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01927nam a22002657a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20251129155159.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780143476931 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
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| Terms of availability |
Purchased |
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Prism Books, Kadavanthra |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
English |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
954 |
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ROM/SP |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Romila Thapar |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
SPEAKING OF HISTORY |
| Remainder of title |
: Conversations About India's Past and Present |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Haryana |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Allen Lane - Penguin Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Size of unit |
285 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Insights on Indian History, Caste, Gender, Religion, Myth & Nationalism<br/><br/>Speaking of History brings India’s past into sharp, urgent focus. In these wide-ranging conversations, Romila Thapar, the distinguished historian, joins Namit Arora, incisive writer and social critic, to explore how history is written, remembered and fought over.<br/><br/>Together, they pull back the curtain on the historian’s craft: how evidence is weighed, how interpretations are made, and why the past has become a battleground of politics and identity. From caste and gender to religion, mythology and nationalism, they revisit much contested terrain and ask the vital questions—what can we really know about our past, and why does it matter so much today?<br/><br/>The result is both erudite and refreshingly accessible: a book that challenges distortion and mythmaking, while celebrating history as an act of curiosity, argument and critical inquiry. At a time when the discipline is under siege, Speaking of History is both a defence of rigorous scholarship and a lively reminder that to engage with history in all its complexity is to undertake a profound journey—an inquiry not just into the past, but into ourselves. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History & geography |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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History of Asia |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
India and neighboring south Asian countries |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Namit Arora |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Lending |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |