In Focus-weekend | In Conversation with Romila Thapar: Is Hindutva compatible with democracy?

Romila Thapar, an extraordinary scholar known for shaping our understanding of ancient Indian history, and for instituting critical inquiry at the heart of Indian historiography, has come out with an expansive memoir, titled ‘Just Being’. In this special edition of InFocus-Weekend, she speaks about her new book, the past, the present, and traces the role and impact of Hindutva in India’s present back to its roots in discredited colonial theories. Host: G Sampath, Social Affairs Editor, The Hindu Producers: Shiksha Jural and Jude Weston