#Hyderabad #Telangana

"I arrested M.N. Roy in the early morning of the 21st instant. He was in bed at the time and refused to give any name or say anything."

KBKJP
CIE OBE ISO KPM JP IP
DCP SB CID
BOMBAY

(📍Jambul Wadi, Marine Lines, Mumbai).

#History #AntiColonialism #parsi

Parsing failed

#syntax #semiotics #tradeunions #communism #history #materialculture #archivefever

"The rasika—he who is sahridaya, meaning 'of the same heart'—must be competent, deserving, knowledgeable; who can bring utsaha to the act of viewing."

B.N.Goswamy passes on.

#arthistory #painting #india

Battle of the Sannyasis, Basawan (maker) Tara the Elder (maker). Source: Victoria and Albert Museum. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

#art #miniature #moghul

"Saklatvala arrived in India with a flourish of trumpets, but his departure some months later passed almost unnoticed."

— David Petrie, Director, Intelligence Bureau, on the British Labour MP Shapurji Saklatvala's visit to India in 1927.
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#Communism #History #britishpolitics #Parsi #Bombay

Many thanks to The Society of Authors & Robyn Law for a generous grant in support of my forthcoming book on the elusive anti-colonial activist M.N.Roy & the dogged efforts of colonial intelligence agencies to counter an existential threat.

@michaeldwyer.bsky.social Hurst Publishers Penguin India