A disturbing new Danish TV series, which follows a wealthy family as rising seas force the evacuation of Denmark, is wildly popular in its home country. We should all be watching it, says Bethan Ackerley newscientist.com/article/mg2663…

Working on land and climate nexus in South Asia? This might be a great opportunity to consider submitting a paper to this special issue on Land Use Policy, being edited by some of us.... sciencedirect.com/journal/land-u…

Carlo Ginzburg in Oxford! 'On mechanical traces: reflecting on connoisseurship, once again.' Annual Isaiah Berlin and Oxford Centre for European History Lecture, Tue 20 May, 5pm INACTIVE Taylor Institution Library (Taylorian). oceh.history.ox.ac.uk/event/mechanic…

We have started an ambitious restoration mission to save Kariyachalli Island in the Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu.The island has lost 71% of its land from 20.85 ha in 1969 to just 5.47 ha by 2018 and there is a threat that it could disappear by 2036. Funded by GOTN and the World

Metamorphosis starts with the mind!

Congratulations to Banu Mushtaq on creating history. Another milestone for Indian Literature. International Booker Prize.

R. Madhavan was born in Jamshedpur. So was Priyanka Chopra. Meiyang Chang was born in Dhanbad. Sudha Murthy joined TELCO in the late 1970s, working in Jamshedpur, then part of Bihar. Before the 1952 Freight Equalisation Policy, India had only a handful of industrial towns -

कल के तूफ़ान के बाद नज़ारा। आम आदमी, आम पेड़, और आम ज़िंदगी। Press Trust of India

New publication: How did British colonialism and Indian anticolonial nationalism affirm and repudiate the sovereignty and international status of the Indian princely states ? This review essay might have some answers LJIL doi.org/10.1017/S09221…

साहब गए पर ठेके न गए, नशे के नक्श आज भी वहीं बहे।

A fascinating new exhibition of Indian Company paintings at DAG in Delhi, do go! bbc.com/news/articles/…

गंगा की लहरों में दर्द का स्वर, रेशम की गलियों में शोषण-भर, हर चरखा रुका, हर करघा थमा, ताड़ी की खुशबू, पर दमन की आग, नीलहे किसानों के हाथों में छालों का दाग, जमींदारों की चुप्पी, सत्ता का दाग। #bhagalpur

“Coal is everywhere but we get nothing from it. Only 20% [of the local population] get permanent employment. And there’s no land for rehabilitation because coal is everywhere. Today they will mine here, tomorrow there,” Brilliant work by Rishika Pardikar drilled.media/news/india-coa…

Climb not for the peak, but for the path that's where life grows.

Congratulations! A great paper ;) Do get in touch if you'd like to discuss a future paper for the Journal of Historical Geography (ScienceDirect.com)... You may also find this of interest.... tinyurl.com/2u6p2rtr

तुलनात्मक दृष्टि से देखें तो बिहार को तथाकथित मिलने वाली अधिकांश विकास योजनाएं कुछ चुनिंदा जिलों तक ही सीमित रह जाती हैं। कोसी और गंगा दियारा क्षेत्र ऐतिहासिक रूप से उपेक्षा का शिकार था और ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि यह उपेक्षा भविष्य में भी बनी रहेगी। #BiharElection2025

A problem with India’s intellectual life is that friends do not disagree with each other in public. Do read Prof suhas palshikar response to my article on nationalism to see how a disagreement between friends (for past 30 years) can be intellectually so rewarding. Invites me to

‘Water and Development: The Troubled Economic History of the Arid Tropics’ will be published on 4 June from OUP USA. Appears in rest of the world in September. Offers a new reading of the economic history of arid and semi-arid regions of the world, mainly in Asia and Africa.

Kechki FRH & its environs in Palamau tiger reserve are an integral part of Ray’s Aranyer Din Ratri, a restored version of which was screened at Cannes. But unlike the film that became eternal, the Kechki of the film exists no more. This is the story of Ray’s Kechki & its demise.+

Woke up to a special Sunday morning gift - this lovely piece by Tansy Troy on the Nature & Writing masterclass that I did earlier this year at the magical The Himalayan Writing Retreat , and on nature and writing at large: scroll.in/article/108217…