Romila Thapar Interviewer: Rashme Sehgal Interviewee: Romila Thapar Date: December 21, 2015 [Romila Thapar is an Indian historian whose principal area of study is ancient India. She is the author of several books including the popular volume, A History of India, and is currently Professor Emerita at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi] ROLE : Being a historian; her role is to make necessary points to bystand the present situation that writers,fimmakers,scientists,intellectuals,etc are returning their state awards in protest of the rising discomfort from some anti-social people. And also to express her own demands in solving the present problems in a comfortable way.