Ramachandra Guha

Historian of modern India, biographer of Gandhi. Retweets not necessarily endorsements.

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

The author and film-maker Nasreen Munni Kabir sent me this lovely image of a stamp in her collection, of the African nation of Senegal commemorating the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Nehru.

[Permanent Black @PermanentBlack]

N.S.Gundur in conversation with Milind Wakankar, @iitdelhi on 12 August!
Details of the book on our website.

[Vijaita Singh @vijaita]

More Cockroaches loading- A large section of students of the outgoing 2026 batch at the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, do not want Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant as the chief guest at their convocation ceremony.
The students’ dissent is over the CJI’s recent conduct and statements during the NEET protests in New Delhi.

https://t.co/lzf6CVerDl

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“If you choose to read Fractured Communities, read it not only because its author is in prison, but because it is a serious work of scholarship.” A moving essay by Sabiha Khanum on her son, the brilliant young historian Umar Khalid.
https://t.co/F1KYpdIB5T

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Ramachandra Guha: Sangh calls them ‘deshdrohis’ but ‘cockroach’ protestors are true nationalists https://t.co/vYV6XaKx3K

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My column in @ttindia on the use and abuse of the term “anti-national”, from the 19th century to the present:
https://t.co/fVFHUghLiF

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

Mathrubhumi Books have just brought out this selection of my biographical essays. The translator is P. S. Rakesh.
@mb4books @karthikgemini

[Urvish Kothari ~ उर्वीश कोठारी @urvish2020]

For the RSS,
Crookedness is a virtue;
Double speak, an art form;
Cowardice a strategy;
Hooliganism, an underbelly;
Nationalism, a facade;
Hindu-rashtra, a concept to intoxicate the gullible;
Transparency, an anathema.

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

How Abhijeet Dipke created a broad-based idea of politics that put the BJP on the backfoot https://t.co/q7ratpbMw2 via @scroll_in

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“Modi’s charisma and popular appeal have consolidated the BJP’s dominance, electorally speaking. Yet the costs are mounting.” Read @Ram_Guha’s 2024 essay on the price Indian democracy has paid for Modi’s success:
https://t.co/l8pMZviOZe

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

Very pleased to share the news that the Tamil edition of my book “Speaking with Nature” is now out. The translator is the eminent scholar and naturalist S. Theodore Baskaran, and the publisher is Kalachuvadu.

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The eminent Urdu writer Qurratulain Hyder is best known for her novels, but she also excelled in other genres. I have just finished reading this wonderful anthology of her work, edited and translated into English by Fatima Rizvi and Sufia Kidwai.
@unlimited_women

[SouthSideBooks @SouthSideBooksH]

"There was never a braver defender of scientific thought in India than Dr. Bhargava." — Meera Nanda

Discover the life of one of the architects of modern biology in India.

📖 P. M. Bhargava: The Man and the Making of Modern Biology in India by Chandana Chakrabarti (@ChanChak)

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‘I was shot, but the police kept beating me’: Bihar youth recount police brutality in Siwan https://t.co/RCsn0B0KIb via @scroll_in

[Ashutosh Ranka @AshutoshRanka]

Dear @JPNadda @DrJitendraSingh ji,

We are observing a complete breach of the agreement regarding no police action against the protestors. Hundreds of students have been arrested in Bihar and Bengal, and hundreds are being surveilled/harrassed in Delhi and other states. Multiple reports are emerging in Delhi around detention of volunteers supporting protestors with logistics.

We demand that all the FIRs against the protestors be immediately withdrawn, students be released and no future FIRs be filed (in line with our agreement) by Delhi police / Central investigative agencies / Police in BJP-allied states, FAILING WHICH WE WILL BE FORCED TO SIT ON PROTEST AGAIN.

We also demand that the written agreement around legal cases be shared with us by tomorrow, the aligned timelines with the Government of India.

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Back in 1998, the great playwright Girish Karnad wrote a brilliant essay on the arts and social change in India. Sadly, it was published in Holland so little read here. It is wonderful to see the essay now available online for desis and non-desis both:
https://t.co/3y1Fxwd2hn

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

This is a very important question posed by John Brittas.

[John Brittas @JohnBrittas]

Hon PM .. Pl apprise the nation about the status of K Radhakrishnan Committee set up exactly two years back, June 2024, after the NEET-UG paper-leak scandal. What about the 184-page report submitted? https://t.co/gbpo2Jzqh1

[Abhijeet Dipke @abhijeet_dipke]

Thank you, Hon’ble CJI. Without you, this wouldn’t have been possible.

Big hug❤️

[Ramachandra Guha @Ram_Guha]

Ramachandra Guha: The reason why Jammu and Kashmir is being denied statehood is clear – Hindutva https://t.co/21Q0toV6Fs