On India's iconoclasts - via Aurangzeb, Just Stop Oil, Curzon, Elgin, Clark, Pevsner, Colston, Rhodes, and Musil. I'm back in Engelsberg Ideas: engelsbergideas.com/essays/indias-…

In praise of members' clubs I read Seth Alexander Thévoz’s witty guide to London Clubland for The Times and The Sunday Times: thetimes.com/culture/books/…

Full-page review in the Sunday Times culture supplement today. “a cheerfully eccentric introduction to London clubland...enormously entertaining...There’s a great deal of practical information here as well...Thévoz makes a persuasive case as to why you should join one.”

In praises of clubs, 📚🛋️ By the sparkling Pratinav Anil ✨ In The Times and The Sunday Times

How to lose an empire I read Robert Ivermee's brilliant book on French India for the Literary Review: literaryreview.co.uk/from-paris-to-…

Me encantó ver mi reseña del excelente «El capitalismo y sus críticos» en las páginas de Sin Permiso: sinpermiso.info/textos/un-bril…

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s declaration of the ‘Emergency,’ one of the darkest moments in India’s recent history. Now in paperback, read 'India's First Dictatorship' by Jaffrelot Christophe & Pratinav Anil ‘The best and most comprehensive book on the

On leprosy, and why it was regarded as a divine blessing in mediaeval times, for The Times and The Sunday Times: The past is indeed a foreign country... thetimes.com/culture/books/…

I went to the Ancient India show at the British Museum with the redoubtable Alice Evans. Some thoughts for UnHerd: unherd.com/2025/06/britai…

Why does British Museum celebrate the unity of Hinduism, Buddhism & Jainism? Not recognising that the latter emerged in rejection of caste hierarchies? Great critique by Pratinav Anil ! I’d add, there’s a broader tendency in western museums to erase non-western oppression

Pratinav Anil Likewise I was just at the Louvre’s exhibition on the Mamluks, and it presented a hugely misleading overview of gender relations Babe, the entire world was patriarchal. We can actually say this!

I’m most grateful to Himal for asking excellent questions about the Emergency, 50 years later… Pratinav Anil Hurst Publishers CERI Sciences Po King's India Institute Carnegie India The Wire ⁦Scroll.in⁩ youtube.com/watch?v=a5JpKO…

Some thoughts on the very, very long Emergency. My latest for the The Indian Express: indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

On a new history of the Russian, Chinese, and Cuban Revolutions. My latest for the The Guardian: theguardian.com/books/2025/jun…

Lobbed heads and unruly libidos, swivel-eyed slavers and concupiscent concubines... On slavery and social mobility in the Muslim world, my lead review in The Times and The Sunday Times: thetimes.com/culture/books/…