Same handle @bsky Professor of South Asian History. Currently researching histories of environmental regeneration, 1940s-present. Nehru and all that, too.
Joined May 2022
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Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths has just come out in the US! Read the first chapter free at @PrincetonUPress
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To mark the occasion, here's a thread with some of the arguments...
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Happy Dussehra!
On this auspicios Day, may we find the courage to overcome what holds us back, the kindness to stand by one another, and the wisdom to use our strength for good. May that goodness embrace the Earth and all the life we share it with.
#HappyDussehra #Dussehra #Dussehra2026
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In case you are interested in listening to some history! Coming Saturday, 24 Oct, 3pm onwards @ DEPOT 48, GK, New Delhi.
Please register:events.unlecture.com/plan/de…
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African Studies Visiting Fellowship (for scholars based in Africa) at the Bodleian Libraries at @UniofOxford Deadline: 27 November 2026, more information below bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellow…
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New research: Firms respond to the mandated extension of maternity leave benefits in India by replacing female workers with male workers. This substitution is concentrated in industries with high female employment shares docs.iza.org/dp18888.pdf
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Keep Reading-'Borders & Boundaries:' This book attempts a feminist reading of Partition providing, testimonies&memories of women caught in the turmoil of the time,women’s accounts are vivid with memories of loss & violence amazon.in/Borders-Boundaries… @UHpres @ziyaussalam @ParoMishra
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The deadline is approaching! If you are interested in PAST but have too many unanswered queries. Join us on 15th Oct, 4PM for the final online info session.
Register here: ncbs-res-in.zoom.us/meeting/…
📢 Exciting opportunity! The Archives at NCBS is back for the second cohort of PAST! We are now inviting applications of projects for digital preservation and to enable digital access to rare and endangered collections documenting under-represented histories of STEM in India (1850-2000). Let's preserve and amplify these vital narratives! 🌟
Support up to Rs 12 lakhs per project
Proposal Deadline: 23 October, 2026
Project timeline : 1 February, 2027 - 31 January, 2028
Full details: archives.ncbs.res.in/past27
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Women with high cognitive ability face "detrimental interpersonal ramifications" at work
Men do not.
The theory is that smarter women violate perceived social role expectations leading them to face backlash that men do not receive psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d…
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Program for the Archiving of Science and Technology at @NCBS_Bangalore
12-month program for archival appraisal, standards-compliant archival description, digitization and digital preservation, and mirroring of archival data
at archives.ncbs.res.in/past27
Apply by 23rd October 2026
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Wonderful to see the launch of Stuart Hall Digital @StuartHallAP
stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk
This looks to be an extraordinary resource for scholars and students interested in the work of Stuart Hall (@StuartHallFdn)! theguardian.com/society/2026…
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This month's @thecaravanindia cover is on the historic worker strikes that swept through central and northern India from February to June this year--and it received the most scant mainstream media attention. @ZaenAlkazi has this very important story caravanmagazine.in/labour/wo…
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We congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages.
granta.com/contributor/anne-…
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The Pembroke Center at Brown University invites applications for 2027–28 Postdoctoral Research Associate positions.
📌 Term: July 1, 2027 – June 30, 2028
🎓 Eligibility: PhD within last 5 years (non-Brown)
🗓 Deadline: Nov 23, 2026
🔗 Scan the QR code in the graphic to apply
ALT Graphic for 2027-28 postdoctoral research fellowship applications
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Job posting: Assistant Professor of the History of Science and Technology, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Applications due October 30, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/a… via @mjcbac
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Mountain as Method🏔️
Highland Histories Lab, IIIT Hyderabad × Department of History, Darjeeling Hills University
A two-day workshop exploring how mountain worlds challenge conventional concepts, categories and methods in the humanities and social sciences.
📅 26–27 Nov 2026
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Who gets remembered when we tell the history of capitalism in India?
Tata. Birla. Bajaj. Godrej; Parsis. Marwaris. Jains. Banias.
What about the Bohras, Khojas & Memons? They were among Bombay's most important trading communities. Their story is the subject of my new book. 1/10
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Before AI: “Wikipedia is not a valid source for your essays”
After AI: “I’m begging you to at least take a look at Wikipedia”
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150+ Nominations. Ten books Longlist. One prize. INR 15 lakhs.
Announcing the Longlist for the 9th Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize, honouring the finest non-fiction on Independent India’s history.
From the making of the Constitution to the partition of a subcontinent, from the story of India’s development to the rise of its scam economy, from the life of a diplomat who shaped the Republic’s foreign policy to a diaspora's resistance to the Emergency, from the lives of migrant workers in a Delhi factory to a hidden maestro of Hindustani music, from questions of justice in the Republic to a personal history of the nation, these books reckon with the India we live in today.
