India's Composite Culture - Evolution and Future
Channel: Anekdhara
Date: 2022-05-29

The webinar discussed on the "India's Composite Culture - Evolution and Future".  Prof. Kumkum Roy, Former professor of Centre for Historical Studies, JNU, delivered her talk on "The Complexities of a Composite Culture: Insights from an old story". In the talk she explained the complexities of composite culture using a story as the reference. Prof Vinay Lal, Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) spoke on "Composite Culture of India in Modern Times and the Perils of Homogenisation" using wide range of examples to understand nuances of composite culture. He also spoke on the disturbing aspects of recent trends in India.

This was followed by a question and answer session. 

Timeline for the webinar

0:00-3:30 Introduction of Anekdhara, webinar topic, and the speakers 
3:30- Introduction of Prof Kumkum Roy 
4:44 Talk by Prof. Roy  
27:58 Introduction of Prof Vinay Lal
30:43 Talk by Prof Lal  
1:07:20 Question and Answer session 
1:59:59 Vote of thanks and announcement of next webinar topic and time - "Sardar Patel: How well do we Know him" on June 26th