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In this episode, Prathama Banerjee speaks to Ritu Birla on how economic thinking operates as the language of governance in our contemporary.  What is the relationship between law, economics and culture? What is the relationship between the economic public and the democratic people?  Is economics politics by another name? What does it mean to rewrite the history of economic thought from a colonial and postcolonial perspective?  How does this history inform our global contemporary often described in terms of neo-liberalism? How should humanities scholars engage with the discipline of economics?

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Gautam Choubey delivered a lecture on ‘The Republic of Hindi Pocket Books (1950s to 1980s)’ on 28 July 2022 at Seminar Room and Zoom. It was chaired by Baidik Bhattacharya. The nationalist movement shaped India’s reading culture.

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Applications are invited from Indian scholars registered for Ph.D. in UGC recognized universities for the Indian Council for Social Science Research Institutional Doctoral Fellowships. The last date for receipt of applications closed on 12 July 2022.

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Hitendra Patel delivered a lecture on ‘Itihas, Sahitya, Atit-Charcha: Rajnitik Upanyas Aur Adhunik Bharat Ka Aitihasik Yatharth’ on 17 June 2022 via Zoom. It was chaired by Prabhat Kumar. The political history of Indian independence movement

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Rama Shanker Singh delivered a lecture on ‘Shastra, Abhilekhagar Aur Manviya Anubhav: Nadi, Nishad Evam Samajiki’ on 13 June 2022 in CSDS Seminar Room and Zoom. It was chaired by Prabhat Kumar. The story of communities at the margins cannot be told in