Raziuddin Aquil and Partha Chatterjee: History in the Vernacular

Abstract

The essays collected in this volume deal primarily with the state of history writing in Indian vernaculars. One important qualification, however, is that those works of history that consciously follow the model of history written by academic professional based on the method of western historiography have been excluded from 'history in the vernacular.' What then is 'history in the vernacular?' The professional works of history are produced mostly in academic spaces such as universities, research institutes, professional journals, etc. and carried out mostly in the English language