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First History Lessons: The People of Our Country
The third book of the series talks about the linguistic diversity of the Indian subcontinent and how it has shaped India's international and regional borders since the colonial period. The book also explores the violence of determining 'insider' and 'outsider' based on linguistic identity, which India has frequently witnessed.
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India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The Languages of Our Country
The second book of the series talks about the complex history of citizenship in post-colonial India, how the Partition shapes the citizenship question, the citizenship act amendments, the reason and consequences of NRC in Assam, and the CAA movement across the country
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India, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, Social Justice |
First History Lessons: The Partition
The first book of the series talks about the Partition of India and how its impact was different along the lines of region, caste and gender. The book also argues that there is no one-line answer to why the Partition happened.