Podcasts by India Colonised

Ep 38: Islam and the Army in Colonial India from 2022-04-03T11:30

Nile Green's Islam and the Army in Colonial India is one of those rare works that inspires both admiration and envy. It is a study that cannot fail to impress its readers with its erudition and ...

Ep 38: Islam and the Army in Colonial India | Nile Green from 2022-04-03T11:30

Nile Green's Islam and the Army in Colonial India is one of those rare works that inspires both admiration and envy. It is a study that cannot fail to impress its readers with its erudition and ...

Ep 37: Unsettling Utopia- Guftagu with Dr Jessica Namakkal from 2021-12-19T11:30

In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Jessica Namakkal, author of the book, "Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India"

In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us...

Ep 36: The Mosques of Colonial South Asia- Guftagu with Dr Sana Haroon from 2021-12-12T11:30

In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Sana Haroon, author of the book, "The Mosques of Colonial South Asia: A Social and Legal History of Muslim Worship"

Dr Sana...

Ep 35: The Ruler's Gaze- Guftagu with Dr Arvind Sharma from 2021-12-05T11:30

In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Arvind Sharma, author of the book, "The Ruler's Gaze: A Study of British Rule Over India from a Saidian Perspective"

Dr Arvind Sharma, longsta...

Ep 34: Capturing Institutional Change- Guftagu with Dr Himanshu Jha from 2021-11-28T11:30

In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Himanshu Jha, author of the book, "Capturing Institutional Change: the Case of the Right to Information Act in India".

Dr Himanshu Jha is a fa...

Ep 33: The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk- Guftagu with Ghee Bowman from 2021-10-31T11:30

In this episode of Guftagu, we've with us Dr Ghee Bowman, author of the book, "The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk".

Dr Ghee Bowman is a historian, teacher and...

Ep 32: Mapping the Great Game: Explorers, Spies & Maps in 19th Century Asia- Guftagu with Riaz Dean from 2021-10-17T11:32:40

Riaz Dean is an Engineer by profession and an independent scholar. He is also a member of the NZ Society of Authors and the NZ Cartographical Society.

As the title suggests, the book is a...

Ep 31: The (Un)governable City: Productive Failure in the Making of Colonial Delhi- Guftagu with Dr Raghav Kishore from 2021-10-03T14:58:55

Dr Raghav Kishore is a historian of Modern South Asia and his research has primarily focused on the transformation of urban governance under colonial rule in the nineteenth and twentieth centuri...

Ep 30: VP Menon The Unsung Architect of Modern Indian- Guftagu with Narayani Basu from 2021-09-12T12:06:55

With his initial plans for an independent India in tatters, the desperate viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, turned to his senior-most Indian civil servant, Vappala Pangunni Menon—or VP—giving him a sin...

Ep 29: Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army Guftagu with Dr Kate Imy from 2021-08-22T02:30

Hello and Welcome everyone to India Colonised A Podcast dedicated to Sout Asia’s Colonial history. I am your host Omer Haq and today on our next episode of guftagu we have with us Dr Kate Imy. <...

Ep 28: Defending Muhammad in Modernity- Guftagu with Dr SherAli Tareen from 2021-07-25T05:28:50

In His groundbreaking study, SherAli Tareen presents the most comprehensive and theoretically engaged work to date on what is arguably the most long-running, complex, and contentious dispute in ...

Ep 27: Plassey - Guftagu with Mr Sudeep Chakravarti from 2021-07-18T06:30

Playssey by Sudeep Chakravarti is an absolutely engaging and entertaining book, written with details of the intrigues vanity and unriddling the playing of econo...