privatechand.bsky.social
Historian at a US university. Posts about history, India, technology, extremism. Do not feel safe, due to past Hindutva harassment, sharing identity publicly.
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This is superb
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Also last time there were tanks in the neighborhood I lived in was Cairo. Right after the Rabaa massacre. Think about that.
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Lest you are confused as a leftist I have long subscribed to the FT since it is the single best way to track global capitalism. This is a sign it is betting on 1) the euro replacing the dollar as a safe haven and 2) that the Zionist colony is bad for business.
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I really miss the days when people felt shame for being uninformed morons in public and thought twice about confidently revealing themselves.
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Khandar/aranyer din ratri; and of course their respective Calcutta trilogies. It is so rewarding watching two masters argue with each other.
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I am mildly obsessed by these artistic relationships that progressives and humanists had in Bengal: Tagore-Nazrul, Ray-Sen. I recommend watching Ray in tandem with Sen. Try pairing ek din pratidin/Mahanagar on women in the city; baishe shrabon and akaler shondhane/ashani shonket on famine 1/
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Tbf this was almost certainly Sen’s own relationship to Ray which he kinda sorta admitted to once to my dad.
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I have Mayakovsky’s relationship to Akhmatova when it comes to Ray. Die hard Mrinal Sen but under my pillow you will find every poster of every Ray film ever 😭🫠