Recently at the conference on #Polycrisis, #Risks & #Resilience, organized by @lunduniversity.bsky.social, I presented a paper on #MaanKiBaat to examine the subtle technologies of affective governance & therapeutic populism that it enacts. @eleonormarcus.bsky.social.
@lnuccon.bsky.social; @uio.no

Latest publication (forthcoming in 2026)! I am absolutely delighted to share the acceptance of my research article in *South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies* co-authored with the brilliant Arild Engelsen Ruud, Deva N H, and Guro W. Samuelsen. @lnuccon.bsky.social @uio.no

Thanks to @lnuccon.bsky.social for the generosity that made this short visit to the #SwedishNationalArchives at #Vadstena and #Jönköping possible. Working with the #Swedish documents on #SouthAsia within a #global scope was a wonderful experience indeed!
@eleonormarcus.bsky.social @gnnl.bsky.social

In #India, where 1/4th of the respondents believe #RamMandir as the most important work done by the government, it's no wonder that #health as voter's electoral priority is the least. But why is that so? This is the question I seek to explore in my current project from a historical perspective.

Via @madhupai.bsky.social.
Bottom line: #vaccines, even though the process of making them was hurried, saved millions of lives during the #covid pandemic. But the continuing #vaccineinequality and #vaccinenationalism is a curse that must be dealt with. Related:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Earlier this month, I was honoured to be invited to present a paper at the International conference organized by @unioslo.bsky.social on the Relocations of #Hindutva in #India. Link 👇🏼
@lnuccon.bsky.social
www.sv.uio.no/sai/english/...

Belated updates on @bsky.app. Following the piece which @eleonormarcus.bsky.social and I wrote for the #ScrollIndia, we considered it necessary to write a similar #editorial piece for the #Times newspaper in India for the #Bengali readership. #Health #electoralpolitics #Covid #loksabhaelection2024

Late post: With less than two days before the world's largest #democracy goes to vote, it was an honour to be invited for this wonderful discussion with Francesca Jensenius, Deva N H , and K.B. Nielsen. Fantastic audience and insightful questions! @unioslo
#IndiaVotes2024 #LokSabhaElection2024

Humbled and honoured to be invited to deliver the special lecture jointly organised by #BhairabGangulyCollege and #AsutoshCollege, on the Making and Unmaking of 20th century South Asia. Happening #tomorrow! Looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues from in and around #Kolkata.

Fantastic initiative @linnauesuniversity and @lnucc. Share widely.