Environmental History of India

Vipul Singh
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Understanding the environmental history of early modern societies through rivers, oceans, forests, disease, plants and animals.

  1. Construction of Big Monuments in Era of Climate Change

    08/28/2024

    Construction of Big Monuments in Era of Climate Change

    Climate Change in India

    2 min

  2. 10/04/2023

    Bengal Delta: Formation as a ‘Frontier Zone’

    In this talk I explain how the eastward shift of the Ganga and consequential silt deposition in Bengal over the centuries have led to new land formation and settlements.

    1h 2m

  3. 07/17/2023

    Four Pests Campaign in China

    The episode tells you the story of Mao’s mobilisation of people to kill pests and birds in China in late 1950s and early 60s, and how it had negatively affected country’s economy and health.

    15 min

  4. 06/27/2023

    Big Dams as ‘Creative Destruction’

    Why should we call big dams as ‘creative destruction’? In the present talk we will see how the Twentieth century witnessed big Dam constructions all around the globe and why they were considered the symbols of economic development. How through such creation, humans tried to dominate nature. We will see that the problem lies in the philosophy of managing the resources such as water for society, and how dam construction has taken away the rights of people over water as the common property resource.

    1h 11m
  5. Ecological Imperialism and Transfer of Eucalyptus from Australia to India

    05/31/2023

    Ecological Imperialism and Transfer of Eucalyptus from Australia to India

    The episode discusses the introduction of eucalyptus in India and brings into the analysis Alfred Crosby’s hypothesis of Ecological Imperialism. In the later part of the episode the case of Andaman Island showcases the unique qualities of ecological imperialism.

    59 min

  6. 03/20/2023

    Social History of the Mughal Army

    The discussion brings into focus the works of Dirk Kolff and Jos Gommans.

    56 min

  7. 11/15/2022

    Shershah’s Relations with Rajputs

    Vipul Singh explains how the much celebrated Akbar’s Rajput Policy was already experimented by Shershah in the mid-Ganga basin. In that sense Shershah’s Relationship with the Purabia Rajputs was precursor to Mughal-Rajput relations.

    1h 12m

  8. 11/25/2020

    अहोम साम्राज्य की स्थापना: धान की गीली खेती एवं मिलिशिया प्रणाली

    एक शक्तिशाली अहोम साम्राज्य की स्थापना कैसे हुई और इसके उदय एवं पतन दोनों में मिलिशिया प्रणाली की भूमिका क्या रही इस वार्ता का मुख्य बिंदु है .

    30 min
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