Prof. Romila Thapar speaks during Second Sitaram Yechury Memorial Lecture in New Delhi on October 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Edited excerpts from a speech delivered by Professor Romila Thapar on ‘Historiography and Early Indian History’, during the second Sitaram Yechury Memorial LectureI would like to thank the Sitaram Yechury Foundation for the invitation to deliver a memorial lecture. The subject I have chosen to speak on is one on which I had a small conversation with Sitaram some time back, but we did not have the opportunity to discuss it at length. I am now speaking on it in remembrance. Published - November 05, 2026 08:30 am IST
The purpose of history is not to construct statements for contemporary political use: Prof. Romila Thapar
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