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When the Deccan Ruled India
The Forgotten World
Speakers
The history of the vast Indian subcontinent is usually told as a series of ephemeral moments when a large part of modern-day India was ruled by a single sovereign. There is an obsession with foreign invasions and the polities of the Gangetic plains, while the histories of the rest of the subcontinent have been reduced to little more than dry footnotes. Author, Anirudh Kanisetti in conversation with Aditya Ramanathan shines a light into the darkness, bringing alive for the lay-reader the early medieval Deccan, from the sixth century CE to the twelfth century CE, in all its splendour and riotous glory.
There will be a dramatised reading of excerpts from the book by actors Anil Abraham and Dayasindhu Sakrepatna.
In collaboration with The Takshashila Institution
Speakers
Anirudh Kanisetti
Anirudh Kanisetti is a history researcher and writer based out of Bengaluru and Hyderabad. He currently works at the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP). He has received grants from the Princeton Center for Digital Humanities and the India Foundation for the Arts, and his writings and work have been featured in The Hindu, The New Indian Express, LiveMint and The Print, among others. He hosts two critically acclaimed podcasts – Echoes of India and Yuddha.
Aditya Ramanathan
Aditya Ramanathan is a Research Analyst with the Takshashila Institution. A journalist by training, he has previously worked at Mint and as a freelancer. He has also researched and written on colonial-era Indian military history.
Aditya has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.
At Takhsashila, he works on issues relating strategic affairs and foreign policy. His current areas of focus include nuclear weapons policy and India’s evolving posture towards to the Arctic region.
