{"product_id":"just-being-romila-thapar-9781803096308","title":"Just Being: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eHistorian Romila Thapar reflects on a rich, path-breaking life--and the ideas, friendships, and journeys that shaped her.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eJust Being\u003c\/i\u003e, historian Romila Thapar invites us into her illustrious world--a rich, extensive memoir from a scholar who has profoundly shaped our understanding of India's past and present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From her childhood growing up in British India, through her years of education in London, her extensive travels to archaeological sites across Asia and beyond, and her trailblazing role in shaping the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Thapar reflects on a life lived in the service of inquiry and education. Composed over the past few years, \u003ci\u003eJust Being\u003c\/i\u003e is a testimony to Thapar's ability to view herself within the larger flow of history, and to illumine it with a scholar's depth and a storyteller's sensitivity. It reveals not only an extraordinary, boundary-defying life but a profound conviction that understanding our past in the light of irrefutable evidence is essential to an insight into the present and to shaping a more thoughtful future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Romila Thapar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803096306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803096308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Romila Thapar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089428033791,"sku":"9781803096308","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a611ae4-ec5b-4f09-8842-8ad47dca0c2a.jpg?v=1769110190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-being-romila-thapar-9781803096308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}