Samyak Ghosh 🌈
@GhoshSamyak
Asst Prof, PhD @Columbia, Writing a book on Courtly Culture in Hindustan, interests in South Asian art, public history, and museum studies.
If there’s one essay by an art historian that I would recommend an undergraduate to read, then this should be it! I keep learning so much about historical methodology every time I read this essay.
for a small project documenting eating practices across “borders” i am collecting photos of dastarkhwans from anywhere/everywhere — and would be indebted to your contribution. dm me your/ your family’s/ your friends’ photos! (or email me!)
Remembering my maternal grandmother & her everyday ritual of reading an episode from the Manasamangal, in the month of Srabon. Her in-laws were from Barishal and worshipped the snake-goddess. Amma left us last year and so did the ritual of reading Manasa’s stories in the monsoon!
The making of Muslim ghettos in Calcutta, 1946–64 - Jonayed Rousan Mandal, Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay @Ritajyoti_B 2025 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…
#OpenAccess Women Warriors and National Heroes A Global History eds. Boyd Cothran et al. Bloomsbury 2020 bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?doci… PDF 🎯 bloomsburycollections.com/app/downloadpd…
The idea that Yoga & Ayurveda are frozen in time and did not evolve or were not engaged with during Sultanate and Mughal periods is ahistorical. Fabrizio Speziale & Carl Ernst’s brilliant works are a must read, if one wants to learn more. 🧵 mentions some of their contributions
This is so true!
Life is a slow suicide, and it is happening to every intellectual. — Shiv Kumar Batalvi जन्मदिन मुबारक प्रिय!🌻
#OpenAccess An Invisible Thread Heresy, Mass Conversions, and the Inquisition in the Kingdom of Castile (1449-1559) Stefania Pastore. BRill 2024 PDF 🎯 brill.com/downloadpdf/di… brill.com/display/title/…
Read this post on Perso-Arabic characters in coins of Nepal till the end.
1. Few notes on the use of Perso-Arabic characters in coins of Nepal. The earliest use discovered so far is in early 17th-c coins in KTM that imitated tanka coins of Delhi and Bengal sultans of past centuries (not Mughals!). Not always clear if coins by a king or some merchant!
#ReclaimConstitution quiz for students of grades 8 to 12 across India. Register here: iiacdfoundation.org/event/reclaimc… The quiz is open to students of public & private schools/pre-university colleges. Homeschooled students are also encouraged to participate.
Most amazing new doctoral school for the arts and humanities at King's - 20 new PhD studentships next year, bright stars be in touch! 🌟kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-lau… @KingsCollegeLon @kingshistory @kingsar
"Wilson’s vision of the brittleness of the American intelligentsia before a brazenly imperialist regime has never been more fully realized." Pankaj Mishra at his best: the US literary establishment has always delighted in speaking reassurance to power. harpers.org/archive/2025/0…
Wonderful thread by @nehavermani here; particularly for culinary historians and ‘foodies’ out there. Debunking #mythistory in this day and age is no less than a form of national service. #TheGreatMughals
Overconfidence with which Mr Pant has been spreading misinformation abt Mughal food history is infuriating, it feeds into false narratives abt the period. Platforms must also exercise caution.🧵my published work Mughal culinary knowledge & food practices that debunk his claims.
“I’m reading Rutgers professor Audrey Truschke’s India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent. The title and size of this book are daunting, but I’ve found the writing breezy, erudite and witty…” ft.com/content/251c48…
If the division’s reorganization cuts Ph.D. and language programs, Ollet says, it would signal “the end of [his] department, which is by most considerations the best program for South Asian studies in North America.” Didn’t realise we would be here so soon. But we are!
The Division of the Arts & Humanities is considering consolidating its 15 departments into eight, reducing language instruction, and establishing minimum class and program sizes, citing new federal policies and shifts in the “underlying financial models” for higher education.
#Excerpt | When Vajpayee Chose to Fall in Line After Godhra It proved that Vajpayee was admitting Modi’s culpability but he just could not find the courage to sack him. Abhishek Choudhary✍️ thewire.in/books/when-vaj…
Hope you read this thread till the end!
Apparently, in 2025, “reading Wikipedia and watching a podcast” now qualifies you as a historian — as long as you yell about “Indic frameworks” and tweet in caps. So let’s talk, slowly and academically, about why formal training in history is, in fact, necessary.
Become a ghost. Forget attention. Just grow in private.
Upcoming film project stay tuned #GailOmvedtfilm @PatankarPrachi
On ugliness and ugly things and ugly desires. frontline.thehindu.com/columns/ambani…
Overconfidence with which Mr Pant has been spreading misinformation abt Mughal food history is infuriating, it feeds into false narratives abt the period. Platforms must also exercise caution.🧵my published work Mughal culinary knowledge & food practices that debunk his claims.