Evidence suggests millets, garlic, ginger, brinjal, peas, lentils, bananas, grapes, mangoes, turmeric, walnuts, meat and fish, say archaeologists Supriya Varma and Jaya Menon in the first episode of a new video series titled Indian History, Thali by Thali. It is so complex, hierarchised and divided, that one can talk endlessly about a large number of themes, just using food as the peg,” says Nair. The idea for this video series sparked around two years ago, after Iyer, Cadambi and Acharya attended a course that INTACH had organised with Janaki titled ‘Understanding Contemporary India’. And turning to videos was an obvious choice because “we felt the video form was accessible,” says Cadambi. “I think that, at some level, it is fair to argue that our school history textbooks have done us a disservice, and we need something more.”Indian History, Thali by Thali streams on www.youtube.com/@HistoricallyTempered

Source: The Hindu February 06, 2026 02:49 UTC