Latest publication (forthcoming in 2026)! I am absolutely delighted to share the acceptance of my research article in *South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies* co-authored with the brilliant Arild Engelsen Ruud, Deva N H, and Guro W. Samuelsen. @lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no

Join us next week for a lecture with Gaurav C. Garg (Ashoka University): "Claiming Mt. Everest: How early postcolonial Indians saw themselves, the empire, and the world." Register for online attendance (Zoom): lnu.se/mot-linneuni... @lnuccon.bsky.social

The latest co-authored #publication of mine is out now! We wrote for #Scroll India on the situation in #Bangladesh and its geo-political implications in #SouthAsia. Have a read👇🏼 scroll.in/article/1076...

The #CFP for our #SummerSchool in #globalhistory is out! In association with @lnuccon.bsky.social and European Network in Universal and Global History. Join us in #Växjö in September 2025! Link 👇🏼 networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

A brilliant talk by the ever-so-brilliant @danbanik.bsky.social on the politics of #poverty and #hope, raising a very pertinent point that while there are huge challenges, there's also 'hope'. Do listen. Link 👇🏼 @circleu.bsky.social youtu.be/Vs67cMWwNsE?...

Thanks to @lnuccon.bsky.social for the generosity that made this short visit to the #SwedishNationalArchives at #Vadstena and #Jönköping possible. Working with the #Swedish documents on #SouthAsia within a #global scope was a wonderful experience indeed! @eleonormarcus.bsky.social @gnnl.bsky.social

In #India, where 1/4th of the respondents believe #RamMandir as the most important work done by the government, it's no wonder that #health as voter's electoral priority is the least. But why is that so? This is the question I seek to explore in my current project from a historical perspective.

Via @madhupai.bsky.social. Bottom line: #vaccines, even though the process of making them was hurried, saved millions of lives during the #covid pandemic. But the continuing #vaccineinequality and #vaccinenationalism is a curse that must be dealt with. Related: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this year, Arild Engelsen Ruud, Zaad Mahmood and I co-authored this write-up for #quintindia on #NarendraModi, #MannkiBaat and the art of #politicalcommunication. This is a prequel to our forthcoming journal article on the theme. www.thequint.com/opinion/mann...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this month, I was honoured to be invited to present a paper at the International conference organized by @unioslo.bsky.social on the Relocations of #Hindutva in #India. Link 👇🏼 @lnuccon.bsky.social www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Following the downfall of #SheikhHasina regime in #Bangladesh, Arild Engelsen Ruud, Asif Basar and I co-authored this piece for #ScrollIndia, trying to understand the possible reasons behind the atrocities against the #Hindu minorites. Link 👇🏼 scroll.in/article/1071...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. While the #JulyUprising in #Bangladesh was unfolding earlier this year, Arild Engelsen Ruud and I co-authored this write-up for the #ScroolIndia on the student protest movement and what it might entail. Link👇🏼 scroll.in/article/1070...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Following the piece which @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I wrote for the #ScrollIndia, we considered it necessary to write a similar #editorial piece for the #Times newspaper in India for the #Bengali readership. #Health #electoralpolitics #Covid #loksabhaelection2024

Belated updates on @bsky.app Earlier this year, @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I co-authored this write-up for #ScrollIndia on #health and #electoral politics in #India, or the lack thereof. Have a read.👇🏼 scroll.in/article/1068...

That time of the year when I advertise for my #University - or rather the #Master's programme in #Colonial and #Postcolonial Studies that I'm coordinating: lnu.se/en/programme... Please do forward to students and professionals! (also #distance alternative) /1

Late post: With less than two days before the world's largest #democracy goes to vote, it was an honour to be invited for this wonderful discussion with Francesca Jensenius, Deva N H , and K.B. Nielsen. Fantastic audience and insightful questions! @unioslo #IndiaVotes2024 #LokSabhaElection2024

New publication! @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I have written a piece on the prioritization of #PublicHealth within the electoral agenda for the upcoming #IndiaElections2024 . Have a read! #VoteforHealth #LokSabhaElections2024 #oslouniversity #linnauesuniversity shuddhashar.com/heal-thy-dem...

Fresh off the press! Delighted to share the publication of my research article, available as #openaccess, on the uprising of 1857 and the #ambivalent #middleclass #intelligentsia of #bengal. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

It's an honour to be invited to this panel debate, as "the world's largest democracy" goes on to vote. Please do join us for what we hope to be a fascinating discussion, if you're in and around #Oslo. #IndiaVotes #LokSabhaElections2024 www.ub.uio.no/english/cour...

Humbled and honoured to be invited to deliver the special lecture jointly organised by #BhairabGangulyCollege and #AsutoshCollege, on the Making and Unmaking of 20th century South Asia. Happening #tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues from in and around #Kolkata.

Hot off the press! Delighted to share my long book review of one of the most carefully researched monographs on the Food Politics in #Bangladesh. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... In case you're interested, feel free to PM me for the PDF.

Fantastic initiative @linnauesuniversity and @lnucc. Share widely.

Fantastic opportunity. Share widely amongst your network for those who might be interested!

Happy to share our recent #podcast that provides a glimpse of the forthcoming article. We talk about the political communication of #NarendraModi and the kind of leader he portrays himself to be, as evidenced by a close reading of his published #poetries. newbooksnetwork.com/understandin...

Here's the other one: co-authored with @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and Zaad Mahmood, #openaccess research article on the Politics of Vaccine Nationalism in #India during the #COVID pandemic. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As my #firstpost, allow me to share some of the recently published academic and popular pieces. Here's the first one: #OpenAccess co-auth. research article on #bholacyclone 1970, #disasterpolitics, & the formation of #Bangladesh. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....