Camaraderie, quips and serious discussion on the perception and preservation of history marked the final session of The Hindu Lit For Life 2018, at Sir Mutha Rao Concert Hall. Titled ‘Whose History Is It Anyway?’ the session had historian V. Sriram, historian and author Chithra Madhavan and documentary filmmaker Kombai S. Anwar thrashing out a range of concerns. The trio then delved into the re-writing of history, and changes in the perception of historical figures. Anwar spoke of the temple tanks of Tamil Nadu, and the fakir and Jain communities that had settled around them once. “How did Buddhism and Jainism leave Tamil Nadu?

Source: The Hindu January 20, 2018 11:32 UTC