Shoumojit Banerjee

Consigned to oblivion in Nehruvian India, Sarkar’s monumental works demand to be read by anybody seriously wishing to understand early modern India, its problems and to restore historical writing that refuses to dilute complexity for convenience.#ncert 🔗tinyurl.com/m982b84v

Pune rains.'Hound of the Baskervilles' weather outside. Misty clouds across low hills. No plans to cross Grimpen Mire, but settle with two crackerjack espionage reads - a definitive history of the Cold War's greatest secret, and one for 'Cambridge Five' addicts. #BookTwitter

#OnThisDay in 1907 Korea became a protectorate of Japan. The #19thcentury Korean peninsula was a chessboard on which the fates of great powers were decided. China, Japan, and Russia learned this to their cost. 🔓This archive article is free for 7 days buff.ly/X3yzf1W

Rewriting or Restoring? NCERT and the Myth of Secular Historiography. Part 1 of a 4-part series by @ShoumojitB on how India’s schoolbooks are finally lifting the veil on a past too long buried in euphemism and ideological amnesia. (1/15) A 🧵 theperfectvoice.in/post/rewriting…

Fantastic piece on the Indian historian Jadunath Sarkar from the esteemed Mister Banerjee @ShoumojitB who, he believes, should be as lauded as Gibbon

"While the West reveres Gibbon, India has failed to honour Sarkar with even basic institutional recognition. This must change!" A thread that needs to be widely shared. Thanks @sreejit_d babu for sharing. Sarkar has been a victim of institutional neglect and de-platforming.

‘Pygmies staring at a mountain.’ What an excellent character study!