New episode of ON South Asia: Literature, Gandhi, and Feminist Defiance: In conversation with Dr. Sudhir Chandra

In this episode, Judhajit Sarkar (Heidelberg) speaks to Dr. Sudhir Chandra, a well-known Indian historian, thinker, and public intellectual. He has written extensively on nineteenth and twentieth-century Indian intellectual and social history. In this conversation, Chandra talks about his celebrated book The Oppressive Present; how he came to regard literature as an indispensable source of historical understanding; on Gandhi's relevance for the contemporary world; and last but not least, on the fascinating life of Rukhmabai, the first female medical practitioner of India