a bumpy ride for the private car dream. Automobile was considered integral to India’s self sufficiency but the private car was not a part of that s...

S6E1: The Turning Wheels of India's Automotive Revolution | The Great Indian Car Dream 1 from 2023-07-16T05:32:59

A small car is not an unattainable aspiration for a middle-class family in India today. Forty years ago though, it was. Cars were considered an unaffordable luxury until the mid-eighties when Ma...

S6E1: Introducing: The Great Indian Car Dream from 2023-07-15T15:42:18

A small car is not an unattainable aspiration for a middle-class family in India today. Forty years ago though, it was!

Cars were considered an unaffordable luxury until the mid-eighties ...

S5E4: Multiple Faces of Dalit Politics ft Prof. Sudha Pai&Dr. Sajjan Kumar from 2023-07-09T06:07:14

HistoryChatter enters into contemporary history in this special episode. Anirban speaks to political scientists Prof. Sudha Pai and Dr. Sajjan Kumar on the recent past and prospects of Dalit pol...

S5E3: Whatever happened to the Hindustani language? from 2023-07-02T08:45:24

Once the British conquered India, they invested in learning Indian languages. Initially, they searched for one common language for the whole subcontinent. The search for a common vernacular in I...

S5E2: Branding the Mahenjodaro Girl ft. Dr. Ashish Kumar from 2023-05-28T09:31:43

There was some controversy about whether it was right or fair to clothe the nude bronze figurine from Mohenjo Daro when it was recently adopted as the mascot of an International Museum Expo, 202...

S5E1: A Brief History of Cricket Commentary from 2023-05-14T11:45:25

Cricket commentary has just turned hundred years old. It has undergone great transformation as it grew from modest beginnings in Australia and England in the 1920s. This episode looks into the d...

S4E6: BONUS EPISODE: The Explosion The Never Happened | Atomic India 6 from 2023-04-24T12:02:08

India came close to testing an atomic bomb several times between 1974 and 1998. One of those times was in 1983 when Indira Gandhi withdrew authorization at the last moment.

Narasimha Rao ...

S4E5: Afterlife Of The Explosion | Atomic India 5 from 2023-04-11T08:18:28

What happened to the Indian nuclear programme after the explosion?
Did it settle into a regular rhythm of making bombs?
Did it focus on producing electricity?
Or did it lapse into fa...

S4E4: The Explosion | Atomic India 4 from 2023-04-02T09:11:59

India’s atomic energy research took a new turn by the 1960s.
On the one hand, the atomic scientists had to seek out a new challenge as the objective of nuclear power production was within re...

S4E3: India's Time To React | Atomic India | 3 from 2023-03-19T12:09:04

Atomic energy research in India made only modest progress in the early years. The cult of secrecy around it often provoked criticism.
Indian atomic scientists were still years away from buil...

S4E2: Homi Bhabha and The Travancore Diplomacy | Atomic India | 2 from 2023-03-12T11:40:15

Indian scientists and politicians carried out vigorous discussions on how to organize advanced scientific research on an industrial scale in India as a means of development between 1938 and 1948...

S4E1: The Reaction Begins | Atomic India | 1 from 2023-03-05T03:30:20

Science and technology were considered as the face of modernity in independent India. A mastery and application of technology on an industrial scale was perceived as the only means of delivering...

S4E1: Introducing: Atomic India from 2023-02-28T06:24:54

Atomic energy research in India started well before independence, but since independence, it has assumed an uncontested priority above all other branches of science and technology.

Jawaha...

S3E10: Bombayness and its pickle factory: a conversation with Amrit Gangar | Bombay Born 10 from 2022-09-11T08:35:06

In the tenth and final episode of the series Bombay Born, I talk to Amrit Gangar, who has researching and writing on films and Bombay for over forty years now. A scholar, curator, archivist and ...

S3E9: The Voice of Bombay | Bombay Born 9 from 2022-08-15T03:48:14

The Bombay Chronicle emerged as the voice of Bombay by the early twentieth century. Between the 1910s and 1950s, but especially since the 1920s, it reflected the diverse interests of Bombay and ...

S3E8: The 1890s Housing Crisis in Bombay | Bombay Born 8 from 2022-08-09T00:30

Bombay was transformed from a prosperous port city to a major industrial metropolis largely through the expansion of the cotton textile industry. The growing mill industry called for labor.

S3E7: The first Modern Hotels in Bombay | Bombay Born 7 from 2022-08-01T16:18:57

Bombay did not have respectable hotels even during the 1850s. There were some taverns but they did not attract the respectable folks, who usually found accommodation with friends or family. An e...

S3E6: Post Haste in Bombay | Bombay Born 6 from 2022-07-25T09:25:03

One of the factors which gradually rescued Mumbai or Bombay from the effects of the crash of 1865 was the development of an improved communication system. Episode 6 of Bombay Bombay born recalls...

S3E5: Scam 1865: Bank Of Bombay Falls | Bombay Born 5 from 2022-07-18T00:30

Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865.

The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortu...

S3E4: The Crash Of 1864-65 | Bombay Born 4 from 2022-07-11T07:02:11

Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865.

The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortu...

S3E3: 1857 and life in the Maidan | Bombay Born 3 from 2022-07-04T05:15:34

Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay

In the third episode of Bombay Born, I revisit 1857 in Mumabai. Bombay largely remained quiet, but there were a few cases ...

S3E2: The Fort and the Maidan | Bombay Born 2 from 2022-06-26T08:21:50

The second episode of Bombay Born begins with the coming of the Railways and the demolition of the Ramparts. These two developments in the 1850s and 1860s virtually ushered in the modern city of...

S3E1: The Harbour and the Cyclone | Bombay Born 1 from 2022-06-19T06:40:35

The history of Mumbai or Bombay took a major new turn once the British took over in the late seventeenth century.

They not only envisaged a great future for the harbour but also made arra...

S3E1: Introducing: BOMBAY BORN | (The Rise of Bombay) from 2022-06-19T05:27:54

Mumbai or Bombay has long been a city of dreams, aspirations and untold wealth. Yet, even in 1850s, it was a narrow walled town.
Bombay Born recalls the birth of this megapolis since then. <...

S2E44: Shell Shock: An Early History from 2022-06-13T03:16:07

HistoryChatter in this episode looks into the early career of Shell Shock as a disorder. It was first discovered among British soldiers in France during the First World War. I look at the early ...

S2E43: Hill Boarding Schools in India from 2022-06-07T12:42:24

Boarding Schools in various hill stations in India had been around since the mid-nineteenth century.
This episode of HistoryChatter looks into what role they play in society, then and now, i...

S2E42: Public schools and ‘Manliness’ from 2022-05-30T09:49:18

Public schools, which are in reality private boarding schools for the upper-class children, took off in the UK in the nineteenth century.
One of their contributions was that they produced sc...

S2E41: A Princely Auction That Did Not Matter from 2022-05-22T13:02:42

The princely states in India ceased to matter after India became independent in 1947. How did the princes cope with the sudden disappearance of their authority? One of the immediate crises was f...

S2E40: Museums as Instruments of Learning from 2022-05-18T07:50:48

On International Museum Day, #HistoryChatter recalls the history of the movement. Even though the date was fixed by ICOM, and preservation of heritage has been promoted aggressively by UNESCO si...

S2E39: Indian English in the 1950s from 2022-05-09T15:51:14

Foreign observers noticed some unique features of Indian English during the 1950s. India had recently become independent.
There was a great deal of resistance to the persistence of English. ...

S2E38: A brief history of the insurance business from 2022-05-02T08:38:37

LIC is now entering the share market. Experts predict that the development has the potential to significantly rewrite the history of infrastructure and business financing in India.
The lates...

S2E37: AIIMS and the Colombo Plan from 2022-04-24T05:47:44

In April 1952, exactly seventy years ago from now, the foundation stone of All India Medical Institute was laid.
It was to be the nucleus of advanced medical research and teaching in India.<...

S2E36: Heritage and History Today from 2022-04-18T07:29:36

Today is World Heritage Day!
HistoryChatter in this episode revisits the relation between history and heritage.

Following the work of David Lowenthal, who may well be called the pione...

S2E35: A 16th century Agony Aunt from 2022-04-10T10:44:13

What kind of questions do you believe would be asked to an agony aunt in the 16th century? What were the major concerns of the people who wanted to look good or appear well-mannered in those day...

S2E34: Insanity, lunacy and madness in colonial north India ft Dr. Shilpi Rajpal from 2022-04-04T05:04:02

This episode of HistoryChatter features an interview with Dr. Shilpi Rajpal of Copenhagen University. Rajpal published a pioneering social history of insanity and madness in nineteen and twentie...

S2E33: The Father of Western Education in India from 2022-03-27T05:58:07

Raja Rammohan Ray, who is often called the first modern Indian, wrote a letter in 1823 to Governor-General Lord Amherst. In the letter, he protested against the government's decision to assign s...

S2E32: An Indian ICS officer in 1870s from 2022-03-20T00:30

S N Banerjea, a founder member of the Indian National Congress, had a distinguished career in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as a teacher and a politician.
However, he was a...

S2E31: A new history of Art Cinema in India ft. Dr. Rochona Majumdar from 2022-03-14T02:40

This episode of HistoryChatter is a conversation with Chicago Historian Rochona Majumdar about her new book on Indian art cinema.
Majumdar speaks about how the promoters of art cinema partic...

S2E30: How First World War Made Smoking Popular from 2022-02-20T07:09:09

Cigarette smoking is injurious to health. But it was once promoted as a stress reliever.
During the First World War in particular, cigarette smoking was in fact encouraged as a morale booste...

S2E29: How and When Did Coffee Houses Turn into Public Squares? from 2022-02-13T05:40

Coffee houses arrived in England in the seventeenth century, probably from Turkey. By the eighteenth century, they evolved into an animated public square.
Men visiting coffee houses graduall...

S2E28: The All-Women Hospitals During World War I from 2022-02-06T07:50:15

The UN has decided to celebrate February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls In Science.

In that context, this episode of history chatter recalls the pioneering role some women...

S2E27: Poor Diet To National Dish: Changing fortunes of Fish and Chips in Britain from 2022-01-30T11:02:40

Fish and chips would be usually described as the staple food of the labouring poor in the nineteenth century. Writers such as Dickens and contemporary newspapers and commentators connected it wi...

S2E26: Netaji Bose at the India Gate from 2022-01-22T10:18:11

The government of India has resolved to erect a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose near the India Gate on 23 January this year.
This is the 125th birth anniversary year of Netaji Bose. Listen

S2E25: From Khichdi to Kedgeree from 2022-01-16T05:06

How food travels across time and place is a reflection of the relation of peoples and cultures over time. Khichdi had long been around in the subcontinent. But the attitude of foreigners to it k...

S2E24: When Bombay Ballooned from 2022-01-09T04:53:13

The city of Bombay really took off during the 1850s. Until then, it had been growing steadily as a major port city, but the 1850s saw the arrival of the modem machines and the textile mills. Listen

S2E23: Chembur Forest and Horse Trams of Mumbai from 2022-01-02T10:18

Mumbai or Bombay looked vastly different a hundred years ago. Salim Ali, the legendary bird watcher and ornithologist, grew up in the first decades of twentieth-century in south Bombay. He has l...

S2E22: Christmas: Old and New from 2021-12-24T08:20:52

Did you know that Christmas celebrations did not begin until the fourth century AD? Or that St. Francis or Franciscans were not the first to make the crib popular? Or that the Carols were origin...

S2E21: How Rolls Met Royce from 2021-12-19T04:12:24

One was a thoroughbred patrician with an obsession with motor racing, while the other rose from a hardy farmer stock to become a self-taught mechanic and manufacturer of breakthrough technology ...

S2E20: Badminton in New York from 2021-12-12T01:31

The game of Badminton reached New York as early as 1878. Four or five adventurous young men and women set up The Badminton Club of New York, but over the next fifty years, it evolved primarily a...

S2E19: Why Men Must Not Shave from 2021-12-05T06:16:20

Middle-class men in Victorian Britain launched a movement between the 1840s and 1860s against shaving. They believed bearded men enjoyed divine blessing and shaving caused cancer and blindness a...

S2E18: 50 yrs ago, Table Tennis made America recognise China from 2021-11-28T08:44:09

Sports and international politics and diplomacy intersect in many ways.
The Ping Pong diplomacy between America and China in 1971 was probably the most high-profile instance of sports helpin...

S2E17: British Secret Services and Communism from 2021-11-21T10:37:16

British secret service files on historian Eric Hobsbawm reveal their anxiety against communists and communism. They offer details on methods of espionage, techniques of information gathering and...

S2E16: British Secret Service Files on Historian Eric Hobsbawm from 2021-11-14T08:06

Historian Eric Hobsbawm was longtailed by the British Secret Service MI5. He was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), which the secret service saw as a threat to the nation. ...

S2E15: Different Forms of Kali Puja from 2021-11-05T05:14

Diwali often appears to be a common Indian festival. In reality, Indians of various religions observe anniversaries of distinct events on the same day.
Kali Puja, which is celebrated most wi...

S2E14: A History of Falafel from 2021-10-31T02:27:19

Falafel is now considered a typical middle eastern delicacy.
Many countries, including Israel, Palestine, and Yemen claim to be their birthplace. Yet, it was probably invented in Egypt and i...

S2E13: Child voters in England | Quick Takes 3 from 2021-10-24T03:54:26

Did you know that many children were eligible to vote in the early twentieth century England?
An anomaly in voting laws in England made it possible.

This episode of HistoryChatter tak...

S2E12: History and myth always live together: a conversation with Wendy Doniger from 2021-10-17T10:35:35

Chicago University Professor Wendy Doniger, a living legend studying Hinduism and India over the last sixth years, speaks in this special episode of HistoryChatter about her early career choices...

S2E11: Qutb Minar and Islam in India from 2021-10-10T09:49:46

The second episode on the many histories of Qutb Minar carries shows how a good historian reads various sources of the past. It considers the ways in which Prof. Sunil Kumar had studied and inte...

S2E10: The Early Life of Lal Bahadur Shastri from 2021-10-01T18:10:38

Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, is often remembered only for his successful premiership during the 1965 Indo-Pak war and for his mysterious death while in the office soo...

S2E9: How To See The Qutub Minar from 2021-09-26T05:24:33

How do description of heritage monuments influence our sense of what is good or bad, or likable or avoidable, about various religious communities?
This episode of HistoryChatter pays tribute...

S2E8: Churchill’s Cigar Assistant | Quick Takes 2 from 2021-09-19T11:03

The second episode of HistoryChatter Quick takes is about the lighter sides of the Second World War in India. It also highlights the ways in which plenty of public money would be wasted in paying f...

S2E8: Churchill’s Cigar Assistant | Quick Takes 2 from 2021-09-19T11:03

The second episode of HistoryChatter Quick takes is about the lighter sides of the Second World War in India. It also highlights the ways in which plenty of public money would be wasted in payin...

S2E7: The National Language Puzzle in India from 2021-09-12T04:50:22

What were the concerns before the founding fathers of the Indian constitution with regard to the question of the national language?

Why does the language question in India open up a deepl...

S2E6: Viceroy Lord Linlithgow and his Bulls | Quick Takes 1 from 2021-09-05T06:48:25

Did you know how Lord Linlithgow, the Viceroy and Governor-General of India between 1936 and 1943, contribute to the development of animal husbandry in India?
The first episode of HistoryCha...

S2E5: Disputation To Conversations: Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty and His Histories from 2021-08-29T10:39:14

This special episode of HistoryChatter features a conversation with Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty, who works at the University of Chicago.
He speaks about his life and career, from his early expo...

S2E4: American Anthropologists in Afghanistan from 2021-08-23T07:05

Now that the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan, it is time to ask questions to why and how the American intervention proved such a total disaster.

HistoryChatter addresses that question ...

S2E3: The Hidden Lives of Indian Revolutionaries from 2021-08-14T10:34:29

Independence Day turns 75 on 15 August 2021. It has been so long that most Indians take the freedom, independence of Swaraj for granted.
But how did those revolutionaries who knew they would...

S2E2: Quit India Movement from 2021-08-07T15:26:58

The quit India movement was the last great mass nationalist upsurge in India before partition and independence. As such, it offers an opportunity to take stock of what the nation looked like bef...

S2E1: The Paperback Revolution from 2021-08-01T11:53:29

Will e-books or audiobooks soon overtake hardbound or paperback books in terms of sales and popularity?

The first episode of season 2 of HistoryChatter answers this question.
It offer...

S2Get Ready To Time Travel ⏳| Season 2 is here! from 2021-07-30T10:18:36

Past is often as diverse and flows in as many directions as the present.
Yet, careful attention to the past also throws up new insights on the present and possibilities for the future.
Listen

S1E14: A Recent History of Naming from 2020-12-02T13:08

Changing names sometimes causes major controversies, and sometimes it does not. HistoryChatter in this episode investigates the curious case of villages with embarrassing names.

In rural I...

S1E14: A Recent History of Naming from 2020-12-02T13:08

Changing names sometimes causes major controversies, and sometimes it does not. HistoryChatter in this episode investigates the curious case of villages with embarrassing names.

In rural ...

S1E13: Did Nero Fiddle While Rome Burned? from 2020-11-26T09:39:22

Roman emperor Nero’s name is often equated with ruthlessness and cruelty in popular memory.
Most often, this image revolves around the assumption that he had been happily playing a stringed in...

S1E13: Did Nero Fiddle While Rome Burned? from 2020-11-26T09:39:22

Roman emperor Nero’s name is often equated with ruthlessness and cruelty in popular memory.
Most often, this image revolves around the assumption that he had been happily playing a str...

S1E12: Exploring The History Of Hill Stations In India Part-II from 2020-11-18T12:34

HistoryChatter walks up to a review of the history of major Hill stations in India. Following the research of Prof. Queeni Pradhan as published in her 2017 book Empire in the Hills, the second part...

S1E12: Exploring The History Of Hill Stations In India Part-II from 2020-11-18T12:34

HistoryChatter walks up to a review of the history of major Hill stations in India. Following the research of Prof. Queeni Pradhan as published in her 2017 book Empire in the Hills, the second p...

S1E12: Exploring The History Of Hill Stations In India from 2020-11-10T14:18

HistoryChatter walks up to a review of the history of major Hill stations in India. Following the research of Prof. Queeni Pradhan as published in her 2017 book Empire in the Hills, the first part ...

S1E12: Exploring The History Of Hill Stations In India from 2020-11-10T14:18

HistoryChatter walks up to a review of the history of major Hill stations in India. Following the research of Prof. Queeni Pradhan as published in her 2017 book Empire in the Hills, the first pa...

S1E11: How Public Schools In England Invented Football from 2020-10-28T12:03

HistoryChatter resumes the discussion on the early History of football based on the pioneering research of E G Dunning.
As discussed in an earlier episode, traditional football began as a bloo...

S1E11: How Public Schools In England Invented Football from 2020-10-28T12:03

HistoryChatter resumes the discussion on the early History of football based on the pioneering research of E G Dunning.
As discussed in an earlier episode, traditional football began as a bl...

S1E10: Durga Pujo in 2020 ft. Jawhar Sircar, Anthropologist of Religion from 2020-10-22T07:37

In the first part of the Durga puja special, we were talking about the history of the puja as a public festival.
We were also looking at how the festival gave rise in recent years to a new kin...

S1E10: Durga Pujo in 2020 ft. Jawhar Sircar, Anthropologist of Religion from 2020-10-22T07:37

In the first part of the Durga puja special, we were talking about the history of the puja as a public festival.
We were also looking at how the festival gave rise in recent years to a new k...

S1E9: History, Art & Politics of the Durga Pujo from 2020-10-20T18:35

HistoryChatter in this special episode recalls a history of the Durga Puja festival. It has seen a number of shifts in its public career since the 16th century. This episode looks at these shifts. ...

S1E9: History, Art&Politics of the Durga Pujo from 2020-10-20T18:35

HistoryChatter in this special episode recalls a history of the Durga Puja festival. It has seen a number of shifts in its public career since the 16th century. This episode looks at these shift...

S1E8: The Early History Of Football from 2020-10-15T10:27:01

Football is probably the most popular sport in the world. Yet, serious academic research on football did not begin until the 1960s.

That was a full hundred years after standard rules were...

S1E8: The Early History Of Football from 2020-10-15T10:27:01

Football is probably the most popular sport in the world. Yet, serious academic research on football did not begin until the 1960s.

That was a full hundred years after standard rules wer...

S1E7: Sufi Teachings In The Sikh Holy Book from 2020-10-07T14:00

Several verses of Sufi saint Baba Farid are found in the holy book of the Sikhs. These are called Farid Bani.
This episode of HistoryChatter deals with some questions around this surprising co...

S1E7: Sufi Teachings In The Sikh Holy Book from 2020-10-07T14:00

Several verses of Sufi saint Baba Farid are found in the holy book of the Sikhs. These are called Farid Bani.
This episode of HistoryChatter deals with some questions around this surprising ...

S1E6: Gandhi's Last Struggle from 2020-10-02T05:53:39

Gandhi would be 151 years old today.
This episode focuses on his writings and speeches during the last few months of his life.

Partition and violence had filled his mind with a sense...

S1E6: Gandhi's Last Struggle from 2020-10-02T05:53:39

Gandhi would be 151 years old today.
This episode focuses on his writings and speeches during the last few months of his life.

Partition and violence had filled his mind with a sense...

S1E5: Why Did Film Censorship Start In India? from 2020-09-30T13:07

This episode of history chatter looks at the early history of film censorship in India. It shows that the Indian state did not know much about the cinema industry until the 1920s.

The firs...

S1E5: Why Did Film Censorship Start In India? from 2020-09-30T13:07

This episode of history chatter looks at the early history of film censorship in India. It shows that the Indian state did not know much about the cinema industry until the 1920s.

The fir...

S1E4: Old Vilayati Films Part2 from 2020-09-24T11:42

This episode of HistoryChatter takes the audience to India and South East Asia during the Second World War.
It explores the production of a series of films through which British soldiers were ...

S1E4: Old Vilayati Films Part2 from 2020-09-24T11:42

This episode of HistoryChatter takes the audience to India and South East Asia during the Second World War.
It explores the production of a series of films through which British soldiers wer...

S1E4: Old Vilayati Films Part1 from 2020-09-17T15:23:20

This episode of HistoryChatter takes the audience to India and South East Asia during the Second World War.
It explores the production of a series of films through which British soldiers were ...

S1E4: Old Vilayati Films Part1 from 2020-09-17T15:23:20

This episode of HistoryChatter takes the audience to India and South East Asia during the Second World War.
It explores the production of a series of films through which British soldiers wer...

S1E3: History And The State from 2020-09-09T13:35

History often appears as a resource to manufacture pride or embarrassment for people. That is the most common use to which ordinary individuals or groups put their pasts. The past either appears as...

S1E3: History And The State from 2020-09-09T13:35

History often appears as a resource to manufacture pride or embarrassment for people. That is the most common use to which ordinary individuals or groups put their pasts. The past either appears...

S1E2: Chinese Muslims In India from 2020-09-02T14:36

Seventy years ago, ethnic Muslims in China suddenly lost their homeland. They had set up an independent republic since 1944.
Communists in 1949 practically forced the leaders of that independe...

S1E2: Chinese Muslims In India from 2020-09-02T14:36

Seventy years ago, ethnic Muslims in China suddenly lost their homeland. They had set up an independent republic since 1944.
Communists in 1949 practically forced the leaders of that indepen...

S1E1: What does it mean to be an Indian ? from 2020-08-15T06:02

The first episode of HistoryChatter asks a deceptively simple question:
what does it mean to be an Indian?
It shows that at times in history the Chinese have been called Indians, by law. I...

S1E1: What does it mean to be an Indian ? from 2020-08-15T06:02

The first episode of HistoryChatter asks a deceptively simple question:
what does it mean to be an Indian?
It shows that at times in history the Chinese have been called...

S1An Introduction to Historychatter from 2020-08-15T04:58:32

HistoryChatter offers an informed take on our shared pasts.

Designed and performed by Anirban Bandyopadhyay (Ph.D.), a trained historian and writer, the podcast offers a perspective on the...

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HistoryChatter offers an informed take on our shared pasts.

Designed and performed by Anirban Bandyopadhyay (Ph.D.), a trained historian and writer, the podcast offers a perspective on th...