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The Future in the Past: Essays and Reflections
Author: Romila Thapar
Publisher: Aleph
Pages: 326
Price: Rs 999
History has many tricks up its sleeve and one it plays most often is to disappear inside a fog of half-truths and lies: Never remembered, always doomed to be repeated. But that is a dangerous trick to pull, because in times like these, history becomes indistinguishable from political rhetoric and malicious recreation of past events.
History has many tricks up its sleeve and one it plays most often is to disappear inside a fog of half-truths and lies: Never remembered, always doomed to be repeated. But that is a dangerous trick to pull, because in times like these, history becomes indistinguishable from political rhetoric and malicious recreation of past events.
The Future in the Past: Essays and Reflections, a collection of essays by eminent historian Romila Thapar, is a reminder of the perils of living through such times. It shows
