Samyak Ghosh š
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Asst Prof, PhD @Columbia, Writing a book on Courtly Culture in Hindustan, interests in South Asian art, public history, and museum studies.
Joined August 2021
If thereās 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.
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Bro asked Bhakts to burst as many crackers as they can and himself left for Switzerland 2 days before Diwali š
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Scholars across the globe: Who the hell is this Amish Tripathi? There's a reason he has never heard of Francesca Orsini:
I have no views on this scholar Francesca Orsini. Had never heard of her. But those of us from a rooted background, who speak Hindi at home, read Hindi books as well, can only roll our eyes at this rather bizarre claim that 'few have shaped our understanding' of Hindi literary
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If you ever feel worthless, remember that there's this rw INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS prof named Swapan Smallgupta claiming nobody studies the west.
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Celebrate the materials that build America. Join us this ROCKtober 2025!
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Twitter is a space where people who have watched 50 YouTube videos, read 30 blogs, 10 articles and 2 books think they know more than experts.
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Academics will get harassed and bad-mouthed while popular writers will keep sharing lit-fest stage with individuals/writers who orchestrate trolling academics on X and other social media platforms.
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There is nothing intelligent about such nativist assertion. Good scholarship in humanities - just as in the sciences - is beyond national borders & identities. Expertise transcends such national parochialism.
I have no views on this scholar Francesca Orsini. Had never heard of her. But those of us from a rooted background, who speak Hindi at home, read Hindi books as well, can only roll our eyes at this rather bizarre claim that 'few have shaped our understanding' of Hindi literary
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š« The Edge Nobody Talks About is Looking Beyond The Line Everyoneās chasing data. Weāre chasing energy. Numbers can tell you what should happen ā but not what a player feels. They canāt measure birthdays, redemption games, heartbreaks, first starts after loss, or nights when
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Just finished reading this tour de force of a collation and translation of primary sources. Every time people look bored when I champion non-fiction translations, I am going to speak of this book from now on. #HighlyRecommended
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You write all sorts of things when you donāt have the intellectual toolkit to appreciate the brilliant work of a scholar like Francesca Orsini. These threads are written by folks who only read pop historians and right-wing ideologues.
Francesca Orsini was barred from entering India! (Thread) What Shekhar Gupta and his writers didn't tell, we will tell Orsini a Cultural Marxist, her divisive agenda frames Hindiās history as a communal power play, setting up a distorted narrative to undermine Indiaās 1/13
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Those frothing at the mouth āwe donāt need a white woman to teach us about Hindi lit etcā must have never heard of Allison Busch. She awarded the Vishwa Hindi Samman by the government of India, recognising her contribution to the study of Hindi literature.
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Allison Busch, Associate Professor of Hindi Literature in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, was awarded the Vishwa Hindi Samman by the Government of India, throughā¦
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India has produced some outstanding writing in English but Chetan Bhagat & Amish Tripathi are all that bhakts know in the name of writers.
Ever seen an Englishman talk about how Chetan Bhagat and Amish Tripathi have shaped their understanding of the English language? But yes, an obscure Italian academic has shaped our understanding of our own language, apparently.
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This insider/outsider differentiation is nonsense. Only an ignorant person wonāt have heard about Orsini, Busch, Hawley, and many other ānot Indianā Hindi scholars. Study of Hindi is rigorous in American universities and many Hindi scholars work and teach outside India.
I have no views on this scholar Francesca Orsini. Had never heard of her. But those of us from a rooted background, who speak Hindi at home, read Hindi books as well, can only roll our eyes at this rather bizarre claim that 'few have shaped our understanding' of Hindi literary
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There is a difference between amassing degrees & being knowledgeable. Just like there is a difference between someone who writes literature & the one who studies literature. At times the two come together, but not always.
And the greatest name I knew in Hindi literature was Munshi Premchand. Until yesterday.
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Cracker bursting has turned into a mayhem in my neighbourhood today. I thought Diwali was over. Unbelievably wild & extremely inconsiderate!
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Remove the concept of Arrange marriages from India, and you'll see how hard it becomes for Indian men to find a partner and get married on their own. The majority of men here don't even know the basics of interacting with females. All they have is shallow pride rooted in nothing
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CANADA-USA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT Signed by President Reagan and PM Brian Mulroney on January 1988 (photo). An ad paid for by the Ontario government quoting a Reagan speech supporting free trade running in the USA had an immediate reaction from President Trump who cancelled
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What wonāt be discussed is that denial of Orsiniās entry isnāt about a scholar but an ecosystem thriving on trashing academics and their labor. From politicians to lit-fest darling pop historians (across ideologies), all trash academics daily. We didnāt reach here yesterday!
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This is kind of what pop social media historians implicitly enable when they casually trash academics and reduce their decades of research to jargon. They are co-authoring anti-intellectualism with the state. A union of diminished minds. https://t.co/tUbH2nyDU3
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Francesca Orsini is perhaps the fourth foreign scholar with a valid visa to be denied entry in recent years. Indian officials claim she was blacklisted for doing research in the past onĀ aĀ touristĀ v...
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Francesca Orsini has done more for Hindi than many so called lovers of Hindi. To not allow entry to a true lover of languages and literatures of this region, someone who has always told its stories with care, is deeply concerning and heartbreaking.
Few have shaped our understanding of Hindi and North Indian literary cultures like Francesca Orsini. To know sheās been denied entry into the country sheās written about with such love and rigour feels deeply wrong.
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Scholarship *in India* on Indian langs & literary cultures has long suffered from inwardness with many choosing to study/work outside India. Instead of trying to rectify this & make Indian academia more welcoming, we see restrictions on academic mobility. https://t.co/hPKSwmbduD
thewire.in
Francesca Orsini is perhaps the fourth foreign scholar with a valid visa to be denied entry in recent years. Indian officials claim she was blacklisted for doing research in the past onĀ aĀ touristĀ v...
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Distressing and shocking. A world renowned scholar who has dedicated her life to the study of print and literary history of North India was unceremoniously deported.
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