I came across the work of the remarkable journalist and poet Krishnalal Sridharani a few months ago. He moved to the US in 1934 to check out the 'American way'. Here's what he had to say about student life in New York in the 1930s scroll.in/magazine/10719…

Currently in the process of developing a text based videogame on the laying of the first telegraph line to India. Came across direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff-b… and crowscrowscrows.itch.io/the-temple-of-… in my research. In awe of the creativity abound in this field. Struggling to gamify a complex history

More than 5300 artefacts have been returned to Egypt in 2021! When I saw Nefertiti at Neues this year, I wondered why she is so far from home. Egyptians launch campaign to repatriate lost queen Nefertiti nbcnews.com/news/world/nef… via NBC News

apple.news/AHX6hMWIKSK-ZD… Struggling to seriously engage with 'Neopatriarchy', struggling to convince myself to seriously engage with Neopatriarchy.

apple.news/AfkoWpyMaRUurb… If paying 19£ to visit the new Royal Portraits exhibition at Buckingham sounds like a good idea, it might be useful to read about propaganda through photography before you do so. Recommendations: Christopher Pinney, Kama Maclean for starters

apple.news/AujWZbPjTTqS-O… Kolmogorov’s law, Batchelor’s scaling and atmospheric pressure isnt usually what you expect from your art history dose for the day, but what a superb read!

Just finished reading Munnu: a Boy from Kashmir. A heart wrenching, tear-provoking, mood ruining, thought striking novel on the banality of evil in Kashmir. 10/10 please read when you life is otherwise in a good space

Thank you Samyak Ghosh 🌈 for sharing. I published Romila Thapar, Nayanjot Lahriri, & Manan Asif Harvard University Press. There are so many younger historians doing good work on India - Supriya Gandhi, Mircea Raianu, @DinyarPatel, Mou Banerjee, and more. I am amazed by their talent.

Attending the CDP career event this morning gave me the reassurance that I was intently looking for in the last year of my doctoral study. Thank you AHRC Connect, Joshua McMullan , @janariedel Tom Ritchie Dr Emilia Henderson-Roche Dr Julie Holder for the wonderful insights

Grabbing a few minutes of the Public history seminar organised by C2DH_LU was such a thought-provoking experience. Having speakers addressing public history in Asia was rare and much appreciated

I'd love to read a history of history teaching at Delhi University on the lines of 'The Rise and Fall of Indian Studies at USyd' honisoit.com/2016/10/the-ri… , any recommendations?

Looking into young telegraphist's lives in Agra in the 1920's and came across George Marthins, a young man who played the 1926 Amsterdam and 1936 Berlin Olympic games on the same team as Dhyan Chand and Saif Ali Khan's grandfather! olympics.com/en/news/india-…

In September 2022, I presented my work in the decolonial research festival at the University of Exeter, here is a glimpse of my thoughts on decolonial museum practise in India in the past few years rdandtheinbetweens.podbean.com/e/decolonising…

While seeking inspiration for the 5th draft of the curation of an exhibition on my doctoral research, I came across the wonderful work of Ngaire Blankenberg. Sometimes, it takes an outsider's perspective to help fix museum outreach. observer.com/2024/05/interv…

Read Eram's article on this matter in the Caravan and would very much recommend a listen!

Discover the untold stories of telegraphists in Colonial India at my exhibition (free to visit) at BT Group Archives' Holborn Telephone Exchange Visit slots available (10am-12pm or 1pm-3pm) on select Wednesdays and Thursdays. Book via Eventbrite: tinyurl.com/ms4f2nzt

On 16th July, a year-long project was finally inaugurated to the world! India on the Line: Communicating in Colonial India, my first exhibition based on my research, is now open for everyone, free of cost, at the BT Group ArchivesBook your tickets on: lnkd.in/e6qAvJHJ

This exhibition took a dream, the collective efforts of an army of friends and family, and a wonderful group of visitors who graced the inaugural event to become the resounding success that it has grown into. I'd like to thank every one who helped IOTL become a reality

Interesting article in the The Caravan for breakfast reading this morning caravanmagazine.in/vantage/indian…