Divya Cherian
@dillivali.bsky.social
Historian of India/South Asia
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The cover for my book, The Future That Was, is now live! It features the MacArthur genius artist Shahzia Sikander's Infinite Woman (2021), where earth is surrounded by an infinite series of women marching around the globe who, from afar, become rays of the sun ☀️
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The Future That Was
How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present
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September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The cover for my book, The Future That Was, is now live! It features the MacArthur genius artist Shahzia Sikander's Infinite Woman (2021), where earth is surrounded by an infinite series of women marching around the globe who, from afar, become rays of the sun ☀️
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken | News | The Harvard Crimson
Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.
www.thecrimson.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Everyone in academia should read this piece about our dear, brilliant colleague @durba.bsky.social
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Katyayani Dalmia on caste and colorism in India:
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Ghinn: Colorism and gendered revulsion in North India
This article examines how colorism is gendered in North India by foregrounding women's narratives of being subjected to ghinn—disgust or repugnance—around their skin tone. I argue that paying attenti...
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August 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Katyayani Dalmia on caste and colorism in India:
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care.
“This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
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If you work for or have studied at any University of California campus, you are invited and encouraged to sign this letter of support for UCLA, where faculty learned yesterday that Trump illegally froze $200M in funding.
tinyurl.com/ucstandup
Pls share widely!
tinyurl.com/ucstandup
Pls share widely!
August 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
If you work for or have studied at any University of California campus, you are invited and encouraged to sign this letter of support for UCLA, where faculty learned yesterday that Trump illegally froze $200M in funding.
tinyurl.com/ucstandup
Pls share widely!
tinyurl.com/ucstandup
Pls share widely!
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Trump saying people of color are naturally suited to farm labor sure sounds a lot like the slaveholders that said slaves were naturally inclined to servitude
Trump on undocumented farm workers: "People that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They've tried, we've tried, everybody tried. They don't do it. These people do it naturally. Naturally ... they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die."
August 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Trump saying people of color are naturally suited to farm labor sure sounds a lot like the slaveholders that said slaves were naturally inclined to servitude
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The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.” New @knightcolumbia.org analysis of the Columbia settlement, just published. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...
What the Columbia Settlement Really Means
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August 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.” New @knightcolumbia.org analysis of the Columbia settlement, just published. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...
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A Palestinian girl tells her father, “It’s okay,” urging him to risk their lives for food as Israel restricts aid to Gaza and shoots at those trying to reach it.
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A Palestinian girl tells her father, “It’s okay,” urging him to risk their lives for food as Israel restricts aid to Gaza and shoots at those trying to reach it.
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Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their bodies until they reach "a point of no return." mondoweiss.net/2025/07/when...
When the bodies of starving children in Gaza reach a ‘point of no return’
Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their…
mondoweiss.net
July 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Children in Gaza have begun to die of severe malnutrition in increasing numbers as Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza. Infants are the most severely affected, as hunger devours their bodies until they reach "a point of no return." mondoweiss.net/2025/07/when...
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An increasing number of infants suffering from malnutrition have been admitted to Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City.
July 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
An increasing number of infants suffering from malnutrition have been admitted to Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City.
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Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1
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Zohran Mamdani Says He’s a Democratic Socialist. What Does That Mean?
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
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Today is the day the NEH has been fully dismantled in all but name.
June 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today is the day the NEH has been fully dismantled in all but name.
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Durba Mitra's fabulous new book is now live! Congrats @durba.bsky.social!!!
Excited to see the website is now live for my forthcoming book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (PUP, March 2026)
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The Future That Was
How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present
press.princeton.edu
June 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Durba Mitra's fabulous new book is now live! Congrats @durba.bsky.social!!!
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Now hiring! UC Press is looking for a detail-oriented Editorial Assistant to join our hybrid team in Oakland, CA! This is a fantastic opportunity to work behind the scenes on impactful scholarly and trade books. buff.ly/3Cd8znb #PublishingJobs #EditorialCareers
January 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Now hiring! UC Press is looking for a detail-oriented Editorial Assistant to join our hybrid team in Oakland, CA! This is a fantastic opportunity to work behind the scenes on impactful scholarly and trade books. buff.ly/3Cd8znb #PublishingJobs #EditorialCareers
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Coming April 29, 2025 and available for pre-order, with 30% off (use code NYUAU30) when ordering from @nyupress.bsky.social.
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December 30, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Coming April 29, 2025 and available for pre-order, with 30% off (use code NYUAU30) when ordering from @nyupress.bsky.social.
nyupress.org/978147982978...
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a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
December 19, 2024 at 12:05 PM
a short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers
1. Spinoza
1. Spinoza
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Hope you’ll join @dillivali.bsky.social, Steven Lindquist, and Anna Seastrand and I at the New Books in Hindu Studies roundtable at #AARSBL24 on Sunday!
Friends going to AAR: I’m honored that Krishna’s Mahabharatas will be discussed alongside the incredible new books of Steven Lindquist, Anna Seastrand, and Divya Cherian at the New Books in Hindu Studies roundtable on Sunday, November 24th from 9:00-10:30 AM. I hope you can join us!
November 21, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Hope you’ll join @dillivali.bsky.social, Steven Lindquist, and Anna Seastrand and I at the New Books in Hindu Studies roundtable at #AARSBL24 on Sunday!
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I’m getting included in a lot of Buddhist circles, which is not always the case but I’m very excited. Here is a photograph from Saranpur (modern day Bihar) of an itinerant Buddhist monk from a colonial archive of photographs located at the British Library.
November 17, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I’m getting included in a lot of Buddhist circles, which is not always the case but I’m very excited. Here is a photograph from Saranpur (modern day Bihar) of an itinerant Buddhist monk from a colonial archive of photographs located at the British Library.