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...
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
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...
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...
Boats in a Storm gets an India edition with Westland Books @westlandbooks.bsky.social!
Releasing on 18 August.
Releasing on 18 August.
August 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Boats in a Storm gets an India edition with Westland Books @westlandbooks.bsky.social!
Releasing on 18 August.
Releasing on 18 August.
Raise Your Voice (2022) by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya at the Museum of the City of New York.
March 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Raise Your Voice (2022) by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya at the Museum of the City of New York.
Another world is possible.
February 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Another world is possible.
Another world is possible.
February 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Another world is possible.
Love these Travancore themed postcards by Shruti Sharat and Sharat Sunder Rajeev (@owls.awl on Instagram).
December 28, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Love these Travancore themed postcards by Shruti Sharat and Sharat Sunder Rajeev (@owls.awl on Instagram).
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...
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/invisible-hi...
December 12, 2024 at 11:51 PM
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...
histecon.fas.harvard.edu/invisible-hi...
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!
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
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!
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!
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
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!
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 -
Details and link to register in poster below -
September 21, 2024 at 12:02 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 -
Details and link to register in poster below -
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!
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
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!
Have listened to sections of the research that went into both books over the years, and can't wait to read in entireity!
Ullathukondu Onam, 2024.
September 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Ullathukondu Onam, 2024.
First round of archival work in south India as an ACLS Fellow for 2024 - '25:
September 5, 2024 at 7:51 AM
First round of archival work in south India as an ACLS Fellow for 2024 - '25:
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
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.
Artists Anamika and Ramachandran reimagine a Nagarathar dowry. Location: Dakshin Chitra, Chennai.
August 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Artists Anamika and Ramachandran reimagine a Nagarathar dowry. Location: Dakshin Chitra, Chennai.
Old location for the Puducherry archives on Rue Romain Rolland.
August 18, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Old location for the Puducherry archives on Rue Romain Rolland.
Churuna (scroll) case. Central Archives, Trivandrum.
August 8, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Churuna (scroll) case. Central Archives, Trivandrum.
Another world is possible. Artwork by AM.
July 17, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Another world is possible. Artwork by AM.
The most hopeful day in days. Artwork by AM.
June 4, 2024 at 7:20 PM
The most hopeful day in days. Artwork by AM.
In hope.
Artwork by A + K.
Artwork by A + K.
January 2, 2024 at 10:33 PM
In hope.
Artwork by A + K.
Artwork by A + K.
Law and Society in Colonial India (Fall 2023) is a wrap.
wellcomecollection.org/works/xpd7w7td
wellcomecollection.org/works/xpd7w7td
December 5, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Law and Society in Colonial India (Fall 2023) is a wrap.
wellcomecollection.org/works/xpd7w7td
wellcomecollection.org/works/xpd7w7td
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
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
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
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