Vol. 1 No. 2, December (2025): Winter Issue

PREFACE

Sustaining an Open-Access Journal Lessons for the Future

Yogesh Snehi, Shailaja Menon

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INTRODUCTION

From Transfer of Power to Towards Freedom Envisioning and Documenting the Indian Independence

Salil Misra

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COVER DESIGN

Beyond Numbers Children, Agency, and Archival Absence

Shlok Trivedi

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RESEARCH ARTICLES

Archiving Gallantry and Curating Memory The Gallantry Awards Portal as a State-led Digital Archive

Saransh Srivastav

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The British “Brother” and the Travancore Sister Reading Colonial Diplomacy in Archived Letters

Gayathri S.

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Opium Trade and Smuggling in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century Nepal

Vikas Singh

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‘Aryan’ Rama and ‘Dravidian’ Ravana Emergence of the Ramayana Criticism in the Self-Respect Movement

Arun Prakash Raj N.

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Repositories of Performing Bodies and the Performance Archive Devadasis in Tamil Nadu

Vishal Prabhakar

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Archival Practice in India through the Lens of Contemporary History Writing

Rajesh Kumar Gupta

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Voices of Resistance Peacebuilding Efforts by the Women in the Left Movement during Militancy in Punjab

Aastha Dang

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Negotiating Empire The Colonial Post Office and Indian Society

Satyarth

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TRANSLATIONS

कौन अमूर्त विचार करता है? जार्ज विलहेम फ्रेड्रिक हेगेल, 1808

सुरेश चौहान

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COMMENTARIES

Leaves of Empire Colonial Legacies and the Making of Assam Tea

Asmita Kakati

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BOOK REVIEWS

Maura Finkelstein, The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai Durham: Duke University Press, 2019, pp 264.

Sant Ram Antil

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Kanika Singh, The Story of a Sikh Museum: Heritage, Politics and Popular Culture New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. 226.

Anusree Dey, Keerthana Girish

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Audrey Truschke, The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Muslim Pasts New Delhi: Penguin Random House India, 2021, pp 412.

Anusmita Bhattacharjee

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Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns New Delhi: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007, pp 432.

Sanandita Chakraborty

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Salil Misra, Slices of India History: The Story of India's Transformation Delhi: Primus Books, 2025, pp 328.

Samiksha Kumari

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Chitralekha Zutshi, Kashmir's Contested Pasts: Narratives, Geographies and the Historical Imagination New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp 378.

Anamika

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John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001, pp 555.

Vaishnavi Singh

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FILM REVIEWS

Yata Satyanarayana, dir. Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad Hyderabad: Samarveer Creations LLP, 2024, 166 min.

Stuti Suhani

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Vol. 1 No. 2, December (2025): Winter Issue

Full Issue

PREFACE

Sustaining an Open-Access Journal Lessons for the Future

INTRODUCTION

From Transfer of Power to Towards Freedom Envisioning and Documenting the Indian Independence

COVER DESIGN

Beyond Numbers Children, Agency, and Archival Absence

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Archiving Gallantry and Curating Memory The Gallantry Awards Portal as a State-led Digital Archive

The British “Brother” and the Travancore Sister Reading Colonial Diplomacy in Archived Letters

Opium Trade and Smuggling in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century Nepal

‘Aryan’ Rama and ‘Dravidian’ Ravana Emergence of the Ramayana Criticism in the Self-Respect Movement

Repositories of Performing Bodies and the Performance Archive Devadasis in Tamil Nadu

Archival Practice in India through the Lens of Contemporary History Writing

Voices of Resistance Peacebuilding Efforts by the Women in the Left Movement during Militancy in Punjab

Negotiating Empire The Colonial Post Office and Indian Society

TRANSLATIONS

कौन अमूर्त विचार करता है? जार्ज विलहेम फ्रेड्रिक हेगेल, 1808

COMMENTARIES

Leaves of Empire Colonial Legacies and the Making of Assam Tea

BOOK REVIEWS

Maura Finkelstein, The Archive of Loss: Lively Ruination in Mill Land Mumbai Durham: Duke University Press, 2019, pp 264.

Kanika Singh, The Story of a Sikh Museum: Heritage, Politics and Popular Culture New Delhi: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. 226.

Audrey Truschke, The Language of History: Sanskrit Narratives of Muslim Pasts New Delhi: Penguin Random House India, 2021, pp 412.

Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns New Delhi: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007, pp 432.

Salil Misra, Slices of India History: The Story of India's Transformation Delhi: Primus Books, 2025, pp 328.

Chitralekha Zutshi, Kashmir's Contested Pasts: Narratives, Geographies and the Historical Imagination New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp 378.

John J. Mearsheimer, The Tragedy of Great Power Politics New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001, pp 555.

FILM REVIEWS

Yata Satyanarayana, dir. Razakar: The Silent Genocide of Hyderabad Hyderabad: Samarveer Creations LLP, 2024, 166 min.

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