“To destroy Indian democracy, Indian media destroyed itself first.” theguardian.com/media/2023/jul…

Congratulations to Alpa Shah on this brilliant and important book 👏

Historian David Olusoga on inequality, the key challenge facing the next UK government after July’s election.

Kudos to India’s vibrant civil society that has asked the difficult questions, filed RTIs and petitions, started YouTube channels, reminded people to vote, done much of the organizational heavy lifting for this election. This is their win.

Some front pages in #India today

Britain is being "morally incoherent" by arming Israel's starvation strategy while sending aid to Gaza. The US too. theguardian.com/world/article/…

I’ve written a novel about the hippy trail and the end of the British empire. Set in 1970 #overland. Thank you to these lovely advance readers. It’s out on 4 July, along with the Tories 😂

International Conference: Minoritisation in South Asia: Religion, Caste, Gender 📅27-27 June ⏲️9:00am-6:00pm 📍The Hub, Kellogg College Free and open to all. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/minoritisati…

Thanks so much 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩Fiction 📚🧳 #travelbybook for this cracking review ‘top read for literary wanderlust’ and - and original pictures from the hippy trail 🚎

⭐️ OXFORD – Thursday 3 October Race, Resistance and Empire Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop chaired by Yasmin Cordery Khan will offer us a chance to dive deep into imperial history and its continued impact today. eventbrite.co.uk/e/black-histor…

Aurora borealis over Oxford ✨ 1. Oriel College | 📸 Oriel College 2. @GreenTempleton College | 📸 e.awodiya (Instagram) 3. Sheldonian Theatre | 📸 spiralling_oxford (Instagram) 4. Linacre College | 📸 andrewwong_mo (Instagram)

A great description of what history and historians are about by David Olusoga ft.com/content/9e6b91… (h/t Stephen Bush of the @ft)

28th European Conference for South Asian Studies (ECSAS)  Heidelberg - Germany,  1- 4 October 2025   CALL FOR PAPERS IS NOW OPEN!   For application: ecsas2025.com/call-for-panel… #SaiHeidelberg #SouthAsiaInstitute #UniversitätHeidelberg #Heidelberg #SaiResearch #ECSAS2025 #ECSAS

Being raised on a diet of The West Wing did not prepare me for this

Headline writers not messing about

Listen Empire Podcast as William and anita anand are joined by Yasmin Khan Yasmin Cordery Khan to discuss the Raj at War, and how World War Two became a catalyst for the end of British rule in India…wherever you get your podcasts👂linktr.ee/empirepoduk

Here is my The Spectator review of Yasmin Khan's Yasmin Cordery Khan wonderful book, on which this episode is based spectator.co.uk/article/divide…

Brilliant documentary about history of Britain’s nuclear testing.Hope the veterans win. Would have liked even more on the impact on indigenous people on Kiritimati/Christmas Island