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Historian of modern India | Research nerd | Author & biographer | Archive hound | Full-time chai lover V.P.Menon: The Unsung Architect Of Modern India: https://amzn.eu/d/3Busqcz Allegiance: Azaadi and the End of Empire: https://amzn.eu/d/41iQH4E
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Proofing bunker. Getting this book ready may well end my days 🥹

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

Dusk in Delhi.

submitted 120 days ago • 2 comments

A flight to northeast India is always beautiful. This, I think, is Kanchenjunga.

submitted 130 days ago • 2 comments

The way I forget to post here is quite magnificent.

submitted 131 days ago • 1 comment

My biography of V.P Menon, Reforms Commissioner to India's last three Viceroys & the man who, along with Sardar Patel, got 565 princely states to sign on India's dotted line, goes into print yet again(!!!). ✨ Available at bookstores near you or online at : amzn.in/d/ajoXQHd

submitted 137 days ago • 0 comments

Second flight this week tomorrow. All I want in the middle of final edits & cover designs & general chaos is a NAP ffs.

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

Descending into Delhi in November means being greeted by this ugly brownish-grey filth.

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

And again, full now but a selection of women working in/waffling about history for you to choose from go.bsky.app/KNeAnRj

submitted 141 days ago • 49 comments

A Man for All Seasons, a biography on K.M. Panikkar, will be out in January 2025. It's taken five years and a pandemic to write this. NERVES.

submitted 141 days ago • 2 comments

www.spectator.co.uk/article/sout.... The Spectator reviews Avinash Paliwal (SOAS) new book: 'a gripping tale of espionage that opens in 1949, with newly independent India, Pakistan and Burma racked by rivalries' @hurstpublishers.bsky.social

submitted 143 days ago • 0 comments

I guess it's time, eh?

submitted 144 days ago • 1 comment