Narayani Basu
@narayanibasu.bsky.social
Historian of modern India | Research nerd | Author & biographer | Archive hound | Full-time chai lover
V.P.Menon: The Unsung Architect Of Modern India: https://amzn.eu/d/3Busqcz
Allegiance: Azaadi and the End of Empire: https://amzn.eu/d/41iQH4E
V.P.Menon: The Unsung Architect Of Modern India: https://amzn.eu/d/3Busqcz
Allegiance: Azaadi and the End of Empire: https://amzn.eu/d/41iQH4E
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K.M. Panikkar truly embodied the chaos and the excitement of a new nation.
To read more about his fascinating life, get your copy of @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's A Man for All Seasons from your favourite bookstore or online.
To read more about his fascinating life, get your copy of @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's A Man for All Seasons from your favourite bookstore or online.
July 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
K.M. Panikkar truly embodied the chaos and the excitement of a new nation.
To read more about his fascinating life, get your copy of @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's A Man for All Seasons from your favourite bookstore or online.
To read more about his fascinating life, get your copy of @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's A Man for All Seasons from your favourite bookstore or online.
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K.M Panikkar was a multi-tasking superhero!
Read about his various avatars in @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's riveting biography, A Man for All Seasons.
Now in bookstores and online.
Read about his various avatars in @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's riveting biography, A Man for All Seasons.
Now in bookstores and online.
July 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
K.M Panikkar was a multi-tasking superhero!
Read about his various avatars in @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's riveting biography, A Man for All Seasons.
Now in bookstores and online.
Read about his various avatars in @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's riveting biography, A Man for All Seasons.
Now in bookstores and online.
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Monday blues sorted!
We are bookstore hopping in #Delhi and talking about what makes KM Panikkar one of the most interesting figures of Indian history with @narayanibasu.bsky.social
Join us on 14 July.
We are bookstore hopping in #Delhi and talking about what makes KM Panikkar one of the most interesting figures of Indian history with @narayanibasu.bsky.social
Join us on 14 July.
July 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Monday blues sorted!
We are bookstore hopping in #Delhi and talking about what makes KM Panikkar one of the most interesting figures of Indian history with @narayanibasu.bsky.social
Join us on 14 July.
We are bookstore hopping in #Delhi and talking about what makes KM Panikkar one of the most interesting figures of Indian history with @narayanibasu.bsky.social
Join us on 14 July.
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The fruits of 2014 to 2025.
Sneaking in a little awkward pride in myself.
Sneaking in a little awkward pride in myself.
June 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The fruits of 2014 to 2025.
Sneaking in a little awkward pride in myself.
Sneaking in a little awkward pride in myself.
OKAY OKAY! This is now REAL and while I'm nervous as hell and while the world is burning, I'm still really excited because this has been 5 years & a pandemic in the making.
Preorders for the biography of KM Panikkar are open! Available at bookstores near you & online! ✨
Preorders for the biography of KM Panikkar are open! Available at bookstores near you & online! ✨
The big summer book is here! @narayanibasu.bsky.social 's detailed biography of K.M. Panikkar, one of India's most fascinating figures, the public intellectual and diplomat who helped shape the new nation, A Man For All Seasons is now available for pre-order.
amzn.in/d/3WfRsjI
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June 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
OKAY OKAY! This is now REAL and while I'm nervous as hell and while the world is burning, I'm still really excited because this has been 5 years & a pandemic in the making.
Preorders for the biography of KM Panikkar are open! Available at bookstores near you & online! ✨
Preorders for the biography of KM Panikkar are open! Available at bookstores near you & online! ✨
This heat will be the end of me my god
June 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This heat will be the end of me my god
I should start getting active here again, no?
June 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I should start getting active here again, no?
Proofing bunker.
Getting this book ready may well end my days 🥹
Getting this book ready may well end my days 🥹
February 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Proofing bunker.
Getting this book ready may well end my days 🥹
Getting this book ready may well end my days 🥹
A flight to northeast India is always beautiful.
This, I think, is Kanchenjunga.
This, I think, is Kanchenjunga.
November 28, 2024 at 4:30 AM
A flight to northeast India is always beautiful.
This, I think, is Kanchenjunga.
This, I think, is Kanchenjunga.
The way I forget to post here is quite magnificent.
November 27, 2024 at 12:30 PM
The way I forget to post here is quite magnificent.
My biography of V.P Menon, Reforms Commissioner to India's last three Viceroys & the man who, along with Sardar Patel, got 565 princely states to sign on India's dotted line, goes into print yet again(!!!). ✨
Available at bookstores near you or online at : amzn.in/d/ajoXQHd
Available at bookstores near you or online at : amzn.in/d/ajoXQHd
November 21, 2024 at 4:54 AM
My biography of V.P Menon, Reforms Commissioner to India's last three Viceroys & the man who, along with Sardar Patel, got 565 princely states to sign on India's dotted line, goes into print yet again(!!!). ✨
Available at bookstores near you or online at : amzn.in/d/ajoXQHd
Available at bookstores near you or online at : amzn.in/d/ajoXQHd
Second flight this week tomorrow. All I want in the middle of final edits & cover designs & general chaos is a NAP ffs.
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Second flight this week tomorrow. All I want in the middle of final edits & cover designs & general chaos is a NAP ffs.
Descending into Delhi in November means being greeted by this ugly brownish-grey filth.
November 18, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Descending into Delhi in November means being greeted by this ugly brownish-grey filth.
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And again, full now but a selection of women working in/waffling about history for you to choose from go.bsky.app/KNeAnRj
November 17, 2024 at 3:02 PM
And again, full now but a selection of women working in/waffling about history for you to choose from go.bsky.app/KNeAnRj
A Man for All Seasons, a biography on K.M. Panikkar, will be out in January 2025. It's taken five years and a pandemic to write this.
NERVES.
NERVES.
November 17, 2024 at 5:30 AM
A Man for All Seasons, a biography on K.M. Panikkar, will be out in January 2025. It's taken five years and a pandemic to write this.
NERVES.
NERVES.
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www.spectator.co.uk/article/sout.... The Spectator reviews Avinash Paliwal (SOAS) new book: 'a gripping tale of espionage that opens in 1949, with newly independent India, Pakistan and Burma racked by rivalries' @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
South Asia in a time of the breaking of nations
Early on Christmas morning in 1962, the Indian diplomat S.S. Banerjee heard a mysterious knock on his door in Dacca, East Pakistan. Standing outside in the darkness was a 14-year-old boy, who beckoned...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 8:55 AM
www.spectator.co.uk/article/sout.... The Spectator reviews Avinash Paliwal (SOAS) new book: 'a gripping tale of espionage that opens in 1949, with newly independent India, Pakistan and Burma racked by rivalries' @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
I guess it's time, eh?
a cartoon baboon says it is time
ALT: a cartoon baboon says it is time
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:02 PM
I guess it's time, eh?