Audrey Truschke: "Aurangzeb is most in need of scholarly attention."
Channel: Indian Cultural Forum
Date: 14/08/2018

In the latest edition of #WritersTalkPolitics, historian Audrey Truschke speaks to Souradeep Roy and Ishita Mehta, members of the Indian Writers' Forum. ICF had  published an interview with Truschke earlier in which she gives her version of the events in Hyderabad, where her talk was cancelled. In this interview, she talks about her work on Aurangzeb, her visits to India, her approach to history writing, and more.  To also  read extract from the chapter "Overseer of Hindu Religious Communities" from her book 'Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth', click on this link: http://indianculturalforum.in/2018/08/14/audrey-truschke-aurangzeb-indian-history/. 

To listen to her version of the events in Hyderabad, where her lecture was cancelled, see here: http://indianculturalforum.in/2018/08/11/audrey-truschke-aurangzeb/