How Are NCERT Books Published | Nope w/ Kunal Kamra ft Neeladri Bhattacharya | 064

Neeladri Bhattacharya is a noted historian and academic who has played a key role in shaping history education in India. He has been closely involved with the creation and revision of NCERT history textbooks, especially at the school level. In this conversation, he explains how textbooks are designed, why they change over time, and the debates behind those changes. The discussion also looks ahead at what young students should really be learning from history. Follow: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/kuna_kamra/ X (Twitter) – https://x.com/kunalkamra88/ Timestamps: 0:00 – Opening 1:06 – Rewriting vs distortion: what kind of revision matters 1:38 – Revising NCERT textbooks in 2005: excitement and anxiety 3:06 – Making textbooks engaging: images, colour, curiosity 4:11 – Children as active learners, not passive receivers 5:10 – Bringing new histories into school textbooks 6:21 – From elites to everyday people: inclusive social history 8:17 – Development, displacement, and histories from below 9:53 – Everyday life as history: clothes, food, games, print 12:00 – Cricket, clothing, novels: history beyond kings and wars 14:05 – Challenging Eurocentrism in world history 16:20 – Rethinking modernity: many paths, not one Western model 17:08 – Teaching how history is made, not just what happened 22:49 – Gender, caste, ecology: integrating critical perspectives 27:12 – Visual learning, pedagogy, exams, and teacher training 31:22 – Recent changes: deletion, sanitisation, and erasure 35:02 – Removing Mughal history and caste critique 40:16 – The return of dynasties and the “golden age” myth 43:34 – What this means for students and historical thinking 46:50 – Hope, public debate, and the future of history education Credits: • Research Head: Anirban Bhattacharya • Camera Operator / Mixing and Mastering / Intro Music — @Mahansangeet : https://www.instagram.com/hi_mahan/ • Camera Operator / Video Editor / Intro Animation — @RevantTalekar : https://www.instagram.com/revanttalekar • Camera Operator / Guest Logistics Coordinator — @VybhavSharma https://www.instagram.com/vybhavsharma/ • Production Assistant — Haran Shetty