kalramnath
kalramnath.bsky.social
kalramnath
@kalramnath.bsky.social
writing and teaching histories of 19 and 20c South Asia and the Indian Ocean World
The Belonging Project is off to a fantastic start today!

It was wonderful to host Mohsin Alam Bhat, Shardul Gopujkar, and Arushi Gupta, the co-authors of the "Unmaking Citizens: The Architecture of Rights Violations and Exclusion in India’s Citizenship Trials":

www.nls.ac.in/wp-content/u...
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Boats in a Storm gets an India edition with Westland Books @westlandbooks.bsky.social!

Releasing on 18 August.
August 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Raise Your Voice (2022) by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya at the Museum of the City of New York.
March 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Another world is possible.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Another world is possible.
February 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Love these Travancore themed postcards by Shruti Sharat and Sharat Sunder Rajeev (@owls.awl on Instagram).
December 28, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Working with archival materials from #Madras again, and reminded of how fascinating it was to work on this essay c. 2019 around the #history of the #Dhanushkodi - #Talaimannar rail and ferry connection b/w India and Sri Lanka for @historyecon.bsky.social

histecon.fas.harvard.edu/invisible-hi...
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Back to old neighborhood and in conversation with treasured colleagues and friends -

Cambridge, MA on 22 October 2024 at 5.30 PM for a discussion around Boats with Durba Mitra, Teren Sevea and Tara Suri. Please join us!
October 16, 2024 at 1:24 PM
My brilliant colleague Isabel Alonso's Radio for the Millions : Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting Across Borders has won Columbia University Press's Distinguished Book Award - so deserving of every accolade that comes its way!
October 10, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Join my most favorite Tamara Fernando and American Institute for Lankan Studies for a conv around Boats -

Details and link to register in poster below -
September 21, 2024 at 12:02 PM
Book covers for Democracy's Dhamma by Gitanjali Surendran and Interasian Intimacies by Chie Ikeya -

Have listened to sections of the research that went into both books over the years, and can't wait to read in entireity!
September 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Ullathukondu Onam, 2024.
September 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM
First round of archival work in south India as an ACLS Fellow for 2024 - '25:
September 5, 2024 at 7:51 AM
I didn't get to watch either Pa Ranjith's Thangalaan or Mari Selvaraj's Vaazhai on the big screen, but they are right up there on my must-watch list.
August 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Artists Anamika and Ramachandran reimagine a Nagarathar dowry. Location: Dakshin Chitra, Chennai.
August 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Old location for the Puducherry archives on Rue Romain Rolland.
August 18, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Churuna (scroll) case. Central Archives, Trivandrum.
August 8, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Another world is possible. Artwork by AM.
July 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
The most hopeful day in days. Artwork by AM.
June 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM
In hope.

Artwork by A + K.
January 2, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Law and Society in Colonial India (Fall 2023) is a wrap.
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December 5, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Come listen to the brilliant Kalathmika Natarajan and Tarangini Sriraman discuss Boats @supmktg.bsky.social

Many thanks to the Exeter South Asia Center for hosting what will be a very special conversation with two supremely knowledgeable interlocutors.

Fri 8 Dec | 3 - 5 PM BST | 10 AM - 12 PM ET
December 4, 2023 at 2:01 PM