Arun Kumar@arunk_patel

Historian| Assistant Professor of History, Nottingham| DU alumnus| Associate Editor| Author of the Book: The Silent Rebellion| Views expressed are personal

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Joined June 2010
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Extremely happy to announce that my book will come out from Cambridge University Press in August. The Silent Rebellion has been in making since 2013. It explores the world of Indian workers & conceptualises a non-working history of working lives.
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स्पेस शुरू हो चुका है। आप जुड़ सकते हैं।
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इस स्पेस से कुछ समय में जुड़ते हैं। x.com/i/spaces/1jGXgBpbolOKZ
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अगर आप लाइब्रेरी और किताबों से मोहब्बत करते हैं, तो आपको समझना होगा की कैसे लाइब्रेरी कल्चर को खत्म किया जा रहा है। कुछ समय बाद अच्छी लाइब्रेरिया भी प्राइवेट होंगी जहाँ आपको अच्छा खासा पैसा देकर जाना होगा। इंडियन एक्सप्रेस में छपा मेरा लेख पढ़े— indianexpress.com/article/op…

For the history of religion, and the practice of history, India must protect its archives

Libraries and archives are not immune to dislocation or temporary shutdowns. They are. But when they are not rehabilitated and given a better place promptly, they lose their value and significance

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You are right and majority of libraries were built during british colonial rule.. after independence we barely spent any money on building public library ( we have passed public libraries act way back in 1988) but never made a budget for it.
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Libraries, archives, rare books, and reading culture are going downhill in India. My op-ed in The Indian Express asks the govt. to take important steps to preserve and support libraries and make them accessible to a larger public. indianexpress.com/article/op…

For the history of religion, and the practice of history, India must protect its archives

Libraries and archives are not immune to dislocation or temporary shutdowns. They are. But when they are not rehabilitated and given a better place promptly, they lose their value and significance

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Great suggestion. Ideally, state must find a space. Here is my op-ed on this, which tells how and why state should be the carrier. For the history of religion, and the practice of history, India must protect its archives indianexpress.com/article/op…

For the history of religion, and the practice of history, India must protect its archives

Libraries and archives are not immune to dislocation or temporary shutdowns. They are. But when they are not rehabilitated and given a better place promptly, they lose their value and significance

indianexpress.com
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The Central Secretariat Library must be preserved, ideally in a national institution accessible to the general public. Is there no university or philanthropist willing to come forward to help preserve the collection?
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For the history of religion, and the practice of history, India must protect its archives. My column in today’s Indian Express. Link: indianexpress.com/article/op…
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For the history of religion, and the practice of history, India must protect its archives & rare books. My opinion piece in The Indian Express @IndianExpress indianexpress.com/article/op…

For the history of religion, and the practice of history, India must protect its archives

Libraries and archives are not immune to dislocation or temporary shutdowns. They are. But when they are not rehabilitated and given a better place promptly, they lose their value and significance

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Jahnavi Phalkey@JahnaviPhalkey
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Thank you for your generous words @sparshselim. It will be wonderful to see how the history of recent and contemporary science in India will grow in the next years. I couldn’t agree more - we need more historically minded writers.
Sparsh Agarwal
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India desperately needs more writing on science and technology. I recently put together some thoughts on stories I would like to see written, after reading @JahnaviPhalkey's Atomic State.
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Rohini Sen@Rohini_Sen
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The Classroom Still Remains: Reflections on the Launch of the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network folukeafrica.com/the-classro… via @folukeifejola

The Classroom Still Remains: Reflections on the Launch of the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and...

Reflections, Discussions and Invitations

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Must read @sohinichat on Mahasweta Devi's journal Bortika, a magazine like no other. “Are you a rickshaw puller? A shift worker? Write your own story” thethirdeyeportal.in/praxis/…

Mahasweta Devi’s Bortika, or How the Subaltern was Published - The Third Eye

Writer Mahasweta Devi inherited a quarterly journal from her father that published poetry and essays — a well-meaning publication in the ‘Bhadralok’ register. In her hands,

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Not much has been written about history of reading in the Indian context, especially reading that in required in everyday. We read for different purposes- for pleasure, for learning, for quotidian life activities.
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What it means to read in the daily life is beautifully discussed in this book by Priyasha Mukhopadhyay. I read few pages but could not stop myself to read the remaining.
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RT @priyam_manisha: “Gurudev and Gandhi:Dialogues on Education and Swaraj”- honoured to deliver this lecture at Central University Gujarat.…
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Naila Kabeer@N_Kabeer
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Some great news about my book! Very delighted. lse.ac.uk/news/book-authored…

Professor Naila Kabeer wins prestigious award | ACLS Open Access Book Prize

This prize recognises exceptional, innovative and open access books. Authors receive the $20,000 ACLS Open Access Book Prize and publishers receive the Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award of $30,000...

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This 2022 memory still makes me happy @HarperCollinsIN And my new book with Harpers coming up soon
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The Web Beneath the Waves by Samanth Subramanian offers a complex, compelling view of the world. My review for @opinion_tt @ttindia. #book #review #literature @WestlandBooks @samanth_s telegraphindia.com/books/on-…

On joining the dots

Not all the pieces in this collection are even in terms of their engagement. That is to be expected. Some themes are familiar: such as the analysis of the existential crisis threatening India’s...

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My scholarship influences my actions.. I am sharing first two pages of my forthcoming book on city and civility.. When I say, I am fighting for civility..please understand I am practising public sociology
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Everyone should read today’s Indian Express first headline!
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Alan Lester@aljhlester
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1/2 We have vastly improved data now on British slave-owners (ucl.ac.uk/lbs/search/) and slave-traders (britishslavetraders.org/). Wonderful that this research has persisted despite all the fury of the nationalist right wing backlash.
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Ewan Gibbs@ewangibbs
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I'm looking forward to sharing my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, with colleagues the Just Transition Lab in Aberdeen next month. It will also be a valuable opportunity to learn more about their important research.
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