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Mahesh Rangarajan teaches History and Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
He was educated in the universities of Delhi and Oxford and was a Rhodes Scholar. The demise of Prof Richard Grove in June 2020 brought to an untimely end a remarkable life. Even before the publication of his magnum opus, Green Imperialism a quarter Century ago, he had made a mark as a scholar with rare ability to synthesize across time periods, continents, and disciplines. If the challenge of history writing is in linking the past and present with eye to the future, he was clearly a scholar that stood out.
The conversation was facilitated by Australia India Institute's Senior Research Adviser, Dr Dolly Kikon.
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Mahesh Rangarajan teaches History and Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India.
He was educated in the universities of Delhi and Oxford and was a Rhodes Scholar. The demise of Prof Richard Grove in June 2020 brought to an untimely end a remarkable life. Even before the publication of his magnum opus, Green Imperialism a quarter Century ago, he had made a mark as a scholar with rare ability to synthesize across time periods, continents, and disciplines. If the challenge of history writing is in linking the past and present with eye to the future, he was clearly a scholar that stood out.
The conversation was facilitated by Australia India Institute's Senior Research Adviser, Dr Dolly Kikon.
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