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Documenting an Age of Fire
Graduate student Shriya Dasgupta has completed more than 100 oral histories on the revolutionary history of Kolkata.
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For some of us, our love of history starts close to home. Photographs from generations past, treasured heirlooms passed down from parent to child, stories told so often they become legend—such objects and experiences can often be our first encounter with the past. So why not use that connection with undergraduate students?
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