Abhinandan Pandey
@abhinpan.bsky.social
Modern South Asian History (Currently @CSSS Calcutta), Urdu Literature, Poet (https://www.rekhta.org/poets/abhinandan-pandey/all), Columnist: The Free Press Journal ( https://www.freepressjournal.in/author/abhinandan-pandey)
“Dedication” I wrote for my work. It was challenging to translate “farāmoshi” in the first couplet.
July 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Dedication” I wrote for my work. It was challenging to translate “farāmoshi” in the first couplet.
dārad dil-e-darvesh tamannā.e-nigāhe
zaañ chashm-e-siyah mast ba-yak ġhamza ravā kun
— HAFIZ
❤️
zaañ chashm-e-siyah mast ba-yak ġhamza ravā kun
— HAFIZ
❤️
June 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
dārad dil-e-darvesh tamannā.e-nigāhe
zaañ chashm-e-siyah mast ba-yak ġhamza ravā kun
— HAFIZ
❤️
zaañ chashm-e-siyah mast ba-yak ġhamza ravā kun
— HAFIZ
❤️
RW across the world has realised that being brazen about it is the way to go. India is erasing history at a painfully fast pace and is devising new plans for it. The government is not only backing it unofficially but is also marking laws for erasure.
Just to be clear, the erasure of history is not a new phenomenon but a time-honored American tradition. It's just that the Trump administration are no longer trying to hide it...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/t...
The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and his...
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
RW across the world has realised that being brazen about it is the way to go. India is erasing history at a painfully fast pace and is devising new plans for it. The government is not only backing it unofficially but is also marking laws for erasure.
Authoritarianism is no longer just state driven top-down political framework. It has become successful in creating its “people”, and is now a part of the mainstream culture. People want dictatorial leaders/regimes. They are willing to give up rights, liberty and livelihood for it.
March 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Authoritarianism is no longer just state driven top-down political framework. It has become successful in creating its “people”, and is now a part of the mainstream culture. People want dictatorial leaders/regimes. They are willing to give up rights, liberty and livelihood for it.
Bedil fascinates me to no end. Someday I will post my own intekhaab of his.
March 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bedil fascinates me to no end. Someday I will post my own intekhaab of his.
Few days ago, I finished reading Ernesto Laclau’s “On Populist Reason”. The text is one of the most dense that I have read. Phew!
February 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Few days ago, I finished reading Ernesto Laclau’s “On Populist Reason”. The text is one of the most dense that I have read. Phew!
I am a very slow reader. Following books I read in 2024 (a thread):
1. Violent Fraternity - Shruti Kapila
2. Perilous Intimacies - SherAli Tareen
3. The Invention of Private Life - Sudipta Kaviraj
4. Creative Pasts - Prachi Deshpande
5. History as a Site of Struggle - KN Pankker
1. Violent Fraternity - Shruti Kapila
2. Perilous Intimacies - SherAli Tareen
3. The Invention of Private Life - Sudipta Kaviraj
4. Creative Pasts - Prachi Deshpande
5. History as a Site of Struggle - KN Pankker
January 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I am a very slow reader. Following books I read in 2024 (a thread):
1. Violent Fraternity - Shruti Kapila
2. Perilous Intimacies - SherAli Tareen
3. The Invention of Private Life - Sudipta Kaviraj
4. Creative Pasts - Prachi Deshpande
5. History as a Site of Struggle - KN Pankker
1. Violent Fraternity - Shruti Kapila
2. Perilous Intimacies - SherAli Tareen
3. The Invention of Private Life - Sudipta Kaviraj
4. Creative Pasts - Prachi Deshpande
5. History as a Site of Struggle - KN Pankker
Diving into the ongoing debate stirred by author William Dalrymple, around the roles and responsibilities of popular and academic historians, Conrad Barwa and I wrote our opinions in this piece. Have a read.
www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/sho...
www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/sho...
Shouldering The Burden Of Interpreting The Past: Popular Histories And Academic Historians
www.freepressjournal.in
January 13, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Diving into the ongoing debate stirred by author William Dalrymple, around the roles and responsibilities of popular and academic historians, Conrad Barwa and I wrote our opinions in this piece. Have a read.
www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/sho...
www.freepressjournal.in/analysis/sho...
āḳhir-e-shab huī āġhāz kahānī apnī
ham ne paayā bhī to ik umr gañvā kar us ko
— IRFAN SIDDIQI —
ham ne paayā bhī to ik umr gañvā kar us ko
— IRFAN SIDDIQI —
January 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
āḳhir-e-shab huī āġhāz kahānī apnī
ham ne paayā bhī to ik umr gañvā kar us ko
— IRFAN SIDDIQI —
ham ne paayā bhī to ik umr gañvā kar us ko
— IRFAN SIDDIQI —
I have spent an ungodly amount of hours studying communalism. And now, at times, my tired eyes read communism as communalism. 😭
January 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I have spent an ungodly amount of hours studying communalism. And now, at times, my tired eyes read communism as communalism. 😭
ai police baiTh jā vahāñ jā kar
saarā fitna jahāñ se uThtā hai
chars kī bū tujhe batā degī
''ye dhuāñ sā kahāñ se uThtā hai''
— QATEEL SHIFAI
saarā fitna jahāñ se uThtā hai
chars kī bū tujhe batā degī
''ye dhuāñ sā kahāñ se uThtā hai''
— QATEEL SHIFAI
January 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
ai police baiTh jā vahāñ jā kar
saarā fitna jahāñ se uThtā hai
chars kī bū tujhe batā degī
''ye dhuāñ sā kahāñ se uThtā hai''
— QATEEL SHIFAI
saarā fitna jahāñ se uThtā hai
chars kī bū tujhe batā degī
''ye dhuāñ sā kahāñ se uThtā hai''
— QATEEL SHIFAI
یکم جنوری ہے نیا سال ہے
دسمبر میں پوچھیں گے کیا حال ہے
यकुम जनवरी है नया साल है
दिसम्बर में पूछेंगे क्या हाल है
— AMEER QAZALBASH —
دسمبر میں پوچھیں گے کیا حال ہے
यकुम जनवरी है नया साल है
दिसम्बर में पूछेंगे क्या हाल है
— AMEER QAZALBASH —
January 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
یکم جنوری ہے نیا سال ہے
دسمبر میں پوچھیں گے کیا حال ہے
यकुम जनवरी है नया साल है
दिसम्बर में पूछेंगे क्या हाल है
— AMEER QAZALBASH —
دسمبر میں پوچھیں گے کیا حال ہے
यकुम जनवरी है नया साल है
दिसम्बर में पूछेंगे क्या हाल है
— AMEER QAZALBASH —
इक बरस और कट गया शारिक़
रोज़ साँसों की जंग लड़ते हुए
सबको अपने ख़िलाफ़ करते हुए
यार को भूलने से डरते हुए
अपनी नादानियों पे हँसते हुए
और सबसे बड़ा कमाल है ये
साँस लेने से दिल नहीं भरता
अब भी मरने को जी नहीं करता
- शारिक़ कैफ़ी
रोज़ साँसों की जंग लड़ते हुए
सबको अपने ख़िलाफ़ करते हुए
यार को भूलने से डरते हुए
अपनी नादानियों पे हँसते हुए
और सबसे बड़ा कमाल है ये
साँस लेने से दिल नहीं भरता
अब भी मरने को जी नहीं करता
- शारिक़ कैफ़ी
December 31, 2024 at 7:02 PM
इक बरस और कट गया शारिक़
रोज़ साँसों की जंग लड़ते हुए
सबको अपने ख़िलाफ़ करते हुए
यार को भूलने से डरते हुए
अपनी नादानियों पे हँसते हुए
और सबसे बड़ा कमाल है ये
साँस लेने से दिल नहीं भरता
अब भी मरने को जी नहीं करता
- शारिक़ कैफ़ी
रोज़ साँसों की जंग लड़ते हुए
सबको अपने ख़िलाफ़ करते हुए
यार को भूलने से डरते हुए
अपनी नादानियों पे हँसते हुए
और सबसे बड़ा कमाल है ये
साँस लेने से दिल नहीं भरता
अब भी मरने को जी नहीं करता
- शारिक़ कैफ़ी
Vasyl Ivanchuk…the old warrior…absolutely heartbreaking 💔
December 31, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Vasyl Ivanchuk…the old warrior…absolutely heartbreaking 💔
چراغ بجھتے چلے جا رہے ہیں سلسلہ وار
میں خود کو دیکھ رہا ہوں فسانہ ہوتے ہوئے
चराग़ बुझते चले जा रहे हैं सिलसिला-वार
मैं ख़ुद को देख रहा हूँ फ़साना होते हुए
— JAMAL EHSANI —
میں خود کو دیکھ رہا ہوں فسانہ ہوتے ہوئے
चराग़ बुझते चले जा रहे हैं सिलसिला-वार
मैं ख़ुद को देख रहा हूँ फ़साना होते हुए
— JAMAL EHSANI —
December 30, 2024 at 8:17 AM
چراغ بجھتے چلے جا رہے ہیں سلسلہ وار
میں خود کو دیکھ رہا ہوں فسانہ ہوتے ہوئے
चराग़ बुझते चले जा रहे हैं सिलसिला-वार
मैं ख़ुद को देख रहा हूँ फ़साना होते हुए
— JAMAL EHSANI —
میں خود کو دیکھ رہا ہوں فسانہ ہوتے ہوئے
चराग़ बुझते चले जा रहे हैं सिलसिला-वार
मैं ख़ुद को देख रहा हूँ फ़साना होते हुए
— JAMAL EHSANI —
A lot of people mourning the ex-PM’s demise are also doing it for the loss of a nostalgic association with a time that was flawed but communally more tolerant and relatively more free. He was, as appears to be, a memory link to a past that was, in some ways, better.
December 26, 2024 at 7:47 PM
A lot of people mourning the ex-PM’s demise are also doing it for the loss of a nostalgic association with a time that was flawed but communally more tolerant and relatively more free. He was, as appears to be, a memory link to a past that was, in some ways, better.
“opaque language of academia is symptomatic of a moribund society”
Dear Irony,
I call upon you.
🤦🏻
Dear Irony,
I call upon you.
🤦🏻
December 16, 2024 at 10:52 AM
“opaque language of academia is symptomatic of a moribund society”
Dear Irony,
I call upon you.
🤦🏻
Dear Irony,
I call upon you.
🤦🏻
Ustad Zakir Hussain 💔
December 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Ustad Zakir Hussain 💔
The combination of Hindutva plus Welfarism is so deadly that no end seems to be in sight. BJP has cracked this code…they have found a perfect electoral strategy of communalism + welfare schemes.
December 8, 2024 at 10:55 AM
The combination of Hindutva plus Welfarism is so deadly that no end seems to be in sight. BJP has cracked this code…they have found a perfect electoral strategy of communalism + welfare schemes.