Amrita Shah

"What happens in Gujarat cannot happen in India" is what many people said to me when my book 'Ahmedabad: A City in the World' was launched in 2015 #urbanpolitical #futurecities #india

People, scroll down @amritareach’s timeline for some haunting quotes from Emergency-era chamchagiri. I first saw some of this at the National Archives, in another format, and was scandalised by how effortlessly nearly EVERYone fell in line behind Mrs G. x.com/amritareach/st…

"Working with Vikram Sarabhai was enriching” Prof Chitnis @100 #Space #ISRO indianexpress.com/article/cities…

19th cty migration overseas offered Indian women an escape from oppression at home. But the challenges were daunting. #TheOtherMohanInBritainsIndianOceanEmpire #History #indianocean #bookstagram #britishempire #diaspora #books instagram.com/reel/DMjzsLcyq…

“I paint and I erase. I paint and I erase. Again and again. But the impressions remain even after erasure and come up as unseen layers in the work. This is the method I use now.” #ratanthiyam to me in 2007. RIP. Read More: academia.edu/143033478/Rata… #theatre

Pioneering migrants turned entrepreneurs. Read about the Adventurous Indian in The Other Mohan in Britian's Indian Ocean empire. At bookstores #books #history #nonfiction #indianocean #bookstagram #britishempire #gandhi #personalhistory instagram.com/reel/DMUSMm2yg…

1.3 million Indians went as #indentured labour to British colonies. Read about the Adventurous Indian in The Other Mohan in Britain's Indian Ocean Empire. Available at leading bookstores and at Amazon #books #History #indianocean instagram.com/reel/DMUcY1Hy5…

Watch author @amritareach in conversation with @MayankChhaya on @SAMonitor as they discuss her latest book, #TheOtherMohanInBritainsIndianOceanEmpire—a powerful exploration of identity, empire, and the overlooked histories of the Indian Ocean world. Watch here:…

Thread 4. #Emergency50 will be marked as a test of democracy. Which it was. But it should also be remembered that many prominent Indians then supported the suspension of civil liberties in the name of progress -- as many do today. A series of threads on #Approvers. #politics 1/3

Thread 3. #Emergency50 will be marked as a test of democracy. Which it was. But it should also be remembered that many prominent Indians then supported the suspension of civil liberties in the name of progress -- as many do today. A series of threads on #Approvers. #politics 1/3

Thread 2. #Emergency50 will be marked as a test of democracy. Which it was. But it should also be remembered that many prominent Indians then supported the suspension of civil liberties in the name of progress -- as many do today. A series of threads on #Approvers. #politics 1/3

Thread 1. #Emergency50 will be marked as a test of democracy. Which it was. But it should also be remembered that many prominent Indians then supported the suspension of civil liberties in the name of progress -- as many do today. A series of threads on #Approvers. #politics 1/3