Dinyar Patel
@dinyarpatel.bsky.social
Associate Professor (South Asian History) at SPJIMR, Mumbai. Author of Naoroji: Pioneer of Indian Nationalism (Harvard University Press, 2020).
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Tracing the rise and decline of Chettiar businesses across Asia challenges the idea that caste-based capital can always deliver fortunes. CJ Kuncheria on Raman Mahadevan's 'Fortune Seekers'
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What the Chettiar Story Reveals about Caste and Business
Tracing the rise and decline of Chettiar businesses across Asia challenges the idea that caste-based capital can always deliver fortunes.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Tracing the rise and decline of Chettiar businesses across Asia challenges the idea that caste-based capital can always deliver fortunes. CJ Kuncheria on Raman Mahadevan's 'Fortune Seekers'
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
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Taking place tomorrow!
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Taking place tomorrow!
Henry Fawcett was also a staunch supporter of Indians clamoring for more political rights, befriending many Indian political leaders resident in London.
Died #OnThisDay 1884 Henry Fawcett, the first completely blind MP. He sat as a Liberal for Brighton 1865-74, & Hackney 1874-84. For more on him & the wife, the leading suffragist, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, see our earlier post: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/m...
MP of the Month: Henry Fawcett (1833-84)
Continuing our recent focus on the personalities and campaigns associated with ‘votes for women’, our MP of the Month highlights the remarkable career of Henry Fawcett, husband of the leading suffr…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Henry Fawcett was also a staunch supporter of Indians clamoring for more political rights, befriending many Indian political leaders resident in London.
This Sunday at Literature Live!, I'll be in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his excellent new book, Shattered Lands: www.litlive.in/fest25/sched...
FRAGMENTNATIONS | The Mumbai LitFest
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November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This Sunday at Literature Live!, I'll be in conversation with Sam Dalrymple about his excellent new book, Shattered Lands: www.litlive.in/fest25/sched...
Murali Ranganathan writes on how photos in a long-forgotten album reveals the role of women in suburban Bombay during the Civil Disobedience Movement: scroll.in/article/1087...
From the photo-book: How Mumbai suburban women contributed to the freedom struggle
Women were at the forefront of the Civil Disobedience Movement – leading processions, picketing foreign cloth shops, breaking the salt laws.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Murali Ranganathan writes on how photos in a long-forgotten album reveals the role of women in suburban Bombay during the Civil Disobedience Movement: scroll.in/article/1087...
In @thetls.bsky.social I write about Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian nationalism, and the power of print: www.the-tls.com/history/mode...
Truth teller of Empire
Under colonial rule, the written word was one of the few weapons available to Indian political leaders. They made remarkable use of it. It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that Indians used b...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
In @thetls.bsky.social I write about Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian nationalism, and the power of print: www.the-tls.com/history/mode...
My piece on the closure of Parsiana and how the career of its editor, Jehangir Patel, mirrored major social and political changes in India: scroll.in/article/1087...
As ‘Parsiana’ closes, Indian journalism loses a small but important voice
The magazine, started in 1964, chronicled the achievements and arguments of the Parsi community around the world – with an eye on the big picture.
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October 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
My piece on the closure of Parsiana and how the career of its editor, Jehangir Patel, mirrored major social and political changes in India: scroll.in/article/1087...
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In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Sven Beckert charts the rise of the modern global economic order. An unparalleled work of scholarship that is also a joy to read, this is a monumental achievement. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Capitalism: A Global History by Sven Beckert
In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Beckert (Empire of Cotton) charts the rise of the modern global economic ...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In this epic account, Bancroft Prize–winning historian Sven Beckert charts the rise of the modern global economic order. An unparalleled work of scholarship that is also a joy to read, this is a monumental achievement. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
Some photographs from the launch of "Disobedient Subjects" at CSMVS: an exhibit on photographs from the Civil Disobedience Movement in Bombay, 1930-31.
October 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Some photographs from the launch of "Disobedient Subjects" at CSMVS: an exhibit on photographs from the Civil Disobedience Movement in Bombay, 1930-31.
Taking place this Saturday! Murali Ranganathan, Sumathi Ramaswamy, and I will be in conversation about Bombay during the Civil Disobedience Movement -- specifically, an incredible volume of photography which we have written about. CSMVS, 11 Oct, 5:30pm.
October 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Taking place this Saturday! Murali Ranganathan, Sumathi Ramaswamy, and I will be in conversation about Bombay during the Civil Disobedience Movement -- specifically, an incredible volume of photography which we have written about. CSMVS, 11 Oct, 5:30pm.
I'll be giving a talk this Saturday on three Indians in the age of global liberalism: Rammohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore, and Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy. How did their global links help shape Indian critiques of colonialism? khakitours.com/experiences/...
October 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I'll be giving a talk this Saturday on three Indians in the age of global liberalism: Rammohan Roy, Dwarkanath Tagore, and Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy. How did their global links help shape Indian critiques of colonialism? khakitours.com/experiences/...
Job alert: IIHS University in Bangalore is hiring! www.iihs.ac.in/careers/
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September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Job alert: IIHS University in Bangalore is hiring! www.iihs.ac.in/careers/
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Happening this evening!
Upcoming lecture on Thursday, 25 Sept on the #Zoroastrian communities in India and Iran and Britain's role in their relationships in the early 20th century. Come and join us! Details: tinyurl.com/ras-20250925
September 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happening this evening!
Brougham was also a supporter of Indian reform, and a well-respected figure in India, associated with Indian liberals' hopes for changes in the fundamental structure of Company rule.
Born #OTD 1778, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux. MP for various constituencies from 1810 to 1830, he rose to prominence with his support for the abolition of slavery and his opposition to George IV's attempts to divorce Queen Caroline. www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-...
September 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Brougham was also a supporter of Indian reform, and a well-respected figure in India, associated with Indian liberals' hopes for changes in the fundamental structure of Company rule.
Today is Dadabhai Naoroji's 200th birth annniversary. I write in @scroll.in about the divergence between, on the one hand, the early Indian nationalist vision for mass education and, on the other hand, independent India's woeful record on mass education. scroll.in/article/1086...
Dadabhai Naoroji’s 200th birth anniversary: How early nationalists thought about mass education
There is a yawning gap between their visions and independent India’s woeful track record in educating its citizens.
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September 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Today is Dadabhai Naoroji's 200th birth annniversary. I write in @scroll.in about the divergence between, on the one hand, the early Indian nationalist vision for mass education and, on the other hand, independent India's woeful record on mass education. scroll.in/article/1086...
Our latest Past Imperfect podcast, with Srinath Raghavan, looks at Indira Gandhi's rule: was she populist, authoritarian, socialist -- or perhaps Caesarist? scroll.in/article/1085...
Podcast: Indira Gandhi’s disastrous legacy that defined Indian democracy
Was India’s only female prime minister a populist, an authoritarian, or something else? Author Srinath Raghavan discusses why her regime could be ‘Caesarist’.
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August 21, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Our latest Past Imperfect podcast, with Srinath Raghavan, looks at Indira Gandhi's rule: was she populist, authoritarian, socialist -- or perhaps Caesarist? scroll.in/article/1085...
I'll be delivering a talk this Thursday on "Dadabhai Naoroji at 200," marking the two-hundredth birth anniversary of one of the world's pioneering anticolonial figures. 14 August, 6pm, CSMVS Museum, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai. See images for details.
August 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I'll be delivering a talk this Thursday on "Dadabhai Naoroji at 200," marking the two-hundredth birth anniversary of one of the world's pioneering anticolonial figures. 14 August, 6pm, CSMVS Museum, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai. See images for details.
How did Bombay experience the Uprising or Mutiny of 1857? Find out in my latest piece in @scroll.in, where I describe how fear and panic shaped the British response in the city: scroll.in/article/1084...
Panic and fear: How Bombay experienced the Great Uprising of 1857
The alarm and fright in the city revealed the brittle, ultimately ephemeral nature of the British empire – the most powerful empire in world history.
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July 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How did Bombay experience the Uprising or Mutiny of 1857? Find out in my latest piece in @scroll.in, where I describe how fear and panic shaped the British response in the city: scroll.in/article/1084...
My review of Manu S. Pillai's Gods, Guns, and Missionaries is now out in @historytoday.com: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
‘Gods, Guns and Missionaries’ by Manu S. Pillai review
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July 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
My review of Manu S. Pillai's Gods, Guns, and Missionaries is now out in @historytoday.com: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...
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We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
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Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We are proud to announce that South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories, a landmark educational website on the histories of South Asians in Britain, is now live!
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Visit southasianbritain.org
@qmul.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social #AHRC @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
Young Bengal was infamous for hard drinking and a propensity to fling beefsteaks into the houses of orthodox Brahmins. Rosinka Chaudhuri scratches beyond this surface, however, to discover their remarkable politics and principles. Listen here: scroll.in/article/1084...
Podcast: The radical legacy of the 19th century ‘Young Bengal’ movement
Though mocked for their dietary and drinking habits, the group set a template for progressive reform that resonates in India even today, says Rosinka Chaudhuri.
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July 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Young Bengal was infamous for hard drinking and a propensity to fling beefsteaks into the houses of orthodox Brahmins. Rosinka Chaudhuri scratches beyond this surface, however, to discover their remarkable politics and principles. Listen here: scroll.in/article/1084...
What was Young Bengal and why was it so controversial? Find out more in our newest Past Imperfect podcast with Rosinka Chaudhuri, author of India's First Radicals, the most comprehensive treatment of a generation which shaped modern India: scroll.in/article/1084...
Podcast: The radical legacy of the 19th century ‘Young Bengal’ movement
Though mocked for their dietary and drinking habits, the group set a template for progressive reform that resonates in India even today, says Rosinka Chaudhuri.
scroll.in
July 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
What was Young Bengal and why was it so controversial? Find out more in our newest Past Imperfect podcast with Rosinka Chaudhuri, author of India's First Radicals, the most comprehensive treatment of a generation which shaped modern India: scroll.in/article/1084...
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The career of M. Visvesvaraya, arch-technocrat and statesman, throws much light on how India embraced the idea of modernisation through industrialisation. Aashique Iqbal reviews Aparajith Ramnath's book
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India’s Visionary Engineer
The career of M. Visvesvaraya, arch-technocrat and statesman, throws much light on how India embraced the idea of modernisation through industrialisation.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The career of M. Visvesvaraya, arch-technocrat and statesman, throws much light on how India embraced the idea of modernisation through industrialisation. Aashique Iqbal reviews Aparajith Ramnath's book
www.theindiaforum.in/book-reviews...
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I speak to ThePrint on Dadabhai Naoroji's career as a journalist, specifically with Rast Goftar, on his death anniversary. theprint.in/theprint-pro...
Dadabhai Naoroji started a newspaper to push for reform in Bombay. It was called Truth Teller
Dadabhai Naoroji was part of the 'Young Bombay' reformist clique group, which had progressive views on women’s education and rationalisation of religious practices.
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June 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I speak to ThePrint on Dadabhai Naoroji's career as a journalist, specifically with Rast Goftar, on his death anniversary. theprint.in/theprint-pro...
Prashant Kidambi writes about Jim Masselos, the historian who spent six decades detailing so many aspects of Bombay's history, who passed away this week: scroll.in/article/1083...
For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse
Masselos wrote about the world of the urban mohalla, crowds and popular culture, and the changing rhythms of everyday life in the city.
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June 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Prashant Kidambi writes about Jim Masselos, the historian who spent six decades detailing so many aspects of Bombay's history, who passed away this week: scroll.in/article/1083...