Itihaser Janajiban O Anyanya Prabandha by Dipesh Chakrabarty

This is the first collection of Bengali essays by Dipesh Chakrabarty. The essays in this collection revolve around the question of what history is, and specifically, what role historical thought plays in today's age. Sometimes they examine this in the context of post-colonial thought, sometimes from the perspective of lower-class politics and historical inquiry, and at other times, they raise issues like globalization or the increasing warming of the planet. Each essay in this book explores how we can make our historical thinking relevant to contemporary times.