Lot of trash history gets peddled on social media. So worth publicizing actual historical scholarship when it comes out. For over 5 decades, Indian Economic and Social History Review has been a great outlet for historians (esp. non-Marxist). Latest issue thread👇🏾
Slavery had different forms in India. Richard Eaton and Indrani Chatterjee have a great edited volume on this. In this paper, new insights from a 13th c. text.
Histories of opium are usually about the 19th century. So what happened to it in the 20th c? Benjamin Siegel looks at this transformation.
Northeast India is less represented in Indian history. World War 1 is attracting attention of late in India. This paper by K. Guite is a rare look at both. @srinathraghava3 @AanchalMalhotra
Am a big fan of the Indian railways. Its a pity it had to be shut down recently. Its also one of the world's largest employers. What challenges did those workers face in the tumultuous decade of 1939-49? (Remember those horrific train images of Partition). A. Bose looks at this.
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