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Looking forward to the conversation with Malini Ranganathan on her latest book 'Rethinking Difference in India as Racialization', anti-caste geographies, and the questions on allyship and activism in the context of recent anticaste legislations in the US.

The #JNU admin has decided to shut down the History department library & turn it into the Special Centre for Tamil Studies. DESPITE having received 5 (delivered)/10 crore rupees from Tamil Nadu Govt to establish & construct mentioned Centre somewhere on campus. #SaveCHSLibrary

Exciting set of papers to look forward to!

🚨A History of Economic Policy in India by Rahul De, Asst Professor in Economics Azim Premji University is now out! 🚨

Against the tide of times, we have put together a statement in EPW on why theory matters and how it can be pursued today. Inverting Marx, we argue that before changing the world we must interpret it well. For more, read Salmoli Choudhuri's thread. Please dm if you want a copy.

I much enjoyed this conversation with the faculty and students of Azim Premji University. We spoke about environmental history, the social history of the Himalaya, the perils of being a ‘public intellectual’, and more: youtube.com/watch?v=xmsnof…

Heartiest Congratulations Sushmita Pati! This is such a wonderful news! Calls for a big celebration! You deserve all of this and more…

Now available in HINDI, BANGLA, and TAMIL: In "The Politics of Numbers in Kashmir: From Plebiscite to Census (1991-2011)," বিকাস குமார்/Vikas Kumar (Azim Premji University) discusses the political-economic context of censuses in Jammu and Kashmir. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/translatio…

Thank you Piya Srinivasan for inviting me to contribute to the brilliant collection newspackeage on diabetes. Here is my two bit on how sweet shops adapted to this health risk. 360info.org/how-indias-swe…

Sharing my learnings from my work on sweet making and ongoing work with migrant workers with Preetha from Down to Earth.

Less exit polls, more ethnography

In the Coorg area and studying XI or XII ? Join Azim Premji University for an interactive workshop on Friday, 21 June 2024 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM: azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/events/2024/sc…

Sociologists at IIIT Delhi are hosting the Indian Sociological Society’s (Indian Sociological Society) Young Scholar’s Workshop this year, on the theme ‘Doing sociology in the technological contemporary’. Submission link: tinyurl.com/29exkctc. Deadline for abstracts : 5th July 2024

maanbarua.bsky.soc explores the histories and ecologies of plantations in his upcoming book "Plantation Worlds." Read a free introduction of today. ow.ly/b8fU50StWLa

Excited to have an essay in the lastest issue of Contributions to Indian Sociology in the Special issue - Documents that talk. Regulating Sweets in Bengal: Control Orders and Their Afterlife - Ishita Dey, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

The application deadline for our 2-day international conference on "Social Identities, Institutions, and Economic Development in South Asia" co-organized by Azim Premji University, Bhopal & Institute for New Economic Thinking Young Scholars Initiative YSI_South_Asia is fast approaching! 17 Nov,2024

My first book, forthcoming with #Routledge in #2025 routledge.com/Divided-Media-…

Friends in Goa do attend

Where I write about my ongoing research on Ghumot in Goa Big thank you to Preetha for a wonderful edit Down To Earth

All books are a journey for the author, but some become a form of pilgrimage. What began as a course on religion in India for a bunch of interdisciplinary undergraduates in India turned into this Oxford India Short Introduction. Available in bookstores a few weeks from now