there are many gems in this 'liberalism means I can be friends with Henry Kissinger, the mass-murderer, and I call Milton Friedman my brother', but the bit about Hayek supporting Pinochet's coup is my favourite

My and krishna Prasad Adhikari 's take on recent events in Nepal: theindiaforum.in/politics/gen-z…

We're excited to have Esmat Elhalaby Esmat Elhalaby kicking off our seminar series this year, discussing his book Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization. Join us next Thursday, 9 Oct at SOAS University of London - register at the link! eventbrite.com/e/soas-book-di…

Now OPEN ACCESS! Covell Meyskens and I wrote about "The Contradictions of Dam Building in the People's Republic of China." With thanks to Sara Lorenzini for inviting us to a fun workshop in Trento and to being open to a co-authored article! doi.org/10.3828/whpeh.…

🍃Veditum India Foundation is hiring for an Operations Associate & Community Facilitator 🔗The JD & application process is at this link: veditum.org/hiringoct25 🙌🏾Please apply / RT / share! ☮️Join our Open House on 25th Oct if you have any questions. Sign up here: luma.com/i6vbfn6t

Out soon: this collected volume History Today, featuring my essay on EIC nabobs and the Enlightenment historytoday.com/british-empire…

A great issue out on China’s ‘long 1980s’ positions journal read.dukeupress.edu/positions/issu…

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Once known as India’s “brass city” or "Peetal Nagri," #Moradabad’s glow is fading. My photo essay for Fourteen Magazine on the city’s dying metal-craft traditions and the lives scorched in its fall. fourteenmag.com/issue-02/molte…

"When a community loses its language__ it loses entire ways of seeing and understanding the world." Zubair Torwali. Reminds me of a word known only to older people now btw Tanawal and Bhadarwah: "shena" a leather bouy used to travel across rivers." thenews.com.pk/latest/1354024…

Due to the recent #Kolkata cloudburst, many College Street bookshops have suffered heavy losses. Booksellers are holding a Book Fair “ভিজে বইয়ের বইমেলা” on Nov 3— offering big discounts to recover. Go, buy, support, and help keep the spirit of #CollegeStreet alive!

Oh this is cool… I didn’t realize the originally meaning of passport (huzhao) was about “protection” (hu)as this seems to suggest

We are pleased to announce our Founding Director, Jahnavi Phalkey, is in Oslo this week, speaking at various venues of the University of Oslo Universitetet i Oslo Kulturhist. museum Learn more about the lectures and seminars here: uio.no/english/resear… khm.uio.no/english/resear…

oddly uncritical questions from Meaney newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

🚨‼️ Are you a Nepal based social science researcher? I am hiring a consultant! Please apply and share widely! docs.google.com/document/d/1Yl…

‘Farmers Are Breaking’: Gujarat’s Saurashtra Sees Sharp Rise in Suicides Amid Crop Loss, Crushing Debt Read: theobserverpost.com/farmers-are-br…

Angela Garcia wins the New Millenium Book Award for her book ‘The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos.’ Congratulations!

Bihar’s elections and Nepal Kathmandu is obsessed with New Delhi, but it is what happens in Patna that affects Nepal’s borderlands more directly, writes Chandrakishore. nepalitimes.com/opinion/border…

Call for papers for a special issue of South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies At the Margins of the Periodical: Reading Advertisements in South Asian Regional Periodicals think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues…