HindolSengupta

Historian. 13 books. Professor of international relations. Publisher. Global affairs analysis start-up co-founder. Fmr. strategy and research head, @investindia

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

📢 NEW BOOK ALERT, Book #13. Announcing the publication of my new book on #ParashuramJayanti

'Sing, Dance and Lead - sequel to the bestselling Sing, Dance and Pray - https://t.co/DQjlQ4fTad

Here's how it all happened: The course was insightful. The case studies, thoughtful.

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

as watering, saying no is as crucial as saying yes, exiting is as important as entering.

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

The greatest lesson that no one teaches you but one that you must learn on your own is —- when to exit conversations, debates, arguments. We all have finite time in our lives, and the world is infinitely argumentative. You are not responsible for the lack of sense or foresight or

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

madness in others. The best way to help your family, your neighbourhood, your city, your state, your country, and the world is do keep trying to do exceptionally well at what you do and be the example to follow in that. In writing, gardening, as in life, trimming is as critical

[Tsering Gaphel ༅༎ཚིི་ཪིང་དགའ་འཕེལ།། @Tsering_gaphel]

The first-ever Black‑Necked Crane Festival in #Ladakh will be celebrated from 11th to 14th August, 2026. Great initiative from UT Admin .

[historiakayasthas @historiakayasth]

The 2026 conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art in Ghent University, Belgium just concluded yesterday. I presented my research on Garhwa as an early center of Ram worship. It was a wonderful experience, met several great archaeologists and art historians from across the globe. Once again, a heartfelt thanks to everyone here who supported me and funded my travel expenses. This wouldn't have been possible without your support. I'll post a thread on my presentation shortly here.

[Prof. Shamika Ravi @ShamikaRavi]

A reformer’s paradox: the reformer is judged most harshly by those he has helped the most, while the non-reformer is not judged at all by those he has never reached, mistaking their silence, and their very absence, for peace.

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

Glad to see that Sudipta Kaviraj has said that his work was misunderstood (and mis-promoted) as ‘there was no India before 1947’. That was never true. And yet, for decades, vested interests promoted this idea and did such grave harm. Such harm. But the tide is fully shifting.

[Vishal Ganesan @vjgtweets]

"Politically, the idea of India must exist on two levels – at least. Here I should first clarify an elementary point. My old essay ‘the imaginary institution of India’ was misunderstood by several eminent historians as suggesting that no idea of India ever existed before the arrival of British colonial unification of the subcontinent into a single state. I was then actually thinking about India as a political idea: an idea related, crucially, to the questions of the state and its possibilities.

In premodern times, it seems there was a clear idea of India as a cultural space which was ‘united’ by recognizable circuits of practices and transactions – religious practice, arts, literature and crafts. It is important to emphasize the transactional side of these adjacent and overlapping social practices – because these practices were not identical, but each recognized the adjacent existence of the others. They did see that the others were different and distinct from themselves but did not see them as a violation of common rules of social existence. Religious diversity in India ought, in my view, to be seen in this way: not always as a moral practice of ‘high toleration’, but as a sociological adjacency that had to be simply presupposed in the texture of life. Internal differences within Hinduism – between Shaivas, Vaishnavas, Shaktas, and their differences with Jainas and Buddhists should be viewed this way, rather than through an unpractical high-minded philosophy of toleration. Attention to philosophical disputes among even Hindu theological paths show the sharpness of the disputations, which should not be anachronistically and casually emulsified as ‘toleration’."

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

Excellent points by @TheJaggi - very accurate.

[Swarajya @SwarajyaMag]

As the education minister resigns and the Jantar Mantar protests end, @TheJaggi argues that this has only bought the Modi government weeks, not months.

The harder test is still coming.

His central point is that the protest was never really about the NEET exam leak. It was a demand for better governance from every arm of the state, and it came from Gen Z, a generation whose only real complaint is that the people in power do not listen to them.

And that anger will not stay contained to one exam.

There is already an E20 Janta Party forming, made up of vehicle owners upset about ethanol-blended petrol. Farmers and other groups could be next. The common thread in these names is Janta, and the piece notes the political target that points to.

The warning is that this hits everyone, not just the Prime Minister's cabinet. State governments, municipalities, the bureaucracy, the courts, none of them delivers good citizen services, and all of them are now exposed. If a leaked exam can trigger this, so can garbage, traffic and broken hospitals.

The piece's advice to the government is a list of things to do now, before the next flashpoint. Most of it comes down to one shift — stop governing purely from the top, and start actually consulting the people it governs.

Whether Modi manages that, the piece argues, will decide whether he sweeps the 2029 election or gets swept by it.

R Jagannathan in @SwarajyaMag on why the government is now on probation, and what it should do about it.

https://t.co/9p357sXaB4

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

How can I not remember Bibekda? He really taught me so much. So much.

[Bibek Debroy @bibekdebroy]

Thank you, Hindol, for remembering Bibek Debroy. Few do, and you are one of them; it means more than words can express and helps keep his memory alive.

[The Hindu @the_hindu]

Satyajit Ray is one of the greatest Indian filmmakers: Christopher Nolan

https://t.co/r5zT6rngBi

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

+ 1 - big fan of courtyards.

[Indrani Bagchi @horror06]

Love courtyards. I wish our mushrooming gated communities can build these elements in.

[Subhash Kak ☀️𑀲𑀼𑀪𑀸𑀱 𑀓𑀸𑀓 . सुभाष काक @subhash_kak]

That's the example to be followed

[Pubity @pubity]

Over 125,000,000 Indian rural households have gained tap water since 2019, increasing access from 16.7% to 81.7% of homes.

[Prof. Shamika Ravi @ShamikaRavi]

Unemployment rate falls sharply after the age of 30 - everywhere in India. This is true globally as well and is popularly termed as ‘Youth Inactivity’. Converting large youth population into productive workforce is one of our biggest economic opportunities and challenges.

[Dr. Hebatallah Adam @HebatallahADAM]

Proud to celebrate the graduation of our @JSIAJindal Class 2026 at the 15th Convocation of @JindalGlobalUNI . A privilege to join Chancellor @MPNaveenJindal, VC C.Raj Kumar, Dean @sreeramchaulia, Executive Dean @HindolSengupta, colleagues, students & families on this special day.

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

acquiring knowledge. Invoking the Isha Upanishad, Vivekananda and Aurobindo, Radhakrishnan, and Dharampal, among others, I argue that without truly understanding its own legacy of knowledge, India cannot walk the path to great power ambition.

https://t.co/K7GD6otSuy

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

As I complete two years in formal academia (as a profession) and two years at @JindalGlobalUNI I have written in detail about what education really means in India, what does it mean to be a teacher, and student, and how Indian civilization has seen knowledge, and the process of

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

I have started to listen to the @ISKCONBangalore recording of Sri Venkatesha Suprabhatam every morning as I wake --- and it has been sublime.

https://t.co/iJF49ZnNHD

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

@omarali50 Yes, exactly.

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

Not commenting on anything else, but all subsequent research has shown that Mrs. Gandhi was absolutely right about the ‘foreign hand’. From independence onwards India was absolutely and totally infiltrated by US, British, Russian and even some Chinese agencies. 100% infiltrated.

[suhas palshikar @PalshikarSuhas]

Emergency discourse was mired in 'foreign hand' accusations. Same now. But then it was the 'victim and encirclement' narrative. In today's Vishwaguru tapestry, such victimhood sits poorly 4/7

[HindolSengupta @HindolSengupta]

After today’s developments, I hope the path to the clearance of the pivotal new FCRA law becomes easier - this is critical for the future security and safety of India. Many, many vested interests don’t want this to happen. https://t.co/fRa4LryFK5