Saib Bilaval
@SaibBilaval
Associate Editor: Three Essays Collective; Historian. PhD@JNU: Saffron Propaganda in 1940s+50s; Journalist: Indian+US politics https://muckrack.com/saib-bilaval
Small announcement: I'm pleased to inform everyone that today I successfully defended my PhD thesis on the propaganda & politics of the RSS in the crucial 1947-52 period! Officially a Doctor! End of a long journey & the beginning of a new one! #PhDone #AcademicTwitter
Sorry for the shameless plug 😤
Here is a folio depicting Alanqua and her three sons from an illustrated copy of Chingisnama or history of Chingis Khan and the Mongols (based on Rashid al-Din's 14th century Jami al-Tawarikh) that was composed at Akbar's court in the 1590s.
Just finish writing a piece comparing Jairus Banaji & Silvia Federici’s work and why we need their complementary to develop an alternative unitary theory of capitalism centred on the wageless as key revolutionary subject. 🫶🏼❤️ 👇🏽bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/mode-of-produc…
Assam’s Foreigners' Tribunals Are Instruments of Exclusion, New Report Says @alishan_jafri✍️ thewire.in/rights/assam-f…
Delhi University professor and noted academic Dr. Hany Babu, who is one of the UAPA prisoners in the Bhima Koregaon-Elgar Parishad case, completed five years of incarceration on Monday, 28 July, 2025. maktoobmedia.com/india/hany-bab…
Gujarat: Hold my shikanji *New DHOKLA Industrial Development Authority*
Absolutely one of my favourite facts. NOIDA: New OKHLA Industrial Development Authority. OKHLA: Old (K)Canal Housing and Land Authority. Technically it should be NOKHLAIDA. But y'all aren't ready for.. like the truth.
2010: Son: Papa, I want to study history in the 11th and 12th. Father: Paagal hai? history padhke kya karega? Commerce padh. 2025: Father (now a WhatsApp uncle): We were never taught our history.
Till yesterday bhakts had not heard of the Cholas. Today they will discover the Bhaturas.
Elon Musk is now officially worth $405.6 billion, projected to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027.
Elon Musk is now officially worth $405.6 billion, projected to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027.
Congratulations to everyone back home who were fighting for social justice. Most of the Bengali Muslims are OBCs as per the criteria of Mandal commission (p.56). 1) converted from ex untouchable castes 2) converted from occupational communities whose Hindu counterparts are OBC
#BREAKING Supreme Court stays the Calcutta HC order which stayed the new OBC list in the State of West Bengal. #Bengal #SupremeCourtofIndia
Oh, Canada... "Macron came up w a plan to have France, plus G7 allies Britain & Canada, recognize Palestinian statehood...Three diplomats said London did not want to face the wrath of the US, & Ottawa took a similar stance, leaving Macron to go it alone." timesofisrael.com/frustration-do…
'No one knows Cholas' 🥲
PM Modi is visiting a temple built by the Cholas. An empire that dominated key sea routes across the Asian continent. Yet no one knows Cholas but everyone glorifies Mughals 🙃
He came to Delhi from Bihar for Rakhi and left in a body bag. Pradeep, 18, died after going inside a septic tank at an under construction site without any gear — trying to earn a little for his sister’s wedding. Contractor who went after him also died. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/tox…
A female Bengali migrant & her minor son from Chanchal, Malda were allegedly detained by Delhi Police and thrashed in police custody. The family alleged that they were made to pay Rs. 25,000 for the release of the duo. ✍🏻 @the_hindu thehindu.com/news/cities/De…
Collective punishment is deeply evil to joke about
Hey Nour, GAZA is starving now bitch. 💔
In Gurugram’s Q-Block, little Shehnaaz, just 6, points to empty homes of Bengali migrant families who fled after the Bangladeshi Identification drive She leaves tomorrow too — sad she will miss school, but more afraid for her father, says, “People are being taken away randomly.”
Barack Obama told college kids to shut up about Gaza a year ago. All of these people- these democrats- are finally speaking out, saying they’re “concerned” about Gaza and the forced starvation by Israel. But so few of them cared before last week. Most of them were defending…
While a lasting resolution to the crisis in Gaza must involve a return of all hostages and a cessation of Israel’s military operations, these articles underscore the immediate need for action to be taken to prevent the travesty of innocent people dying of preventable starvation.…
Congrats to all the Democrats who needed exactly the same amount of time as a literal fascist to finally realize that gen*cide is bad.
The sharpest excerpt from Believer’s Dilemma in print media yet. By late November 1992, “there was near consensus within the BJP to bring down the mosque.” With admiration for the great @SankarshanT for choosing to carry this. 🔗telegraphindia.com/life/ayodhya-a…