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Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
Contrary to certain social media narratives, there has been a historic presence of Islam in Britain. Take Marmaduke Pickthall, born in 1875 to an Anglican reverend who could trace his ancestry to a knight of William the Conqueror. Famed for his English translation of the Qur’an, Pickthall dissented from British meddling in the Middle East and campaigned for the Ottoman cause.
To learn more about his life, read an extract from ‘A Great English Muslim’ by Dr. Jamie Gilham
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ALT A book shot of 'A Great English Muslim' showing a b&w photo of Marmaduke Pickthall. It is on a gold background with a quote stating: ‘No British Muslim has left a greater legacy than Marmaduke Pickthall; no biography has done more to illuminate his life.’ — Tharik Hussain, author of Muslim Europe
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
Dear @MumbaiPolice, you need to do a #TukaramMundhe on motorists, especially two-wheeler riders, who are glued to their phones while driving. This is very dangerous for disabled pedestrians, who are particularly vulnerable while crossing the road.
@CPMumbaiPolice
#traffic #disabilityrights
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
Who gets remembered when we tell the history of capitalism in India?
Tata. Birla. Bajaj. Godrej; Parsis. Marwaris. Jains. Banias.
What about the Bohras, Khojas & Memons? They were among Bombay's most important trading communities. Their story is the subject of my new book. 1/10
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
For Open Magazine, I write about a visit to a memorial in Shijiazhuang honoring the doctors of the Indian Medical Mission in China.
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Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
Battle of the fishes: In the first such initiative in South Asia, a community-driven project in Solapur and Pune, Maharashtra, aims to rid the Ujani dam of invasive fish species like s
Suckermouth, Thai Mangur, and Tilapia, and reintroduce native varieties like Mrigal and Deccan Mahseer which have almost been obliterated from the waters. My story for @indiatoday
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#fish #environment #Pune #Solapur #UjaniDam #invasivefish #fishing #water #Maharashtra
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
A good day to share my favourite book on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. It’s a brilliant intellectual history and one that instantly made me a Devji fanboy when I read it in grad school.
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
The English spy who promised he’d be Emperor of Arabia, and the Baghdad Khatun who ensured it couldn’t happen, taught Saudi king Abdelaziz intrigue is no game for amateurs. The king’s grandson, crown-prince MBS, is learning the same cruel lesson in Yemen. buff.ly/EjH9Czf
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
Ileana Citaristi, dancer & pedagogue writes about her love for chenna poda & shares stories of living & eating in India in the latest issue of our journal -
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![Cuttack, Bhubaneshwar and My Encounters with Chenna Poda Volume 6 | Issue 4 [August 2026] - On...](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/2118038033488621568/vE8cAoy3?format=jpg&name=800x419)
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Out now! A new @HimalSouthasian investigation by Erin L Thompson on how Mary Slusser, a renowned US scholar, made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States.
Every investigation we publish at Himal means a lot, but this one especially hits home on a personal level for me as someone who grew up in Kathmandu and has seen the empty pedestals and niches where stolen gods once stood, has seen the communities still hoping that one day their gods will come home.
This story will help bring more of them back, and will add to the ongoing global movement and battle to recover Nepal's stolen heritage.
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Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
"Authoritative and acutely readable".. Delighted to share this great @nytimesbooks review of my new book "The Jackal," coming out on Aug. 18!
"Say You Want a Revolution? How Much Are You Paying?" nytimes.com/2026/08/10/books…
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
Weird experience with @WhatsApp privacy: So, I'm in hospital with the older brat, who has a gallstone problem. The doctor comes out of the OT and shows me said gallstones.Why? He says some people complain that the hospital was scamming them, so this is the drill. So... [1/n]
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
After years of research, countless hours in archives, and a decade-long journey, Birth of A Nation: The Twenty-One Days That Made India is now available in bookstores across India and online.
This book tells the story of the extraordinary weeks that shaped the map of modern India through forgotten negotiations, remarkable personalities, and untold episodes from 1947.
I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed uncovering these stories.
📖 Available now at bookstores near you.
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
After years of research, I'm delighted to share that my new book, Birth of a Nation: 21 Days That Made India, is now available for pre-order.
It tells the story of the overlooked individuals whose actions and sacrifices helped shape modern India.
Pre-order your copy now.
The wait is over for @josyjosephkj’s new book!
An exhilarating account of India in the days leading up to 15 August 1947.
Pre-order ‘Birth of a Nation: The Twenty-One Days That Made India’ now: amzn.in/d/0iGXBTPt
Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
In a seminal essay, “The Absent Liberal”, Ramachandra Guha ventured that Indian liberalism “is a sensibility rather than a theory”, a contention affirmed in the late lamented CA Bayly’s Recovering Liberties.
It has only taken two decades, but I finally have a rejoinder. We have been looking in the wrong place. Indian liberals did develop a theory—not for British India but for Indian India.
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On the 'Bangladeshi Rabindranath'; or the transformative role of East Bengal in his life and poetry. From the urban confines of the Jorasanko mansion to the real Padma, the "monsoon seen through the eyes of a tradition" to the visceral, embodied monsoon.
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Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
How Ceylon welcomed Mahatma Gandhi. An excerpt of Colombo: Port of Call published by @moneycontrolcom
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Gautam Pemmaraju retweeted
Iran says no to US suggestion that it could says it could lift sanctions on Iranian oil. Turning oil prices into a strategic asset has been at the heart of Iran’s war strategy. It surprised US and changed the direction of the war. That Washington is prepared to lift sanctions on Iran to the tune of $14 billion, shows how effective this strategy has been. Tehran is not about to give it up, if anything it will interpret the sanction lifting idea as a sign of desperation in Washington and press on oil prices even harder.
Iran says it has no surplus crude oil to offer to international markets after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington could lift sanctions on Iranian oil at sea.
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