Remembering 1857: An introductory note

Dipesh Chakrabarty

Remembering 1857: An introductory note

Dipesh Chakrabarty^*

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Abstract

To discuss the practice of memory and its relations to politics, social scientists rely on three kinds of practices - memorialising, memorising and the act of remembering/forgetting. The commemoration of "1857" is unique in that official celebrations of the event have been instituted even as 1857 continues to refigure in myths and endures as a symbol of popular resistance. The articles in this special issue address the seeming contradictions and complexities that "remembering" 1857 involves, and the tension that prevails between different kinds of recall.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1692-1695
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economic and Political Weekly
Volume	42
Issue number	19
Publication status	Published - 12 May 2007

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