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researching non-national futures; previously oxford, now phd history @ harvard
words in the scroll, newslaundry, the print, e-ir, pari

https://history.fas.harvard.edu/people/rohan-chopra
received @esmat.bsky.social’s book in the mail on its launch day, and could not be more excited. there has been no other book i have been suggested over and over again to sharpen and aid my own thinking (also got my uni to buy an e-copy!) 🍉
October 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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My remembrance of my teacher, C.M. Naim
C.M. Naim, May You Always Be Our Lodestar - The Wire
I wish I had another 90 years to learn from you, Naim Sahib.
m.thewire.in
July 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
one of my fav reads this month! highlighted more or less the entire piece:
"She [Mina] is full of possibility and promise, a total inversion of any vision of women’s sexuality as dangerous to the enforced Hindu patriarchal order"
i wrote on the nuances of racial tension and the possibility of political coalition, with much resonance today, through Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/mississippi-...
June 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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"Gauri Lankesh was blunt in her critique, roundly denouncing the Hinduism espoused by once-fringe Hindu extremist groups that were rapidly taking centre stage and whipping up hate on social media."

Laxmi Murthy writes:
Why did they kill Gauri Lankesh?
IN A LAND where the majority is quick to take offence, and “hurting religious sentiments” is a crime, any transgression can be deadly. The food we eat, the clot
buff.ly
April 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Nearly a decade on from beginning the PhD, we have a book cover!

Out later this year - my book exploring caste, migration and indenture as foundational to Indian diplomacy. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

t.co/bUTfpFncmk
March 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM