Anwesha Ghosh
@onneshaghosh
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Teaching History @NLSIUOfficial Urban History | Municipalities | Old Histories of Capital
Bengaluru, India
Joined May 2014
New open access article @CSSHJournal where I write about India's city improvement trusts of early 20th century and how they inaugurated a new language, technology, and rationality of urban governance. -
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The Improvement Regime: Public Trusts, Real Estates, and India’s Urban Futurities
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Call for Papers - Legal History in Asia and Beyond: Lessons from the Past for the Present 17-18 March (Hong Kong) & 23 March (Oxford) 2026 (participants can join in either location) Deadline 31 October 2025 https://t.co/6LMZaeb32I
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#Vacancy | NLSIU invites applications for: Job Title: Research Associate Project: Just Transitions on Indian Streets project Positions: 2 Duration: Upto March 2027 Application Deadline: August 4, 2025 (5pm IST) Learn more and apply: https://t.co/uOCwAWVqmb
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Come work with us on the 'Just Transitions on Indian Streets' project! 🔎 2 Research Associates (deadline 4 Aug 2025) 🔎 2 Postdoc Fellows (deadline 11 Aug 2025) For more details, see here:
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And it begins! The Global Urban History Project conference in Berlin: Stretching the limits of urban global history.
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🚨 New project! Just Transitions on Indian Streets explores how Indian cities can centre street-based workers in climate action. Led by Tim Schwanen @TSUOxford, with @Ritajyoti_B, @onneshaghosh @aravindunni23 as Co-Is. Postdoc & RA openings soon! https://t.co/0w52RvXYNE
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From the Streets Up: New Project Tackles Urban Inequality in India’s Climate Action
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My humble contribution to the “taxi mafia vs ride-hailing apps” debate — why we need to move beyond binaries & rethink mobility governance in India, for both drivers & passengers. https://t.co/kpmxr3BDh4
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Cities have failed to build mobility systems that are fair and accountable towards drivers and passengers.
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The ceasefire reminds me of Intizar Husain’s 1965 memory: during the war, Indian songs vanished from Lahore. Then one day, he heard Lata Mangeshkar’s voice from a shop—signaling war's end & return of peace. Here’s a song in her voice for the paths ahead: https://t.co/XLYM0PGILw
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And it's a wrap on Contours of Legal History in India, 2025!
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Happening tomorrow (27 March, Thursday) at NLSIU, 4 pm. All are welcome.
NLSIU and @maxplanckpress are organising the 'Contours of Legal History in India' conference March 27-28, 2025. Prof. Mitra Sharafi, @UWMadison, will deliver the keynote address, which is open to public. Know more: https://t.co/TOc2tkQHBE
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Super excited to host the Contours of Legal History conference @NLSIUofficial over 27&28 March. Mitra Sharafi will be our keynote speaker. 27 March, 4 pm. Come through!
NLSIU and @maxplanckpress are organising the 'Contours of Legal History in India' conference March 27-28, 2025. Prof. Mitra Sharafi, @UWMadison, will deliver the keynote address, which is open to public. Know more: https://t.co/TOc2tkQHBE
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Amazing how every blr problem can be traced back to us not having a legitimate local government
Bengaluru Metro fare hike: Pressure mounts on BMRCL to reduce charges, Students' Union demands 50% discount BMRCL: "We are now reviewing anomalies in the fare structure after several passengers complained that fares have nearly doubled on some stages" https://t.co/mW0Xvp1n09
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Bangalore people, come through. Tomorrow at 5 at NLS!
Do join us tomorrow at 5PM to listen to @praymurray on our relationship to technology as citizens in this IT city at NLSIU! The talk is titled ‘Bangalore: the IT city that could (but doesn’t)’ Our talks are open to public. https://t.co/dpd2kSNDpx
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ECRs doing Urban Studies in India, this is a fantastic opportunity for you. Apply! Details in the link below.
Call for Applications | NLSIU invites applications for the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship. Duration of the fellowship: 10 months Application Deadline: December 25, 2024 Find out more and apply here: https://t.co/wefU8PjZLs
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Turns out there is:
"Our results reveal that whenever handwriting movements are included as a learning strategy, more of the brain gets stimulated, resulting in the formation of more complex neural network connectivity...typewriting do[es] not activate...networks the same way that handwriting does."
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Deadline for submitting abstracts to 'Contours of Legal History in India' has been extended till end of 2 November. Apply! Apply!! Apply!!! @NLSIUofficial @mpilhlt @GhoshSamyak @ReejuRay4
NLSIU & @mpilhlt are organising a Legal History Workshop, titled ‘Contours of Legal History In India: Pedagogy and Research’, on Mar 27 & 28, 2025, at the NLSIU campus. Abstract Submission Deadline Extended: Nov 2, 2024 | 11:59 PM IST Know more: https://t.co/u8t0RTD6LA
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We are looking for someone young and enthusiastic to manage the Writing Urban India Programme. Last date to apply is 11th October. The job is Bangalore based. Apply? https://t.co/1CpukOePMC
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NLSIU invites applications for the position of Project Manager under the HUPA Chair for Urban Poor and the Law for the specific purpose of managing the Writing Urban India Collective project for the...
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Deadline fast approaching for the Contours of Legal History Workshop happening at @NLSIUofficial in March 2025 in collaboration with @mpilhlt Deadline: 20 October 2024, 11:59 PM IST Check here for more details: https://t.co/oiLUoB91O8
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