Two books from the “Routledge Focus on Modern Subjects” will be discussed:

Disciplines of Modernity: Archives, Histories, Anthropologies

By Saurabh Dube (Routledge Taylor & Francis: 2022)

The Dazzle of the Digital: Unbundling India Online

By Meghna Bal and Vivan Sharan (Routledge Taylor & Francis: 2022)

Discussants: Dr. Mahesh Uppal, Director, ComFirst India; Prof. Prathama Banerjee, Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi; Prof. Projit B. Mukharji, Professor, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania and Ashoka University; Prof. Vibodh Parathasarathi, Associate Professor, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, Jamia Millia Islamia University; Ms Meghna Bal, Fellow, Esya Centre and co-author of the book; Shri Vivan Sharan, Partner, Koan Advisory Group and co-author of the book; and Dr. Saurabh Dube, Distinguished Professor of History, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City and author of the book