November 25, 2017 20:44 IST
Although one cannot but agree with Pratap Bhanu Mehta, as a ‘secular’ historian who asserts that Padmavati existed only in legend, let me say that more than being a trap, pitting history against cultural memory will go against the established and respected practices of modern historians’ craft. In fact, cultural memory too has a history.
Sun, Nov 26, 2017