Anirudh Kanisetti | ಅನಿರುದ್ಧ್ ‏کنسٹّی

Public historian, author of #LordsOfEarthAndSea and #LordsOfTheDeccan: new histories of South India. Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. Columnist @ThePrintIndia.

[Aslah Kayyalakkath @aslahtweets]

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[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

India’s influence on Southeast Asia wasn’t only Hindu or Buddhist. Gujarati and Tamil Muslims, merchants, scholars, Sufis and sailors also shaped the region’s Islamic history for centuries.

Watch #ThinkingMedieval with Anirudh Kanisetti @AKanisetti

https://t.co/ImX0QmlnVQ

[Sampan Travel @Sampan_Travel]

After the monsoon break, Sampan's Speaker Series returns with @AKanisetti in Yangon this month.

Anirudh will explore the connection between Bagan and the Cholas; Arakan's invasion of Bengal in the 1600s; & the Burmese occupation of Manipur in the 1820s.

https://t.co/4Ti4Bs3k0Q

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

Do you have any shame Delhi Police?

The accused himself is bragging on video about how a BJP Minister protected him & how you let him get away.

This is unbelievable. A criminal openly says he did it & Delhi Police says he didn’t.

[Revathi @revathitweets]

Same in Hyderabad too.

Ban on slaughter and sale of meat on the occasion of Sri Krishna Janmashtami.

And guess what - both Karnataka & Telangana have Congress Governments.

[Akshay Lakra @akshaylakra17]

आज दिल्ली में 4PM की पत्रकार शाहीन के साथ जो हुआ, वह बेहद गंभीर और डराने वाला है.
दिल्ली पुलिस और दिल्ली सरकार को जवाब देना चाहिए क्या सवाल पूछना जुर्म है ?

[ThePrintIndia @ThePrintIndia]

'We talk about Indians Hinduising Southeast Asia. But Indians also converted region to Islam'

Anirudh Kanisetti @AKanisetti, author & historian, writes

#ThinkingMedieval #ThePrintOpinion

https://t.co/WWCXwqr78E

[Ashish Joshi @bismil_prasad]

Mr Anurag Kumar @CPDelhi @DelhiPolice ,
Informing an individual's family during interrogation or detention is a legal mandate, not an optional courtesy.

​Yesterday, I was taken for interrogation after my morning walk under the assurance that it would take very little time. However, as the hours stretched on, my repeated requests to inform my wife of my whereabouts ,the concerned Police Officials/Officer simply stated they were "following instructions."

​I was only permitted to make a call at 6:38 PM, leaving my family & friends in total panic the entire day.

I request that you issue clear instructions to all units directing officers to strictly uphold the legal duty of immediately informing the family of any person taken for interrogation , so that no citizen’s family has to endure the distress that mine suffered.

[Ashish Joshi @bismil_prasad]

I fully agree with Political Economist Parkala Prabhakar @parakala who says time has come for a mass movement against ECI to seek full accountability and transparency before the electoral and political system is totally destroyed.

https://t.co/KamPpZ1CYy

[Pratik Sinha @free_thinker]

We are almost there. ₹8 lakh has come in and only ₹3 lakh is left, which is about 600 people donating ₹500.

https://t.co/QWbRnQioHr

Thank you to everyone who has already chipped in.

[Mohit Chauhan @unmutemohit]

A massive 7-foot-deep pit forms on the ₹36,000-crore Ganga Expressway built by the Adani Group, just four months after PM Modi inaugurated it: Report

[Amock_ @Amockx2022]

This is shocking 🤯

Former Finance Secretary Subhash Garg has said that the real GDP is around 2.6% and nowhere close to 7.8% as reports suggest

Journalist tried a lot to downplay him but he didn't take a step back

[Fatima Khan @khanthefatima]

Despite mobilizing large numbers around immediate grievances, CJP seems to have made a conscious call to not mention Hindutva. But they don't get to pick the society they operate in. They will repeatedly be dragged into confronting it. My reported essay:
https://t.co/YqWUb1at1A

[Veena @veenavenugopal]

This is a full page of TOI’s Delhi edition today. Count the number of r*pe stories

[Revathi @revathitweets]

This is the reality of this country!

Two students died in Polavaram district of Andhra Pradesh allegedly because of expired malarial medicine given to them at school today!!!

School staff distributed Chloroquine tablets to 73 students in Gollaguppa village, located in Visapuram Gram Panchayat, Etapaka Mandal, Polavaram District, Andhra Pradesh.

About 20 students immediately fell ill and they were shifted to the area government hospital in Badrachalam district of Telangana for treatment.

Two students died after the adverse reaction to Chloroquine tablets.

Five of them still remain extremely critical

Remember the song and dance welcome to PM Modi by school girls for the airport inaugural? Incident is from the same state.

[Manisha Pande @MnshaP]

SIR in Delhi

[Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa]

A carpet was used to "hide" the massive cave-in on the Ganga Expressway in Unnao. This was built at a cost of ₹36,230 crores. Built by Adani Enterprises and IRB infrastructure. The expressway has sustained multiple damages since its inauguration bhai Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 29 April 2026.

[Amrita Dutta @damrita]

"If I get an opportunity, I will question Rahul Gandhi. What is the difference between you and the BJP?”

In Congress-ruled Karnataka, Bengali Muslim migrant workers come under citizenship scrutiny

@ZamanRokibuz_ reports

https://t.co/KJvHQ2QYPD

[Mad Milton @PhilipPanass]

On 6 November 2023, Allahabad University selected 10 candidates for the post of Assistant Professor in Medieval & Modern History; eight ultimately joined. What follows is a series of tweets on their publication records and the dismal state of academic hiring under BJP/RSS. (1/10)

[sai priya @priya_27_]

the court punishing the improvement of food safety and hygiene is probably the first for any court in the world