We are trending! In micro-mini scale, but I will take it!

Focusing on the All India Women’s Conference and the Family Planning Association of India, Mytheli Sreenivas shows that organized women made a distinct case for family planning as a part of national development that was conducted by women, for women. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

An elegantly written article from our youngest contributor to 'A Country of Her Making', and a valuable contribution to breaking the historiographic marginalisation of Muslim women. Celebrating its publication with Mytheli Sreenivas.

I am really excited to be presenting my work on Gendered Belongings in the aftermath of the partition of India tomorrow. Thank you BRIHC and ModernBritishStudies for the invitation!

He called it, back in December.

Better late than never. Late to my own publicity party, but at least I got there. If you lack institutional access, let me know. Will send copy.

The world seems to be pouring it's good will into the black hole that is this government. Where is the aid going? amp.scroll.in/article/993973…

We are excited to present a new issue of the journal with a Special Section on "Country of Her Making: Women’s Negotiations of Society and Politics in Post-Colonial India". tandfonline.com/toc/csas20/44/2

I was happy when I won a British Academy Smalls Grant to conduct ethnographic and archival research in the Andaman Islands in 2018. Then Covid happened. The project now feels impossible given rising fares, ever-changing regulations and endless bureaucracy.

What is distinctive about children's memory? Thinking together with brilliant historians and heritage chroniclers at SOAS. With Aditi Kumar, Project Dastaan British Ugandan Asians at 50 / BUA50 Saadia Gardezi

This is a great article that goes simply beyond the history of the passport to think about who the ideal Indian migrant was. I learned a lot from it.

Must read.

This is terrible. I was a Max Weber Fellow at EUI and remember it fondly.

I will be outlining my contribution to the field. Register to hear!

Grateful for yet another review. Its good to know that the book has its own life, beyond the angst of the writer and the writing process.