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Everybody wants to interview the rich, the powerful, the bigs. Who will show the perspectives of the poor— the rickshawala, the domestic servant, the factory worker, the school teacher from a rural area, the security guard, the bus driver? I want to hear their voices.

It’s not a fringe view in history, though.

My thoughts with families who have lost their loved ones. This whole crash is so sad. I hope the families get answers for what led to the crash. I have travelled on Air India so many times -London -Delhi route that the crash feels very personal.

New open access article CSSH where I write about India's city improvement trusts of early 20th century and how they inaugurated a new language, technology, and rationality of urban governance. - bit.ly/43Vy46q

The portions you share do not suggest that it is a leftist paper. These are open ended questions and students could discuss either/or positions. Please share a ‘rightist version’ of your imagined paper. Besides bureaucrats are supposed to have minds of their own.

असमानता के विशाल महासागर में समृधि के 'पांच टापुओं' की दास्तान..... अर्थव्यवस्था ‘बड़ी’ हो रही है या ‘बड़ों की’ होती जा रही है? thewirehindi.com/304358/india-g… via द वायर हिंदी

My darkest memory of Delhi is the Ghazipur landfill. How many more years do you need to remove it and process the waste in a sustainable manner?

Why can’t Yadavs be katha wachak (religious preachers)? Absolutely shocking event from Etawah.

So, this Routledge Books will be joining us in August. The combination of two journal special issues I co-edited with the amazing Charu Gupta and Will Gould, ft a stella lineup, listed here routledge.com/Communal-Geogr…

For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse scroll.in/article/108389… via Scroll.in

Great to be at the Imaging the Night in the British Empire conference at the Oxford Brookes University. Feels great to be connected with the academic world after a long paternity break. Shared snippets from my new research on the history of sleep and violence in colonial India

Happy to share my most recent publication, “A critical perspective on children’s right to play” in Critical Children’s Rights Studies: A Research Companion, published by Routledge, UK, 2025. Some fantastic chapters! taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/…

My article in The Hindu today examining systemic barriers that prevent universities from enabling inclusive representation. #Reservation #SocialJustice thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Honoured to be giving a keynote lecture on a symposium exploring Shadows, Darkness, and the Night-time at Nottingham Trent University. I will be sharing my remarks on Conceptualising a History of South Asia Nights. Event is free to attend: eventbrite.co.uk/e/unveiling-sh…

Academic.edu has sent this message. AI doing a review of research paper! The death of critical thinking!!

In defence of darkness Conference

Delivered the keynote lecture at the Nottingham Trent University on ‘Conceptualizing a History of the Night in South Asia’.

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The Inlaks-King's India Institute visiting PhD fellowship scheme is open again for applications (deadline August 31st). Two 3 month fellowships at King's for students in a PhD programme in Hums and Social Sciences at an Indian university King's India Institute inlaksfoundation.org/opportunities/…

This is a significant loss of lives. I wonder what the government is doing about it.