Rahul Sagar
Professor @NYUAbuDhabi. The Progressive Maharaja (https://t.co/k7dbx3eRVc), To Raise A Fallen People (https://t.co/prIr0YuQO8), https://t.co/eRRBTHMtL1 and https://t.co/KNWPv7V6kz
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A lovely little discovery in the archives! I've stumbled upon one of the earliest reports of how "native schools" operated in Southern India The 1827 report is from Travancore....
Suppose I told you that I found one of the earliest essays arguing for female education in India.. ..and that it was written by none other than Vishakham Thirunal, the future Maha...
Kerala's exceptional human development record is deservedly well known What is less well known, however, is the extent to which this record owes to Travancore's monarchs Consider...
Would you believe me if I told you that in 1888 the American tobacco company Wm. Kimball & Co produced a set of trading cards featuring Rajas and Ranis from India? And what if I t...
Very proud to announce that after years of searching in the archives I have found the original manuscript of the first modern Indian treatise on government https://t.co/ZRVrVHwQiF
Thrilled to announce the publication of my new book, To Raise A Fallen People: How Nineteenth Century Indians Saw Their World and Shaped Ours. It contains nearly 40 essays on inter...