Happy thanksgiving everyone! My neighbor (I’m lucky to have another author living next to me) just alerted me that my book (WAITING ON EMPIRE: history of Indian travelling ayahs in Britain) is on sale now @amazon

Excited to see my book - WAITING ON EMPIRE (Indian ayahs in Britain) sharing space with @willdalrymple.bsky.social at Chester Beatty Museum 🥳🤗

Looking forward to sharing incredible stories of mobile caregivers (Indian ayahs who travelled) from 19th and 20th century.

Out now! Tadaaa! My essay on Indian performers in Britain Let me know if you would like a copy and don't have access to it via your library

Arunima Datta weaves together the larger histories of colonialism, migration, adaptation, acculturation, and globalization through an incredible history of Indian curry in Britain. Check out 'Curry Tales of the Empire' today! Read here: jvc.oup.com/2021/05/27/c...

Join us for the new season of the Indian Ocean World Podcast 🎙️! In this new episode, Dr Arunima Datta discusses her article, "Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback...” and her new monograph, "Waiting on Empire: A History of Indian Travelling Ayahs in Britain" Listen here:

Another highlight: the Reading Resilience presentation by Arunima Datta and Jonathan Fardy. It is so interesting learning more about archives in nontraditional formats with my background as an archivist and as a current student of history. #AHA24

From June 2024: In ‘Waiting on Empire’, Arunima Datta resurrects the largely forgotten travelling ayahs – one of the many groups of Southasian migrant workers in the British Empire. A review essay by @SohelS28: buff.ly/RIb4CWz

Thank you 🙏🏽

This is a talk you won't want to miss! Join us in Santa Clara, California 8/1 for Dr. Arunima Datta's luncheon presentation of “Waiting on Empire: Travelling Ayahs in Britain and a History of Migration, Labor, and Counterflows of Empire.” Follow the link to register: www.pcb-aha.org/archives/2089

Delighted to share I will be delivering the AHA-PCB’s WAWH sponsored luncheon lecture this year wawh.org/wawh-in-the-...

So honored to have presented my recent work on south Asian performers in Britain at the British Library. Thank you to all who came and thanks for the engaging questions and comments.

Here is a local history and archives project I did with archives in UK. they have a whole series of shorts. But this is a snapshot …. Wanna know more about travelling ayahs … get in touch 🤗 youtu.be/w2Jx6RvNMhY?...

Looking forward to speaking at the BRITISH LIBRARY soon

Delighted to share that my article on travelling entertainers/performers in Britain just got published in Journal of Immigrants and Minorities (a journal that has for long inspired me! 🥹) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Late in posting these but as the term ends … I do believe this event from March 25 was the most rewarding experience and a highlight of the year for me…🤗 thank you @museumofthehome.bsky.social for collaborating and bringing to life the stories of these incredible women.

Thann you @enghistrev.bsky.social for reviewing my recent book.

If you happen to be in London and are interested come visit 🤗 www.museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

Whenever I’m having a rough day …I just have to look at this painting that a former student made for her art series on women and resilience 🥹🥹🥹

A moving review of my work in Bengali.

RUDE!!!! I heard someone say “I wasn’t even born when Backstreet Boys formed! And I still like them as antique music” I get it we are getting old. But still RUDE! 😂🤣

It’s that time of the year when Mariah will seamlessly keep on trying to convince that all she wants for Christmas is “YOU”…. Although I must admit for me it’s WHAM over Mariah! 🤗

Thank you, @richardjansell.bsky.social Honored that you liked it. I am looking forward to reading your book over the winter break!

'While many library services have been recently restored... some feel that the anniversary of the attack should prompt a reckoning about how it happened and whether the British Library and other academic libraries are fully across the immense challenge of digitisation.'

Last few weeks have been crazy in terms of travel, crisis&more.But my heart is full seeing the reception WAITING ON EMPIRE &my talks have received: keynotes at the SCBS-Kansas City; Conference on reframing home -London;& talk@ University of Hyderabad. Thank you everyone for your incredible support.