Rohit Dutta Roy

AsstProf History @snuindia|
PhD @CamHistory|
Founder @thecamsaf @polhistcoll|
Bylines:TheWire,TheTelegraph,Newslaundry,TheCitizen|
JNU,JadavpurUni,DelhiUni Alum

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

@BettyRbl @LDBurnett @AHAhistorians Historians of modern SouthAsia have been critiquing intellectual histories of the region,authored/anchored in the West,for similar reasons.Textualist readings,driven primarily by the ease of access postDigitilisation,ignoring the dissonance between perfomativity & politicalAction

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

@HMRCcustomers I am unable to file a refund through https://t.co/alwigOTXZ9 received a letter stating that I am owed "£26.80".I am unable to register on p800refund section as I only have a p60 filing number, and have never taken a loan,do not have a driving license or UK passport

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

small mercies ina DyingDiscipline:@amymcrawf for @SmithsonianMag on @LiberianOracle's search for treaty that established Liberia
Rarely"is aHistorian presented with sucha highstakes challenge:Find a nearly200yearold sheetofpaper...that launched a NewNation"https://t.co/jvyp95dtdY

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

I am sure 28% GST on "horse- trading" would benefit the government more than same gst on "horse racing".
#MaharashtraPoliticalCrisis was a missed opportunity. But surely there's more to come.

[Ruchira Chaturvedi @RuchiraC]

GST on horse-trading? 🤭🤭😆😆

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Ideological bankruptcy of IndianLeft supporting BJP's YashwantSinha agnst @BJP4India's #Draupadi_Murmu reminds me of this photo from Benaras.
To passersby it would appear partyoffice has been locked& walled-up.
Can new Left formations unseat existing ones?
https://t.co/SAATzUQwIO

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

.@ravishndtv's unpacking of the protests around #AgnipathYojana stands out for steering clear of usual liberal Balancing& MoralRelativism->Doesn't shy away from calling out #ModiGovernment's nationalist support base,while acknowledging the anger on streets
https://t.co/oW4MIztPuN

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

#AgnipathRecruitmentScheme is eerily similar to adhoc Contractual TeachingSystem,especially
@UnivofDelhi
Welcomed &/ accepted bymany in 2007,due to precarity of employment inAcademia,soon became ploy by subsequentGovts to delay PermanentRecruitment& normalise TemporaryEmployment

[Sitaram Yechury @SitaramYechury]

Agnipath scheme does disservice to India's national security.
Criminal to ask youth to make supreme sacrifice without any job security.
Strengthen regular army recruitment.
https://t.co/MvfGtDlHzj

[The Cambridge South Asia Forum @thecamsaf]

Wideranging discussions with Amartya Sen @thecamsaf for our "Dialogues on Democracy".
He spoke on cosmopolitanism having always been present in the local,need for grassroots democracy,role & future of the opposition in India,new intellectual currents,& the #BJP govt's report card

[The Cambridge South Asia Forum @thecamsaf]

We would be in conversation with AmartyaSen @TrinCollCam,on the role of organic intellectuals in an age of globalisation,future of IndianDemocracy,rising Inflation& the roadmap for a more egalitarian world.
Limited seats available for those @Cambridge_Uni:
https://t.co/aCiPkb4dGx

[The Cambridge South Asia Forum @thecamsaf]

Join our roundtable on"The Future of Opposition Politics in India"@Cambridge_Uni,with @salman7khurshid,@SitaramYechury,@MahuaMoitra,@yadavtejashwi,@PradyotManikya,@manojkjhadu,at the WinstanleyLectureTheatre @TrinCollCam,on Sunday 22ndMay,11:30am.
Register:https://t.co/rWKiL3UKNm

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Socrates' silence on legalityoforders passedby theThirty,having called verdict unjust,has been interpretedas rejectionof theTrial.There wasno fairplay then.There isn't onetoday.Natureof IndianSecurityState canexplain undertrials' recourseto idyllicpast overpromise of betterfuture

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Newsof StanSwamy's death remindedme of KobadGhandy's words:"Lately got an interesting book from the TiharLibrary,TrialofSocrates...What struck me wasthe high senseof responsibility of the citizens,and their senseof fairplay. One couldnot even dream ofthat today,atleast in India."

[Live Law @LiveLawIndia]

Dr. Dsouza- It is with a very heavy heart i have to inform you that father Stan Swamy has passed away.

#BombayHighCourt

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

@SophieJKim Thank you for effortlessly unpacking the global trajectories of the "communal", "sacral" and the "secular", in the few mins that we had for discussions. Looking forward to more such dialogic engagements in the near future.

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

@rashmi_sings @polhistcoll Thank you Rashmi, for the insightful comments. Couldn't have thought of a better discussant for panel on "People's Movements & the Indian States". Glad I invited a political sociologist.

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Join @Jairam_Ramesh,@CholamandalPann, @VaibhavP21& @unkannan, for a freewheeling discussion on Life Writing for the Public, at the Cambridge Roundtable on Political Biographies, this Saturday (19.06.2021), 12 - 2 pm BST.
Registrations and details: https://t.co/3ouplO0343

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Does @MukulR_Official's return to TMC mean @DilipGhoshBJP's party is now PoliticalNonentity in WB?@MamataOfficial hinted Trinamul's doors still remain closed for @SuvenduWB.My take on rumblings in @BJP4Bengal.Can it count on futureElectoralSupport from RSS?https://t.co/tMfDCvZ6hr

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

@KelseyUtne Off the top of my head-Films: Shatranj ke Khilari, Subarnarekha,Amma Ariyan
Documentaries: Ram ke Naam,Red Ant Dream
Theatre (recording,unless performance taking place nearby): Jis Lahore Nahi Vekhya (Thankfully, many were part of pedagogical approaches during my undergrad years)

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Cambridge Politico Intellectual History Workshop on 20th Century India, focused on policy history,marginal narratives,noncanonical political actants & vernacular sources.
Hopefully,first of many, by an emerging researchers collective working on South Asia
https://t.co/3ouplNIscv

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Finally read @BenMazer's insightful piece
"Publication metrics have become a sad stand-in for quality in academia...Surely there’s a better way to cultivate knowledge than today’s endless grid of black-and-white papers"
Hs more on CorporatisationOfAcademia & Publish/PerishCulture

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

An XKCD comic listing the essential “Types of Scientific Paper” nails the tragic absurdity of scientific publishing, writes @BenMazer. https://t.co/eYVdsg9PBb

[Rohit Dutta Roy @rohitduttaroy]

Oxbridge Student Action for COVID Relief in India

[The Cambridge South Asia Forum @thecamsaf]

.@Cambridge_Uni & @UniofOxford student societies have set up a joint fundraiser for COVID relief,with the aim of raising £50,000 to help local & national NGOs in India.
We would be grateful if you could donate or amplify this among friends,depts & colleges
https://t.co/e68Nj1Gdur