Themes explored include:

• The interactions and tensions between cultures and politics, communities and states, and the region and the outside world


• Findings of recent research on the range of Indian history and pre-history


• The nature of pre-modern as well as contemporary politics


• Origins and consequences of the Mughal and British conquests


• The link between contemporary problems - such as the role of women, poverty and religions nationalism - and India's rich and varied history.