"The issues of citizenship and identity become very mixed up in the case of cross border communities like Bengalis and Nepalis. And that is something one is seeing now happening with Kukis as well in Manipur, where there is widespread suspicion that a lot of them have come from Myanmar" - Samrat Choudhury, author, 'Northeast India; A Political History' talks to Manjula Narayan about the complex cultural, linguistic, religious and political histories of each of the states of northeast India, how the region became a part of India as a result of the Anglo-Burmese wars, the genesis of the idea of India itself, the ignored history of slavery in the subcontinent, and the need to avoid airbrushing the past.
The author talks about the dynamic empresses, queens and begums of the Mughal Empire, who are the subject of her eminently readable new book. Read more
The author talks about the dynamic empresses, queens and begums of the Mughal Empire, who are the subject of her eminently readable new book. Read more
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