Uttara
@uttara.bsky.social
Historian of borders, migration, and refugees in Modern South Asia and the British Empire. Sindhis.
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Uttara
@uttara.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Bonded citizenship: Caste, Partition, and the prevention of exit | Modern Asian Studies | Cambridge Core
Bonded citizenship: Caste, Partition, and the prevention of exit
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I’m thrilled to finally share my article on citizenship, caste, and exit control at the time of the India-Pakistan partition out now on first view in Modern Asian Studies: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #skystorians
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“In the regime we live in today, thinking freely itself is perilous”
Activist-author Anand Teltumbde in an interview with Kavitha Iyer reflects on the price he paid, and on preserving his critical consciousness over 31 months in jail
Activist-author Anand Teltumbde in an interview with Kavitha Iyer reflects on the price he paid, and on preserving his critical consciousness over 31 months in jail
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“In the regime we live in today, thinking freely itself is perilous”
Activist-author Anand Teltumbde in an interview with Kavitha Iyer reflects on the price he paid, and on preserving his critical consciousness over 31 months in jail
Activist-author Anand Teltumbde in an interview with Kavitha Iyer reflects on the price he paid, and on preserving his critical consciousness over 31 months in jail
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New password must contain 16 characters???? In this economy?????
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New password must contain 16 characters???? In this economy?????
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Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik, is an article from 1915 depicting Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the First World War.
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Editor, Nishah Malik, is an article from 1915 depicting Indian soldiers who served in the British Army during the First World War.
Bakerloo line extension, please.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Bakerloo line extension, please.
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Aftab Pureval, the son of a Punjabi immigrant and a Tibetan refugee, beating JD Vance’s brother is the kind of desi-coded schafenfreude that will keep me going for months 🤣😂
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Aftab Pureval wins reelection as Cincinnati mayor, defeating JD Vance’s relative
Aftab Pureval won reelection as mayor of Cincinnati on Tuesday, defeating Cory Bowman, a Republican who is Vice President JD Vance’s half-brother.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Aftab Pureval, the son of a Punjabi immigrant and a Tibetan refugee, beating JD Vance’s brother is the kind of desi-coded schafenfreude that will keep me going for months 🤣😂
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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It is a low bar possibly, but seeing a politician win, especially a significant win, by galvanising disenfranchised voters on a platform of unity, compassion and hope, a platform which supported marginalised groups such as migrants and trans/non-binary individuals, feels pretty important right now.
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
It is a low bar possibly, but seeing a politician win, especially a significant win, by galvanising disenfranchised voters on a platform of unity, compassion and hope, a platform which supported marginalised groups such as migrants and trans/non-binary individuals, feels pretty important right now.
Yup
The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yup
Bad commute this morning but dhoom machale is getting me through it 👌
November 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Bad commute this morning but dhoom machale is getting me through it 👌
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Very much looking forward to speaking about my book 'Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception' on the Equality Talks series next Tuesday 11 November 2025 @5pm UK time, 6:00pm CET. For details and to join:
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...
Equality Talks
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de
November 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Very much looking forward to speaking about my book 'Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception' on the Equality Talks series next Tuesday 11 November 2025 @5pm UK time, 6:00pm CET. For details and to join:
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...
academy-humanrights.uni-koeln.de/en/news/equa...
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My book Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy is out with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social. It has been shaped by the support of a great community of scholars - grateful for generous endorsements from
@rahulraothariel.bsky.social @katesde.bsky.social @kalramnath.bsky.social
Order here - shorturl.at/55NjW
@rahulraothariel.bsky.social @katesde.bsky.social @kalramnath.bsky.social
Order here - shorturl.at/55NjW
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My book Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy is out with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social. It has been shaped by the support of a great community of scholars - grateful for generous endorsements from
@rahulraothariel.bsky.social @katesde.bsky.social @kalramnath.bsky.social
Order here - shorturl.at/55NjW
@rahulraothariel.bsky.social @katesde.bsky.social @kalramnath.bsky.social
Order here - shorturl.at/55NjW
Or an interface like this. Brilliant collection but why this way. nehruselectedworks.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Or an interface like this. Brilliant collection but why this way. nehruselectedworks.com
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“Those who can study all day should study and those who cannot should support scholars.” From a 1720 will. Seems sound to me.
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Those who can study all day should study and those who cannot should support scholars.” From a 1720 will. Seems sound to me.
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Psyched by this motivational tip from @austinkleon.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Psyched by this motivational tip from @austinkleon.bsky.social
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One of the crazier stories in my book is that of Amar Nath Dutt, who tried to blackmail some of the Indian revolutionaries in Paris. His bluff was called and after a brief prison term, he left for Argentina to become a magician, later going by the name Linga Singh. thewire.in/books/servan...
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
One of the crazier stories in my book is that of Amar Nath Dutt, who tried to blackmail some of the Indian revolutionaries in Paris. His bluff was called and after a brief prison term, he left for Argentina to become a magician, later going by the name Linga Singh. thewire.in/books/servan...
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Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...
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October 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Now open: call for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, 2026.
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author before the closing date of 15 December. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v
#Skystorians
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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A circulating video of slain Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi, who was killed by Israeli-backed gangs this evening.
October 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A circulating video of slain Palestinian journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi, who was killed by Israeli-backed gangs this evening.
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📢 Applications are now open for the Joint BME Small Grants scheme, supporting research, events & activities by BME historians or on BME histories.
💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
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💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
Joint BME Small Grants
The Social History Society administers a Small Grants Fund to support research, events and activities undertaken by BME historians or focused on the histories of BME people The scheme was launched …
socialhistory.org.uk
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📢 Applications are now open for the Joint BME Small Grants scheme, supporting research, events & activities by BME historians or on BME histories.
💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
💸 Grants up to £1000.
⏰Deadline: 27 Nov 2025.
#history #apply #funding #opportunity
socialhistory.org.uk/funding/bme-...
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I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My book, out now! On migration law's treatment of women, gender-based violence, and the legal challenges that migrant women have brought to the rules that determine their status. I have links if you want to review a copy or read a free chapter....
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Delighted to see the open access publication of Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms -- a superb volume featuring artists, poets, scholars, and a short essay by me on Dutch- and French-speaking women in 16th-century London telling their stories of migration. punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms – punctum books
punctumbooks.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Delighted to see the open access publication of Crossings: Migrant Knowledges, Migrant Forms -- a superb volume featuring artists, poets, scholars, and a short essay by me on Dutch- and French-speaking women in 16th-century London telling their stories of migration. punctumbooks.com/titles/cross...
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I'm sure Du Bois scholars know about this already but was not aware of this online resource of Bu Bois' papers at Umass Amhearst. Absolutely amazing stuff in here. credo.library.umass.edu/view/collect...
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers Overview
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October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm sure Du Bois scholars know about this already but was not aware of this online resource of Bu Bois' papers at Umass Amhearst. Absolutely amazing stuff in here. credo.library.umass.edu/view/collect...
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Call for Papers! @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social x @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar special edition - we want papers on all types of migration and mobility history from ECRs and PGRs. Abstracts to kabcommons [@] gmail.com by 15th November. Pls spread the word & DM with any questions
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Call for Papers! @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social x @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility Seminar special edition - we want papers on all types of migration and mobility history from ECRs and PGRs. Abstracts to kabcommons [@] gmail.com by 15th November. Pls spread the word & DM with any questions