Conversations
at Manthan

Caste Pride Caste Pride is a radically new history of caste, based on previously unseen legislative and judicial records going back over two centuries. It traces battles for equality that...

Data and its Discontents: An independent statistical system is as vital for democracy as a free press or an independent judiciary. The Indian statistical system had an enviable reputation of...

Manipur’s violence and the ‘institutionalised riot system’: The limits of an integrationist and majoritarian agenda The talk will examine the causes and nature of violence that has erupted in Manipur...

Breaking Barriers: K. Madhava Rao in conversation with M.R. Vikram Breaking Barriers: The Story of A Dalit Chief Secretary are the memoirs of Kaki Madhava Rao who joined the Indian...

Explaining the rise of (Right-wing) Populism in India, Russia, Brazil and Turkey Waves of populist movements have been on the rise globally since the global financial crisis of 2008. The...

’ Land Guns Caste Woman: The Memoir of a Lapsed Revolutionary’ About the book 1980s. Ibrahimpatnam, Telangana, South India. Landless dalits are caught between a Reddy and a hard place....

Reclaiming our Republic We are witnessing nothing short of a systematic dismantling of our republic. Is there a way out? What is the role and responsibility of political parties? And...

Generative AI Revolution: What Happens to our Reality When AI Can Spin Many Synthetic Realities? We are entering the brave new world of the so-called Generative AI, where AI systems...

The Challenge of Contemporary History To coincide with the publication of the third, revised, edition of India after Gandhi, Ramachandra Guha will speak on the challenges confronting a historian documenting...

India as A Linguistic Civilisation The talk ‘India as a Linguistic Civilisation’ will attempt to trace the many origins of Indian languages, their diverse historical trajectories and their contemporary inequalities...