Professor Arup K. Chatterjee was a guest on The Indian Express 3 Things podcast, hosted by Shashank Bhargava. The episode — “Revisiting forgotten struggles for freedom in India” — went live on August 15, 20225, and features a wide-ranging conversation about lesser-known movements, caste mobilizations, and how independence-era politics shaped later national life. Professor Chatterjee was among the guests who also featured journalists Adrija Roychowdhury and Nikita Mohta.
Drawing on his work on caste, social movements, and anticolonial politics, Professor Chatterjee reflected on how caste mobilizations in the 1920s and 1930s interacted with the Independence movement and why those long-term dynamics mattered for post-1947 India — especially in understanding the stakes of communal rupture and the later drive for national integration. Listeners who want the deeper context can read his earlier Indian Express piece, “How the independence movement altered the dream of a casteless society” (August 2024).
• Read the article: https://arupkchatterjee.com/2024/08/13/how-the-independence-movement-altered-the-dream-of-a-casteless-society/
• Listen to the podcast episode: https://indianexpress.com/audio/3-things/revisiting-forgotten-struggles-for-freedom-in-india/10190115/
• Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvqum-ppXxE
• Also available on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/revisiting-forgotten-struggles-for-freedom-in-india/id1406730235?i=1000722018781&l=hi
We thank The Indian Express and host Shashank Bhargava for inviting Professor Chatterjee to contribute to this timely conversation. For media enquiries, speaking requests, or to invite Professor Chatterjee to events, please contact us.
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