Ananya
@ananyapr.bsky.social
17. Mostly reads, books etc. Interests inc econ, history, politics, energy etc. ananyadhiraj4@gmail.com.
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Ananya
@ananyapr.bsky.social
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I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to go, given the tuition fees and living costs, but it did feel good to get an offer from King's.
Draconian things are happening in India. Such a regressive idea. Nothing short of lunacy. Our young and "progressive" politicians, supposedly the vanguard of the future, are cheerleading this madness. And these are the people we are supposed to trust.
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Draconian things are happening in India. Such a regressive idea. Nothing short of lunacy. Our young and "progressive" politicians, supposedly the vanguard of the future, are cheerleading this madness. And these are the people we are supposed to trust.
Came across an interesting podcast on the global energy landscape + trends. Currently listening to an episode about the transatlantic divide. They also provide full transcripts on their website, which is very useful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Energy Evolution
Business News Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Interviews, analysis and reporting from S&P Global Commodity Insights on energy and commodities' transition to a cleaner future. Hosts Taylor Kuykendall and ...
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Came across an interesting podcast on the global energy landscape + trends. Currently listening to an episode about the transatlantic divide. They also provide full transcripts on their website, which is very useful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
The first table is from Averting a Great Divergence: State and economy in Japan,1868-1937. The second graph from @ourworldindata.org compares the % of military personnel w.r.t total population from 1816-2016 in Japan, UK, US, France, Germany and Russia.
December 7, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The first table is from Averting a Great Divergence: State and economy in Japan,1868-1937. The second graph from @ourworldindata.org compares the % of military personnel w.r.t total population from 1816-2016 in Japan, UK, US, France, Germany and Russia.
I also liked this piece by Nguyen. A comprehensive and nuanced overview of the evolving landscape of Vietnamese politics in the context of Vietnam-China relations over the year(s). Great read. positionspolitics.org/chelsea-ngoc...
Chelsea Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Vietnam and China 2022-2025 - positions politics
Diplomatic developments The year of 2024-25 has been politically intensive, historic, and ironic to Vietnam domestically and internationally. On April 2nd this year, when the US President, Donald Trum...
positionspolitics.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I also liked this piece by Nguyen. A comprehensive and nuanced overview of the evolving landscape of Vietnamese politics in the context of Vietnam-China relations over the year(s). Great read. positionspolitics.org/chelsea-ngoc...
Interesting stuff from PTO. On last year's "coup" in south korea, with fascinating insights on the korean right's roots in japanese occupation, its distinct features, their current base and the global rightward drift. Do read gray's piece for new left review.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The roots of the Korean far-right w/ Kevin Gray
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 20/10/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Interesting stuff from PTO. On last year's "coup" in south korea, with fascinating insights on the korean right's roots in japanese occupation, its distinct features, their current base and the global rightward drift. Do read gray's piece for new left review.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
It's worth revisiting what happened to Jet Airways. Do read it. Indian aviation is a cosy duopoly protected by weak oversight and inexplicable regulation. Limited competition, unchecked consolidation, and no regulation, all culminating in the mess we just witnessed.
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
Jet Airways’ Bumpy Flight Path Points to Serious Issues with India’s New Bankruptcy Code - The Wire
India’s insolvency proceedings are not working well. The Jet story illustrates some of the costs India is incurring. It is not about the airline alone.
m.thewire.in
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's worth revisiting what happened to Jet Airways. Do read it. Indian aviation is a cosy duopoly protected by weak oversight and inexplicable regulation. Limited competition, unchecked consolidation, and no regulation, all culminating in the mess we just witnessed.
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
Quite pleased (and shocked) to share that I just got an interview invite for History at Oxford! Not the course I originally applied for, which does sting a little, but I'm still glad. I really hope the interview goes well!
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Quite pleased (and shocked) to share that I just got an interview invite for History at Oxford! Not the course I originally applied for, which does sting a little, but I'm still glad. I really hope the interview goes well!
I'm always amused by the fact that most of India's education investment flowed toward higher education, disproportionately benefiting urban elites. Both China and Japan did the opposite. And we didn't even bother with investing in teachers. Our student-to-teacher ratios were abysmal compared.
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm always amused by the fact that most of India's education investment flowed toward higher education, disproportionately benefiting urban elites. Both China and Japan did the opposite. And we didn't even bother with investing in teachers. Our student-to-teacher ratios were abysmal compared.
This is a concise demographic breakdown of China, highlighting key trends and interesting regional differences. www.china-briefing.com/news/china-d... Pekingology did an excellent podcast this week on the demographic shift & its implications: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/pek…
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a concise demographic breakdown of China, highlighting key trends and interesting regional differences. www.china-briefing.com/news/china-d... Pekingology did an excellent podcast this week on the demographic shift & its implications: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/pek…
I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to go, given the tuition fees and living costs, but it did feel good to get an offer from King's.
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to go, given the tuition fees and living costs, but it did feel good to get an offer from King's.
now reading. looks at how postwar america's age of mass consumption reshaped the idea of citizenship & how consumers emerged as a political catg from the new-deal era. any other works that explore similar dynamics of consumerism and citizenship outside the american context?
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
now reading. looks at how postwar america's age of mass consumption reshaped the idea of citizenship & how consumers emerged as a political catg from the new-deal era. any other works that explore similar dynamics of consumerism and citizenship outside the american context?
Spent the morning shifting my books from all the random corners of the house. Good to see all of them in one place now. Here's the non-fic sec. Need more space for the 10 or so I ordered this week :,)
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Spent the morning shifting my books from all the random corners of the house. Good to see all of them in one place now. Here's the non-fic sec. Need more space for the 10 or so I ordered this week :,)
Wrote about Srikar Raghavan's Rama Bhima Soma for The Wire. A roving inquiry into modern Karnataka's most electrifying decades. Audacious, erudite, and brimming with intellectual fire:
m.thewire.in/article/book...
m.thewire.in/article/book...
The Many Lives of a State
Srikar Raghavan’s 'Rama Bhima Soma' resists easy categorisation, much like the very cultural landscape it seeks to map.
m.thewire.in
March 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Wrote about Srikar Raghavan's Rama Bhima Soma for The Wire. A roving inquiry into modern Karnataka's most electrifying decades. Audacious, erudite, and brimming with intellectual fire:
m.thewire.in/article/book...
m.thewire.in/article/book...
For Madras Courier, I wrote about the India's Got Latent "controversy", the state-sanctioned witch hunt, SC's morality crusade, and the dire state of free speech in India. With the broadcasting bill creeping back things will only get worse.
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
Free Speech? Not In India | Madras Courier
madrascourier.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
For Madras Courier, I wrote about the India's Got Latent "controversy", the state-sanctioned witch hunt, SC's morality crusade, and the dire state of free speech in India. With the broadcasting bill creeping back things will only get worse.
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
Got my copy today. First impressions have already piqued my curiosity, and I'm looking forward to it.
February 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Got my copy today. First impressions have already piqued my curiosity, and I'm looking forward to it.
Pleased to see that my piece on Le Pen and how the far-right exclusionary ideology he championed had not only taken root but flourished in French politics, originally written for FirstPost, has also been featured on Europe Says!
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
www.europesays.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pleased to see that my piece on Le Pen and how the far-right exclusionary ideology he championed had not only taken root but flourished in French politics, originally written for FirstPost, has also been featured on Europe Says!
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
Le Pen may be dead, but his ideas are far from buried. On Le Pen, defensive nationalism, negative jingoism and how the far right exclusionary ideology he championed continues to run through the bloodstream of French politics. Some thoughts for FirstPost.
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
France: Jean-Marie Le Pen passes away, but Le Pen-ism lives on
Senior Le Pen’s death closes one chapter, but the battle over his ideology and its grip on French politics is far from over
www.firstpost.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Le Pen may be dead, but his ideas are far from buried. On Le Pen, defensive nationalism, negative jingoism and how the far right exclusionary ideology he championed continues to run through the bloodstream of French politics. Some thoughts for FirstPost.
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
Esmat Elhalaby’s piece on genocide was published in March. Months later, I still find myself returning to it. "In the face of genocide, we must imagine, in the stead of those Palestinians who have struggled for years, the opposite of genocide." thebaffler.com/latest/towar...
Toward an Intellectual History of Genocide in Gaza | Esmat Elhalaby
On the university as a tool of colonial domination, or a site of resistance.
thebaffler.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Esmat Elhalaby’s piece on genocide was published in March. Months later, I still find myself returning to it. "In the face of genocide, we must imagine, in the stead of those Palestinians who have struggled for years, the opposite of genocide." thebaffler.com/latest/towar...
Bibi and other Israeli officials have "immunity" because Israel isn’t a party to the Rome Statute. Sure. But if that’s the logic, then by extension, Putin also has immunity, doesn’t he? But we all know that France ( and co.) would never say that.
November 28, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Bibi and other Israeli officials have "immunity" because Israel isn’t a party to the Rome Statute. Sure. But if that’s the logic, then by extension, Putin also has immunity, doesn’t he? But we all know that France ( and co.) would never say that.
I've been eagerly waiting for this one.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Free Gifts
A timely new critique of capitalism’s persistent failure to value nature
press.princeton.edu
November 20, 2024 at 10:41 AM
I've been eagerly waiting for this one.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Reading Hindu Nationalism and the Language of Politics in Late Colonial India by William Gould. Interesting so far. Detailed study, particularly in how it dissects the dynamics of UP Congress during the late colonial era and the complex interaction between religion, language, and politics.
November 18, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Reading Hindu Nationalism and the Language of Politics in Late Colonial India by William Gould. Interesting so far. Detailed study, particularly in how it dissects the dynamics of UP Congress during the late colonial era and the complex interaction between religion, language, and politics.