Historychatter Podcast

🔎 Why 🧐 did #Nehru delay the liberation of #Goa from the Portuguese and make it a part of Bharat? A delay that was 15years after India got its independence from the #BritishRaj?? Was it on purpose? What was the real strategy? From the makers of chart-topping history series comes another gripping tale- 🥁🥁🥁 #KonkanUprising: Goa's Liberation Saga In the form of a 3-part series on HistoryChatter Podcast with Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay Streaming on Ep.Log Media from 20.12.23 You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coffee drinking on a large scale did not start in India before the early 20th century. Once it became popular as a leisure drink, many commentators responded to its novel appeal. Some believed it was making Indians more prone to diseases. Yet others believed coffee reduced breast milk supply in lactating mothers. This episode looks into such varied cultural responses to the introduction of coffee consumption in south India, drawing from the pioneering work of A R Venkatachalapathy. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The G20, also known as the Group of Twenty, includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in addition to the European Union. Presently, G20 nations collectively represent over 80% of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 75% of worldwide trade, and 60% of the Earth's population. This weekend 9th & 10th September 2023, as Bharat hosts the world leaders, we thought why not delve into its history, origins and what has happened in the previous editions! Tune in now You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sikkim followed a different trajectory from other former princely states. India virtually treated it as a foreign country, until early 1970s. The final episode of the series India United explores the twists and turns of internal and external politics around Sikkim between 1947 and 1975. Join us on #HistoryChatter 🎤 as we bring to you a 4-part #docuseries- India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic New Episodes Streaming from 06.08.2023 on @eplogmedia app or your preferred streaming platforms You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jawaharlal Nehru was firmly against hereditary monarchs. But he made an exception in the case of Sikkim. He let Sikkim’s King stay on, until after his death. His daughter Indira Gandhi believed it was an indirect concession to China. But there were movements within Sikkim for democracy and the end of landlordism. Political dynamics slowly began to change during the 1960s and Indira Gandhi finally decided to get R&AW officials to plot the ouster of the Simkimese king. I look at the history of India-Sikkim relations in this fourth episode of India United. Join us on #HistoryChatter 🎤 as we bring to you a 4-part #docuseries- India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic New Episodes Streaming from 06.08.2023 on @eplogmedia app or your preferred streaming platforms You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the third episode on the incorporation of princely states within independent India, I take up a detailed case study of Hyderabad. It was the largest princely state in British India, and the Nizam of Hyderabad aspired for an Azad Hyderabad or independent Hyderabad. It was not an unreasonable aspiration as such. If it were to be independent, Hyderabad would have been as wealthy as the top twenty members of the United Nations in 1947-48. He had the support of hardline Muslim fanatics and of course of Jinnah and the Muslim League. The situation became more complex with counter moliztion of Hindus and Sikhs and the rebellion in Telangana by oppressed peasants under the leadership of communists. The Nizam sent a delegation to the United Nations to make a case for Hyderabad's independence. It was a terrible prospect for India. The Hyderabad crisis festered even as Mountbatten left India in June 1948. India had to sign standstill agreements and appoint an Agent General. There were regular border problems with several parts of India throughout 1947 and 1948. We discuss these border skirmishes in detail. Finally, though, there was no option left but for direct military intervention. Join us on #HistoryChatter 🎤 as we bring to you a 4-part #docuseries- India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic New Episodes Streaming from 06.08.2023 on @eplogmedia app or your preferred streaming platforms You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Integration of various princely states to the newly independent state of India was carried out primarily by the States Department. It came into being in July,1947 and was headed by Sardar Patel. He was ably assisted by V P Menon, who held the highest position among Indian officials of the Raj, as constitutional advisor to the last three British Viceroys. He laid down the legal and constitutional protocols for the accession of princely states. He also carried out a number of meetings with Indian princes, persuading, cajoling and occasionally intimidating them, to strengthen India’s hands. Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, firmly stood behind Patel and Menon. This special Independence Day episode of HistoryChatter looks into these legal and constitutional issues, and the personal drama, associated with the work of the states department between July and August 1947. Join us on #HistoryChatter 🎤 as we bring to you a 4-part #docuseries- India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic New Episodes Streaming from 06.08.2023 on @eplogmedia app or your preferred streaming platforms You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Given a choice, many native princes did not want to become a part of the independent Indian republic in 1947. Quite a few of them had even hatched a conspiracy to create a confederacy of princely states. Some influential British officials still supported those ambitions, albeit with an imperialist motive. But Jawaharlal Nehru was implacably opposed to these fantasies. He had personally suffered at the hands of autocratic princes on several occasions. Journalist Sandeep Bamzai argues that a particular clause in the Indian Independence ACT was inserted solely to preserve these states and embarrass the fledgling Indian republic with multiple small independent states all around it. The first episode of a four part series on the integration of princely states with India lays bare these complex legal and political background of the 565 princely states in India on the eve of independence and partition. Join us on #HistoryChatter 🎤 as we bring to you a 4-part #docuseries- India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic New Episodes Streaming from 06.08.2023 on @eplogmedia app or your preferred streaming platforms You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

🗓️15th of August 1947 On one side we see it as the day of India's Independence, on the other, the day when the country got partitioned. But there's one more side that is not much talked about, Just as our freedom struggle ended, a new quest began- To unite the Indian States & its people‼️ What if India were 29 countries and not 29 states? What if Rajasthan would have become a part of Pakistan? But it is a story that has to be told, a story of how the princely states joined India Join us on #HistoryChatter 🎤 as we bring to you a 5-part #docuseries- India United: Princely States and the Indian Republic New Episodes Streaming from 06.08.2023 on @eplogmedia app or your preferred streaming platforms You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government of India began to encourage the manufacture of a small car only by the 1970s. Sanjay Gandhi, Prime Minister’s son and an automobile fanatic, carried out the audacious Maruti experiment during the 1970s. It was a giant dream, and ended up as a bigger failure. His mother Indira Gandhi finally revived the dream. For once, capable managers were hired, and the government or the bureaucracy did not interfere. This unusual arrangement was never repeated in any other Public Sector Unit (PSU) in India. The final episode of the great Indian car dream recalls the initial tragedy and then every stage of the final triumph of Maruti. Maruti would since change the history of the automobile sector in India forever. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The first thirty years after independence were a bumpy ride for the private car dream. Automobile was considered integral to India’s self sufficiency but the private car was not a part of that scheme. The government focused on setting up a manufacturing base for automobiles in India. But larger vehicles for defence and freight and mass transport sectors received greater priority. The articulate professional class too believed public transport had to be given greater priority. There was apprehension private cars would choke the roads and cause pollution. In fact, there were suggestions as early as fifty years ago that India should consider electric vehicles. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A small car is not an unattainable aspiration for a middle-class family in India today. Forty years ago though, it was. Cars were considered an unaffordable luxury until the mid-eighties when Maruti 800 finally came along. However, attempts had begun as early as the 1930s to set up an automobile manufacturing industry in India. I take up this journey in a three-part series. The first episode profiles the early pioneers and their audacious but finally aborted attempts during the 1930s and 1940s. The second episode tracks the painfully slow and sputtering growth of the industry between the 1950s to 1970s. The final episode charts the rise and shine of the automobile industry in India since the 1980s. It offers a ringside view of the Maruti growth story as a case study. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A small car is not an unattainable aspiration for a middle-class family in India today. Forty years ago though, it was! Cars were considered an unaffordable luxury until the mid-eighties when Maruti 800 finally came along. However, attempts had begun as early as the 1930s to set up an automobile manufacturing industry in India. From the makers of HistoryChatter Podcast, we bring to you this exciting 3-part series on how this dream was made a reality amidst the Chaos, Controversy, Failures and Revolt. Episodes Streaming Every Sunday from 16th July 2023 You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: Listener Discretion Advised. The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. Ep.Log Media does not take any liability for the accuracy or completeness of the information presented in the podcast. Listener discretion is advised. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HistoryChatter enters into contemporary history in this special episode. Anirban speaks to political scientists Prof. Sudha Pai and Dr. Sajjan Kumar on the recent past and prospects of Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh. Pai and Kumar have recently published the much-acclaimed book 'Maya, Modi and Azad: Dalit Politics in the Time of Hindutva'. They argue that the Bahujan Samaj Party is probably in a terminal decline and Dalits in Uttar Pradesh now display a unique paradox of political preference for the BJP in elections and political protest against perceived atrocities under the leadership of a new generation of leaders such as Chandrasekhar Azad Ravan. They spoke in detail about how this unique transformation gradually took place since the 1990s. Finally, they argue that the multiple faces of Dalit politics are not an exception, but possibly the norm. Extension of larger political and economic processes such as globalization is one of the factors behind what they see as a fragmentation of the Dalit self which they portray as a sign of deepening democracy. Pai and Kumar make these and many more points in the course of an engaging conversation with Anirban against the background of their new book. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: Listener Discretion Advised. The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. Ep.Log Media does not take any liability for the accuracy or completeness of the information presented in the podcast. Listener discretion is advised. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Once the British conquered India, they invested in learning Indian languages. Initially, they searched for one common language for the whole subcontinent. The search for a common vernacular in India made an adventurer called John Gilchrist virtually invent a new language called Hindustani. The language was common enough in north India but its rise to the status of a pan-Indian lingua franca was a British colonial project. Yet, by the late nineteenth century, Hindustani was virtually divided down the middle into Hindi and Urdu. By the 1940s, the language, like the subcontinent, was literally partitioned and made to disappear. No one admits to speaking Hindustani in India today even when they use it in practice. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. Ep.Log Media does not take any liability for the accuracy or completeness of the information presented in the podcast. Listener discretion is advised. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was some controversy about whether it was right or fair to clothe the nude bronze figurine from Mohenjo Daro when it was recently adopted as the mascot of an International Museum Expo, 2023 being held in New Delhi. Dr. Ashish Kumar, an expert in ancient Indian history who teaches at the Punjab University, Chandigarh in a freewheeling conversation with the host Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay discusses the caterer of this most interesting archaeological discovery. It turns out that the figure was inaccurately characterized as a dancing girl from an Adivasi background. Dr. Kumar also offers an account of how the turns of contemporary histories, such as the partition, often determine the career and public images of historical artifacts in strangely unanticipated ways. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. Ep.Log Media does not take any liability for the accuracy or completeness of the information presented in the podcast. Listener discretion is advised. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cricket commentary has just turned hundred years old. It has undergone great transformation as it grew from modest beginnings in Australia and England in the 1920s. This episode looks into the debut and early history of cricket commentary in Australia, England, India and Pakistan. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

India came close to testing an atomic bomb several times between 1974 and 1998. One of those times was in 1983 when Indira Gandhi withdrew authorization at the last moment. Narasimha Rao was about to test a nuclear weapon in 1995. This special episode examines why and how the test was considered necessary and why it could not be carried out. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What happened to the Indian nuclear programme after the explosion? Did it settle into a regular rhythm of making bombs? Did it focus on producing electricity? Or did it lapse into factional fights and remain beholden to the personal interest of the Prime Minister? This final episode takes up these questions while examining the history of the prospects and performance of atomic energy research in India since the first explosion in 1974. Hard-hitting, unsparing, and based on credible academic research, the episode is likely to demolish several romantic myths about India’s atomic research accomplishments. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

India’s atomic energy research took a new turn by the 1960s. On the one hand, the atomic scientists had to seek out a new challenge as the objective of nuclear power production was within reach. They had to do something dramatic to maintain the top-secret status of their enterprise. The bomb was the obvious answer. On the other hand, Americans were now ready to do business with India, since India would have gone ahead to manufacture nuclear power anyway. Death of quite a few leading figures nonetheless slowed down the progress towards the bomb. The Chinese testing their bomb by 1964 had already turned popular opinion in favour of an Indian bomb. In retrospect, it would seem as though the rush through the passage of the Nuclear Bill of 1962 in the parliament was a preparation for the bomb. The explosion did finally take place in May 1974, but not before the country went through a series of temporary reverses and recoveries. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atomic energy research in India made only modest progress in the early years. The cult of secrecy around it often provoked criticism. Indian atomic scientists were still years away from building a nuclear reactor. Finally, they were forced to approach various developed countries for cooperation. When the first nuclear reactors were built in India, it was only through major international collaborations with countries such as Britain and Canada. The third episode of the series #AtomicIndia on #HistoryChatter explores this tentative early phase in the history of atomic energy research in India. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Indian scientists and politicians carried out vigorous discussions on how to organize advanced scientific research on an industrial scale in India as a means of development between 1938 and 1948. This episode revisits some of those conversations about the management of scientific research. At the same time, it looks into the politically charged process of the integration of princely states into the Indian union with particular reference to Travancore. Travancore had been planning to build an independent economy on the strength of its reserves of radioactive Thorium. Since 1945, when its utility as an atomic fuel was revealed, the value of Thorium shot up in the international market. However, Nehru and the nationalist Indian scientists virtually forced Travancore to surrender its entire reserve to India’s absolute control. Control over all material related to nuclear research thus emerged as a necessary attribute of the sovereignty of the new Indian state. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Science and technology were considered as the face of modernity in independent India. A mastery and application of technology on an industrial scale was perceived as the only means of delivering development and democracy rapidly and extensively. Atomic energy or nuclear technology was perceived as a necessary attribute of sovereignty and honour among the international community. This episode explores the history of how technology and atomic energy research in particular rose to such unassailable heights in independent India. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. Listener discretion is advised. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Atomic energy research in India started well before independence, but since independence, it has assumed an uncontested priority above all other branches of science and technology. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, believed that countries that possessed nuclear energy alone would have the capacity to rule the future. He was convinced that the resources required for atomic energy research could not be mobilized by individuals or universities, and the state must play a leading role. The subsequent premiers have broadly conformed to this policy. India's nuclear energy research has always been shrouded under secrecy as much as it has received unquestioned priority from the political establishment. We at HistoryChatter are excited to introduce Atomic India, a 5-part series that takes up the history of atomic energy research in India, down to the nuclear explosions and their ramifications in national and international diplomacy, with all its dramas, intrigues and anxieties, narrated by Dr. Anirban Bandyopadhyay. New Episodes Releasing Every Sunday from 5th March 2023 Intro Clip Courtesy: Films Division You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the tenth and final episode of the series Bombay Born, I talk to Amrit Gangar, who has researching and writing on films and Bombay for over forty years now. A scholar, curator, archivist and the quintessential Bombayite, Mr. Gangar spoke to me about the unique qualities of Bombay or Mumbai as a city, how Bombay emerged as the capital of movie making in India, and some landmark films on Mumbai as a city. Finally, we agree that films have performed as an archive of the city over the last hundred years, yet there is a crying need to systematically preserve older films, most of which have already perished. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bombay Chronicle emerged as the voice of Bombay by the early twentieth century. Between the 1910s and 1950s, but especially since the 1920s, it reflected the diverse interests of Bombay and yet always managed to remain loyal to the mainstream of Indian nationalism. This episode of HistoryChatter, of episode 9 of the series Bombay Born, recalls the career of this unique publication, through the career of two of its most distinguished editors. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bombay was transformed from a prosperous port city to a major industrial metropolis largely through the expansion of the cotton textile industry. The growing mill industry called for labor. The influx also brought forth fresh challenges. Housing and sanitation for the vast incoming population, schools for their children, and medical aid called for urgent solutions. The Bombay City Improvement Trust was set up and along came the chawl, one of the most distinctive institutions of Bambay turned Mumbai, which has since defined the energies of the city in the political, economic, social and cultural domains in multiple ways. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bombay did not have respectable hotels even during the 1850s. There were some taverns but they did not attract the respectable folks, who usually found accommodation with friends or family. An enterprising Parsi set up the earliest modern hotel in Bombay with an in-house restaurant. I take up the early History of Hotels in Bombay in episode 7 of the series Bombay born. The episode focuses closely on the Watson’s Hotel, the first five-star hotel, as it were, in India, which is also where cinema, or moving images, was screened for the first time in India in July 1896. In fact, I begin with the advertisement about that very event. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the factors which gradually rescued Mumbai or Bombay from the effects of the crash of 1865 was the development of an improved communication system. Episode 6 of Bombay Bombay born recalls the dramatic history of the postal services in Bombay, through the eyes of the businessmen of the times. The episode maps the communication revolution in nineteenth and early twentieth century Bombay, beginning with a colourful description of the private agencies which carried or delivered posts when postage stamps or postcards had not been in circulation. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865. The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortunes in the hands of speculators. From merchant princes to lowly menials, everyone in Bombay jumped right into the speculation mania. In the second part of understanding the effects of the cotton bubble burst, we look into the details to learn the reasons behind the burst and how a few leading brains had more or less consciously manufactured the crisis. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mumbai or Bombay was struck by the first major share market scandal in India in 1865. The American Civil War and the sudden cotton export boom it had caused suddenly brought massive fortunes in the hands of speculators. From merchant princes to lowly menials, everyone in Bombay jumped right into the speculation mania. I look into the details of this episode in this and the next episode. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay In the third episode of Bombay Born, I revisit 1857 in Mumabai. Bombay largely remained quiet, but there were a few cases of conspiracy in the army. I revisit that case in some detail, with details of how it was dealt with by the Governor and the Chief of Police at the time. I also look at the life in the Maidan, where the Parsees would often gather for leisure and participate in a number of amusing entertainments. Along the way, I recall the rise of the early Indian leaders of the Bombay society, most of whom were financiers and bankers and made a name following their collaboration with various European trading firms. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The second episode of Bombay Born begins with the coming of the Railways and the demolition of the Ramparts. These two developments in the 1850s and 1860s virtually ushered in the modern city of Bombay. Then we briefly recall how the Fort came about hundred years ago and how it had outlived its utility by the 1860s. Finally, the story concludes with the sights and sounds of the Maidan during the 1850s and the 1860s. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The history of Mumbai or Bombay took a major new turn once the British took over in the late seventeenth century. They not only envisaged a great future for the harbour but also made arrangements to make it secure. The first episode of the series Bombay Born focuses on life around the harbor in the mid-nineteenth century. The future metropolis was still a town around the Fort and the harbor. Potential ruin was never too far away. The cyclone of 1854 was one such milestone. The episode concludes with a detailed account of the havoc it wrecked. Now that climate change specialists have warned that Mumbai might well go under the sea by another fifty or so years, it makes sense, to begin with, similar eventualities in the past. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mumbai or Bombay has long been a city of dreams, aspirations and untold wealth. Yet, even in 1850s, it was a narrow walled town. Bombay Born recalls the birth of this megapolis since then. It explores the people and the events since then that magically transformed the city into the commercial heaven it has since become. Join us on this 10-part journey as we decode, the rise of Bombay You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

HistoryChatter in this episode looks into the early career of Shell Shock as a disorder. It was first discovered among British soldiers in France during the First World War. I look at the early medical and military response to the problem and a detailed case study, concluding with a brief account of how the condition has since evolved. It is now called PTSD. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boarding Schools in various hill stations in India had been around since the mid-nineteenth century. This episode of HistoryChatter looks into what role they play in society, then and now, in terms of the students they produce and the values that they instill among these students. It looks also into the early history of the Lawrence School at Sanawar, through the personal correspondence of its founder. Finally, it concludes with a consideration of the changes in the essential character of these schools over time. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Public schools, which are in reality private boarding schools for the upper-class children, took off in the UK in the nineteenth century. One of their contributions was that they produced scores of politicians and administrators who later ran the country and held it together with the British empire. HistoryChatter in this episode examines how the students of major public schools in England were systematically groomed into particular ideologies by their charismatic headmasters. It looks also into how later the particular ideals of ‘leadership’ taught in these schools came to be cherished in the colonies. Such boarding schools Have long been considered the best place to train the art of effective leadership the children from wealthy families. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The princely states in India ceased to matter after India became independent in 1947. How did the princes cope with the sudden disappearance of their authority? One of the immediate crises was financial. Many princes had to sell off their assets. These were put up for regular auctions. This episode of HistoryChatter recalls one of these auctions of the household assets of the former Maharaja of Kashmir in 1958. It offers a peek at the untold wealth of these potentates, and why these auctions did not evoke any sympathy for the former rulers of the princely states. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On International Museum Day, #HistoryChatter recalls the history of the movement. Even though the date was fixed by ICOM, and preservation of heritage has been promoted aggressively by UNESCO since the Second World War, its history goes back to the 1920s. Nicholas Roerich, a Russian but a global citizen encouraged American Vice President Henry Wallace to make the first major move in this direction in 1935. This episode recalls the details of that history. At the same time, it also asks whether it is at all possible to resolve the basic contradiction between the idea of a museum as a custodian of a nation’s heritage and the idea of museums as repositories of a common global heritage. HistoryChatter believes this conflict throws up some promising prospects. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Foreign observers noticed some unique features of Indian English during the 1950s. India had recently become independent. There was a great deal of resistance to the persistence of English. At the same time, the national language debate had been raging furiously. Foreign observers made some insightful remarks about the prospects of English and regional languages in India at the time. In view of the current controversy about the national language question, the latest episode of HistoryChatter recalls some of those prescient observations. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LIC is now entering the share market. Experts predict that the development has the potential to significantly rewrite the history of infrastructure and business financing in India. The latest episode of HistoryChatter recalls the history of the insurance business, particularly in terms of the early organization and legal regulations, from the nineteenth century, in England and in India, until the present. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In April 1952, exactly seventy years ago from now, the foundation stone of All India Medical Institute was laid. It was to be the nucleus of advanced medical research and teaching in India. This episode of HistoryChatter recalls the vision and objectives of AIIMS in detail. At the same time, it explores in detail an early controversy about a particular provision of the AIIMS act. This provision, which broadly dealt with its institutional autonomy, also had a flip side. I conclude with the ways in which the purported autonomy of the institution would often be violated in practice through excessive state control, a problem that persists even today. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today is World Heritage Day! HistoryChatter in this episode revisits the relation between history and heritage. Following the work of David Lowenthal, who may well be called the pioneer of critical heritage studies, we ask what the massive rise in popular interest in heritage in contemporary times really means. We look at the reasons behind this explosion of interest in heritage and the profile of various stakeholders in the process. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What kind of questions do you believe would be asked to an agony aunt in the 16th century? What were the major concerns of the people who wanted to look good or appear well-mannered in those days? Historian Elizabeth Archibald of the University of Pittsburgh has put together a list of useful advice from various pamphlets in 16th century Europe. Some of them appear absurd today, and others curious and amusing. All of them, however, is unfailingly interesting, to the extent they throw light on contemporary realities and perceptions. This episode of HistoryChatter recalls some of those ‘useful’ advices from the 16th century. Here’s your chance, then, to consult an agony aunt from centuries ago. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization. The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.