Read on my substack. || ‘In an age when travel has become an obsession owing to the carefully curated Instagram feeds … it is easy to forget that travel can also be a philosophical way of knowing’.

Read on my substack. || History isn’t only emperors and battles, it is also paperwork, poetry, and one man’s struggle to be heard.

Read on my substack. || Living in a caravanserai felt like living in a market and for one Mughal official, it wasn’t just about discomfort.

A microhistory of everyday life.

Read on my substack. || ‘At the heart of this essay is, therefore, this question: do sources of life narratives, such as letters, have value in providing actual flesh to the empire’s well-established, awe-inspiring skeleton?’

Read on my substack. || The partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 didn’t just manifest in the lines on a map, but also in beads of a necklace.

Read on my substack. || Stretching microhistory to explain a teen romance show. Probably a bit ridiculous. Definitely relatable. Why do we call it a “guilty pleasure” when it’s just… simple joy?

Read on my substack. || Now that I have convinced people that I am a serious historian, it is time to let loose with my unhinged poetic-historical thoughts. Good luck surviving them.

Read on my substack. || ‘Personal curriculums’ aren’t just a trend, they are age-old traditions. A Mughal father’s advice shows how tailored self-study has always been at the heart of education.

Read on my substack. || Every fragment tells a story, but every story lives in a wider world 🌍 Exploring how micro-macro history shape our understanding of the past

Read on my substack. || Three impostors, three worlds—France, Bengal, Rajasthan. A comparative reflection on how microhistory shows that even the smallest story can open onto the largest historical questions.

Read on my substack. || Mystics, melas & monarchs! On how Sufism shaped medieval India, not just spiritually, but socially, economically, and politically.

Read on my substack. || The Mughals weren’t just obsessed with empire, they were obsessed with arranging it beautifully.

Read on my substack. || Empires may fall, but their legacy lingers in unexpected places. Empireworld uncovers the contradictions we still grapple with today - a book review.

Read on my substack. || Romanticise academia? Not in this life. A new blog on why scholarship does not need a sepia filter, just a little act of resistance.

Read on my substack. || When the hunter writes history, the lion’s ghost haunts the footnotes. Dug up my old entrance exam memories only to find that the real rebels were poets all along.

New post if you like your history with a side of irony and a whisper from the grave.

Read on my substack. || From Lodhi Gardens to lethal gardeners, from Mughal Char Baghs to botanical colonialism, turns out my plant obsession is not just a phase. Read my latest post on quinine, kaffir limes, and how Freudian vibes bloom in Netflix’s The Gardener.

Read on my substack. || Tried ‘taking a break’ by picking up a macrohistory. Accidentally spiraled into trauma studies, architectural critiques and history-based film reviews.