TY  - GEN
AU  - Thapar, Romila
TI  - The future in the past: Essays and reflections
SN  - 978-9395853149
U1  - 294.56 
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Aleph Books
KW  - religious education
KW  - culture
KW  - epics
KW  - renunciation
KW  - ancient Indian history
KW  - dissent
N1  - Recommended by: Rasananda Panda; Content:

I: HISTORY

1. In Defence of History
2. The Perennial Aryans
3. Which of Us Are Aryans?
4. Why Did Ancient India's Matriarchy Disappear?
5. In History: Sati

II: CONTEMPORARY TIMES

6. Religion, Culture, and Nation
7. Continuous Beginnings
8. Historical Realities
9. The Politics of Religious Communities

III: EPICS

10. The Ramayana Syndrome
11. The Epic of the Bharatas
12. Back in Time

IV: RENUNCIATION AND DISSENT

13. Renunciation, Dissent, and Satyagraha
14. Syndicated Moksha?

V: MUSEUMS

15. Museums in India: Past and Future
16. Early Forms of Patronage

VI: EDUCATION

17. The Academic Professional
18. Searching for the Public Intellectual
19. The Past of Language
20. The Search for a Social Ethic

ER  -