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Antinomies of Nationalism and Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore's best known work, Nationalism (1917), is often mistaken for the sum and substance of his thoughts on nationalism. However, a look at the evolution of his idea over different stages suggests that his thoughts on nationalism cannot be accommodated within the stereotypes of "internationalism" or "anti-nationalism" in which commentators cast him. To focus only on that is a reductionist over-simplification of Tagore's evolving approach to the antinomies of nationalism as he perceived them.

Jawaharlal Nehru and the Indian Working Class

There is surprisingly little work by historians on Jawaharlal Nehru's relations with India's labour movements. This historical survey of his positions, actions and relations vis-à-vis working class politics identifies a clear break in 1947; the earlier Nehru was far more actively engaged with labour issues than the Prime Minister Nehru. The article ends by suggesting possible ways to understand Nehru's engagement with working class issues both before and after independence.

Professor Bipan Chandra (1928-2014)

Few historians of modern India have had as much widespread influence as did Bipan Chandra. A popular and engaged teacher, history research and writing was never a dispassionate exercise for him. His contributions to Marxist and nationalist interpretations of modern India remain important markers of historiography. This article traces his long intellectual journey and flags the important shifts.

Barun De: Situating an Eminent Historian Historically

Barun De was a fine historian who retained a regard for evidence and a finely balanced empirical approach to research. He was also a diligent institution-builder who marshalled a number of institutions with distinction.

Attack on Presidency University, Kolkata

On 10 April 2013, Presidency University, Kolkata was attacked multiple times by groups of armed hooligans from outside bearing banners of the students’ wing of the ruling Trinamool Congress. These armed thugs broke into the university grounds, viciously assaulted students and teachers, and...

India and the ILO in Historical Perspective

In the 91 years since the International Labour Organisation came into existence, there have been many intersections and parallels between the development of labour and social policies in this body and in India. Nations and international organisations influence each other in subtle and not so subtle ways. This group of articles explores some aspects of these interactions from an Indian point of view. The hope is that they will stimulate further work on the history of economic and social conditions and policies in India and beyond.

The Acquiescent Indian

SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYA of argumentation (leaving aside its con In the Indian tradition of Nyaya argumentation among logicians a distinction was always made, at least from the 15th century onwards, between two types of discourse,

Tribute: Andre Gunder Frank, 1929-2005

Andre Gunder Frank died on April 23 after a decade-long struggle against cancer. A tribute to an icon who was also an iconoclast.

Colonial Power and Micro-Social Interactions-Nineteenth Century India

Colonial Power and Micro-Social Interactions Nineteenth Century India Sabyasachi Bhattacharya Theorising and historical narrativising have concentrated on the apparatuses and activities of the colonial In- dian government and on the 'state derivation' question in terms of the mode of production and the world capitalist system. This paper contends that analysis of the architecture of colonial power will remain incomplete unless it is sensitised to the process of its constitution at the micro-social level, in everyday life and the mundane actions of ordinary people, below the over-arching framework of the colonial state. An associated question that arises relates to how an agenda of micro-social investigation articulates with the study of the macro-structure.
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