Historychatter Podcast

This episode of HistoryChatter features an interview with Dr. Shilpi Rajpal of Copenhagen University. Rajpal published a pioneering social history of insanity and madness in nineteen and twentieth-century India; ‘Curing Madness: A Social and Cultural History of Insanity in Colonial North India 1800-1950s’. In this conversation, Rajpal spoke about the changing ideas and meanings of insanity and madness, the colonial state’s laws towards controlling and managing it and the response of the nationalist literature towards these ideas. She spoke also about the gendered character of such histories. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Raja Rammohan Ray, who is often called the first modern Indian, wrote a letter in 1823 to Governor-General Lord Amherst. In the letter, he protested against the government's decision to assign special funds to promote Sanskrit learning. In this episode of HistoryChatter, we revisit that special document and recall the reasons Rammohan Ray had cited against the promotion of classical language education in India. Looking back, it marked a highly significant moment in the history of education in India.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S N Banerjea, a founder member of the Indian National Congress, had a distinguished career in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century as a teacher and a politician. However, he was also one of the first Indians to pass the ICS Examination in 1871. This episode of HistoryChatter revisits his early life as a bright student who went to England and passed the ICS Examination amid great difficulties, only to be unfairly dismissed soon after joining service. It explores the various challenges he had to face during preparation for the examination and later as a junior officer during his brief tenure. Recalling his early life and career many years later as an elder statesman, Banerjea offers a compelling account of the challenges and struggles for the educated middle-class Indians aspiring for high positions in the service of the colonial state in India during the late nineteenth century. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode of HistoryChatter is a conversation with Chicago Historian Rochona Majumdar about her new book on Indian art cinema. Majumdar speaks about how the promoters of art cinema participated in fresh imaginations about the future of democracy and development in India. She claims art cinema was also a way of doing history to the extent that it played around with the concept of time in special ways. She speaks at length about her reading of the works of Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cigarette smoking is injurious to health. But it was once promoted as a stress reliever. During the First World War in particular, cigarette smoking was in fact encouraged as a morale booster. Cigarette companies published patriotic advertisements, women were exhorted to gift cigarettes to their men in the trenches and war time import restrictions were lifted selectively for tobacco leaves. First World War may be one of the reasons smoking became wildly popular during the first half of the twentieth century. HistoryChatter examines some of the ways in which First World War promoted smoking as patriotism in practice.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Coffee houses arrived in England in the seventeenth century, probably from Turkey. By the eighteenth century, they evolved into an animated public square. Men visiting coffee houses gradually took to discussing politics, commerce and diplomacy, and media and advertising too moved in soon enough. Yet, the rise of the coffee house as a public place did not immediately lead to a corresponding rise in the popularity of coffee as a leisure drink. HistoryChatter in this episode looks into these two distinct histories. How did the coffee house emerge in England as a major site for free and wide-ranging discussions over matters of public interest? How did the British take to drinking coffee?   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The UN has decided to celebrate February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls In Science. In that context, this episode of history chatter recalls the pioneering role some women doctors had played in setting up and running all women’s hospitals in Europe during the First World War. Offering an outline of the life and careers of these pioneers, including some details about the recruitment of the staff and the regular of these hospitals, HistoryChatter argues that women are potentially as capable as men in science and technology research. If only they were to receive equal opportunities and rewards, they would often enough outperform men.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fish and chips would be usually described as the staple food of the labouring poor in the nineteenth century. Writers such as Dickens and contemporary newspapers and commentators connected it with poverty, lack of hygiene and a strong odour. In short, the middle classes in England pretty much disapproved of it until the early twentieth century. Since the 1950s, however, Fish and Chips underwent an image makeover in popular perception and gained a great deal of respect. It was now repackaged as the national dish of Great Britain. Interestingly, foreigners such as Americans, Italians, Chinese and Indians had a major role to play in this transformation. This episode of HistoryChatter tracks this shift in the fortunes of the humble Fish and Chips.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The government of India has resolved to erect a statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose near the India Gate on 23 January this year. This is the 125th birth anniversary year of Netaji Bose. On this occasion, HistoryChatter recalls the political legacy of Netaji Bose and the legends surrounding his death and reappearance. How do we propose to remember one of the tallest leaders of modern India? Is it an attempt to hijack his legacy? Or is it an attempt to finally restore him to his due place in India’s history and politics? This episode of HistoryChatter addresses these questions around the legacy and legends of Netaji Bose.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How food travels across time and place is a reflection of the relation of peoples and cultures over time. Khichdi had long been around in the subcontinent. But the attitude of foreigners to it kept changing across time. Some, such as Ibn Batuta, mentioned it in passing, without any special affinity. Yet others, such as Nikitin, dismissed it with contempt. The early Englishmen, however, adapted it to their palette, though their insistence on marking out a distinction from the native made them transform the dish to some extent. In this changed version, Khichdi went west and before long emerged as a culinary delicacy. This episode of HistoryChatter recalls this long journey of the humble dal chawal in its various avatars.   You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, For advertising/partnerships send you can send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media   DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on all the shows produced and distributed by Ep.Log Media are personal to the host and the guest of the shows respectively and with no intention to harm the sentiments of any individual/organization.The said content is not obscene or blasphemous or defamatory of any event and/or person deceased or alive or in contempt of court or breach of contract or breach of privilege, or in violation of any provisions of the statute, nor hurt the sentiments of any religious groups/ person/government/non-government authorities and/or breach or be against any declared public policy of any nation or state.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.