Congratulations to Alpa Shah on this brilliant and important book 👏

“To destroy Indian democracy, Indian media destroyed itself first.” theguardian.com/media/2023/jul…

Children raised under UK austerity shorter than European peers, study finds dlvr.it/Sr0tvS

Coming up this Sunday!

Just caught up with this extraordinary and memorable piece of life writing by Ada Ferrer

CREATIVE WRITING AND KINDNESS

My father spent his working life as a civil servant in the Pakistani embassy in London. Sometimes he wrote sports journalism for Indian and Pakistani newspapers.

I’ve had the best time in Dublin thank you 🙏🏼recommend this annual conference, student led, participants from all over South Asia

#ImwithGaryLineker

theguardian.com/media/2023/mar…

Delighted to announce Our Best First Novel Award longlist #BFNA2023 authorsclub.co.uk/longlist-annou…
Congrats to: Sussie Anie, Freya Berry 🪶The Birdcage Library out now🪶, James Cahill, Yasmin Cordery Khan, #PaddyCrewe , Cecilia Knapp, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, #Priscilla Morris Sheena Patel Lizzie Pook (is away) #JoannaQuinn , Emma Styles author 🦎🌊🪸☀️🦘

‘It was a set-up, we were fooled’: the coal mine that ate an Indian village, by Ankur Paliwal theguardian.com/environment/20…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie being brilliant & bold in her Reith lecture on freedom of speech BBC Radio 4 now.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

This event on forced migration and its reverberations is happening today, 10pm uk time

In my book INDIA AFTER GANDHI, I wrote about the Ayodhya movement and the demolition of the Babri Masjid from the perspective of a historian. In this personal essay for Fifty Two , I write about living in North India through those harrowing times:
fiftytwo.in/story/demoliti…

Anyone remember this?

I have never seen climate carnage on the scale of the floods here in Pakistan.

As our planet continues to warm, all countries will increasingly suffer losses and damage from climate beyond their capacity to adapt.

This is a global crisis. It demands a global response.

Our thoughts are with everyone affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan ❤️

You can donate to the relief appeal here ➡️ ms.spr.ly/6010jcrz6

Karim’s play, huge hit at Edinburgh fest, comes to Oxford next month, just booked my tickets The North Wall

Such a joy to be part of #backintimeforbirmingham with Noreen and the Sharmas; its back to the 1980s on BBC2 tonight at 8pm and on iplayer.

Inspiring conference today organised by Oxford Continuing Education former and current students in the humanities