I find it interesting that a) the prize ceremony was already held in Italy (not Israel) before they announced the winners' names; b) only ONE person on the list has publicly announced their win; c) one of the winners has left Twitter. It is as if they are ashamed or something.

Reports suggest that the summer of 2024 in India has claimed over 110 lives and affected the health of thousands amid a prolonged heatwave and severe floods. My report for The Contrapuntal thecontrapuntal.com/indias-female-…

Jamaica won't get disaster bond payouts for Beryl: "Due to the specific terms of the bond, which was arranged by the World Bank, investors will be shielded from any financial losses. 'The air pressure required for a payout of the cat bond wasn’t reached.'" buttondown.email/polycrisisdisp…

My piece on the Ambani wedding, India's "simulated democracy", and the pressing need for a counter-hegemonic politics that challenges the neoliberal "common sense". telegraphindia.com/opinion/passiv…

Assistant professor searches Yale History for 1) Modern Europe 2) Early Modern Europe 3) colonial Latin America 4) history of technology. Details here history.yale.edu/about-us/curre…

Hugely important paper. 1.19 million excess deaths in 2020 in India - before the horrific 2nd wave of 2021. Greater risks faced by women, Muslims, and SC/STs. Chilling to see inequalities of gender, religion & caste laid out in these tables on mortality rates and life expectancy.

Help need: Any idea, what possibly could be Soolov Sea (mentioned in 1793, presumably between Bombay and Canton, though I may be wrong) MarineLives #Maritime #history

Thrilled to share that “River Landscapes: A New Glossary”, a transdisciplinary project that my collaborators and I, across South Asia and Europe have worked on for a year, has recently launched.

It reflects on the extractive language that we commonly use to describe rivers, and creates a new glossary which acknowledges them as landscapes shared by many species and cultures.

This 2 year long research project was kicked off at the Zurich Art Weekend 2024 with performances and talks. You can find the recording of our discussion here: weareaia.ch/press/ Stay tuned for upcoming events and research by our project partners! Funded by ProHelvetia

Great piece on water flows. Adding Camelia Dewan, PhD @cameliadewan.bsky.social and Debjani s books would have added memory, geology, and the fixation on climate to the problem of water flows. theindiaforum.in/forum/fluidity…

Looking forward to presenting research from Book 2 University of Zurich & Paris School of Economics in October. Join me on Oct. 16 in Zürich and Oct. 2 in Paris to hear me speak about Rössing as "an antidecolonisation bloc" in apartheid Namibia. parisschoolofeconomics.eu/en/research/ac…

Very excited about our research colloquium this fall. Come and join us when you can!

if anyone wants to hear dotty arguments about why japanese agricultural science was an extension of premodern confucian thought

Mark your calendars! CASI's Fall 2024 Seminar Series has arrived! (in partnership with UPenn South Asia Center South Asia Studies CGH Penn Development Research Initiative - DevLab@Penn UPenn Anthropology The Lauder Institute Penn Arts & Sciences Penn History & Dept of History & Sociology of Science) Read more: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events

Delighted that our book, Migrants and Machine Politics, was co-winner of the Best Book Prize from APSA's Experimental Research Section. MANY thanks to the award committee. Especially happy to receive alongside the Sartori Prize from the Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Section.

I wrote this for STAT after seeing reports in US & UK platforms (incl The Lancet) admirably cover the doctors' protests in India, but also miss the point that the tragic Aug incident was first & foremost about women's safety, not doctors' safety. statnews.com/2024/09/16/doc…

Land survey poser for soul of Bihar script Documents in Kaithi script leads to turmoil in rural areas telegraphindia.com/india/land-sur…