We're delighted to announce a call for research fellows and scholars-in-residence to engage with our collections! Details: archives.ncbs.res.in/scholars Application deadline for Round 1: August 9, 2024 (Image: MS-007-6-2-OS4-7, MS Swaminathan Papers, Archives at NCBS)

Professor Aparna Vaidik’s (Aparna Vaidik) new book Revolutionaries on Trial is a groundbreaking new study that delves into the infamous Lahore Conspiracy Case, shedding new light on one of the pivotal events in India’s struggle for independence. The history of the Lahore Trial

Not to be missed!! July 30, 6:30pm

Lucidly written and grounded in impeccable scholarship, historian Aparna Vaidik brings to vivid life the people and events of a trial that left an indelible imprint on the history of nationalism and revolution in India. #RevolutionariesOnTrial by Aparna Vaidik. Order here:

Guess who brought the Tintin series for our Community Library? Our friendly neighbourhood Belgian!! Thank you so much Gilles Verniers Mridula Koshy The Community Library Project

Watch Nobel laureate, Esther Duflo and our library leader Sofia discuss books, poor economics, writing for children, building community and drafting library policy. youtube.com/watch?v=4yih6E… The Community Library Project Mridula Koshy The Nobel Prize MIT Economics EHESS

Extract of Revolutionaries on Trial in today’s Mint

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'Vaidik is perhaps the only Indian historian who has accessed the records of the Lahore Conspiracy Case at the Punjab Government State Archives in Lahore, visiting the city twice in her pursuit.' Harish Jain reviews Aparna Vaidik 's #RevolutionariesOnTrial for The Tribune:

Please join us for tea and discussion on Friday, 16 August!

Offering a new course on 'Archival Turn' in the Historical discipline. It is a combination of conceptual readings on different aspects of archival usage along with hands-on workshops with primary and secondary source materials!

A chat on my book Revolutionaries on Trial where we talk about generational shifts in historical writing, stories of betrayal, and radical politics of the revolutionaries Apoorvanand अपूर्वानंद Nidheesh | निधीश | નિધીશ | ندھیش #kadvicoffee youtube.com/watch?v=qez0MX…

20 August, Tuesday, 6pm at Press Club! Press Club of India Harish Wankhede Mahtab महताब مہتاب

My review of Brinda Karat's Hindutva and Violence against Women. To read click on the link below kahaanikoncerti.in/hindutva-viole… #hindutva #WomensRights #Brindakarat #kahanikoncerti

On 28th August, Wednesday, 3:30pm

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ANTI-CASTE PEDAGOGY? Join our FACILITATOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME. WHO IS THIS FOR? Anyone interested in social justice Our website: indiaandme.com For more information see: indiaandme.com/fdp-schedule-a…

My review of Sarmistha Dutta Gupta’s book on Jallianwala Bagh in The Tribune

My review of Tanweer Fazal's Practices of the State. The book is about how the Indian State constructs 'Muslimness' through law and violence in defiance of the fact that Muslims are a heterogenous and internally variegated community with divergent religious practices and beliefs

Renaming of Port Blair as 'Sri Vijaya Puram' is a classic case of decolonisation being used as a foil for 'cartographic majoritarianism'. Re-sharing my Indian Express Op-ed on renaming of three Islands of the Andaman group - Ross, Neil & Havelock. #Andamans