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SUMMARY:Lecture Series on the Works of Dharampal by Dr J K Bajaj
 [In-person]
DESCRIPTION:A five-day immersion into Dharampal’s work\, delivered
 through the J. K. Bajaj lecture series and hosted by the Centre for the
 Study of Indian Languages\, offered a rigorous model of decolonial
 inquiry.\n\nDay 1 opened with a sharp discussion on how
 “decolonisation” appears only rarely in Dharampal’s idiom—because
 the archival record\, patiently assembled\, can make the argument by
 itself. The sessions began with panchayats\, drawing on British archival
 materials that Dharampal used to show how dominant narratives of India
 diverge from what colonial officials themselves recorded.\n\nDay 2 turned
 to civil disobedience\, moving beyond textual definitions to demonstrate
 British administrators’ perplexity at Indian protest—especially around
 house tax—marked by resilience\, moral reasoning\, and collective
 discipline.\n\nDay 3\, widely resonant\, engaged The Beautiful Tree\,
 revisiting indigenous modes of learning and transmission\, and
 foregrounding the striking fact that British sources acknowledged
 widespread foundational literacy even while later policies undermined these
 systems.\n\nDay 4 focused on science and technology\, with Bajaj outlining
 unique technological traditions that demand further research.\n\nDay 5
 concluded with documentation work by Bajaj and colleagues on Ullavur and
 Kundrathur near Chennai\, culminating in a call for sustained scholarly
 engagement and Centre for the Study of Indian Languages’s commitment to
 deeper collaboration.
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CATEGORIES:Centre for the Study of Indian Languages
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