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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Jan 24

Had the opportunity to meet Sree Raghunath Basak, president of Tangail Sari Traders Association at his studio in Pathrail, the birthplace of the Tangail Saree. He is also the leading figure in the case to claim the G.I. for the Tangail Saree of Bangladesh.

Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Dec 20

wedding szn

Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Dec 19

had dinner with my lovely jethima afterwards ❤️

Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Dec 19

Presented my research on religion and infrastructural development at brac university yesterday! Thank you to the lovely folks at ENH who organized and everyone who attended.

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Dec 13

I’ll be presenting what I’ve been up to the last thirteen months at Brac next Wednesday!

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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · Nov 15

Since I'm new here, can I re-up a project of which I am v proud? It's the complete Eric Hobsbawm Bibliography - a fully searchable database of all his published & unpublished works + a set of curated thematic lists to introduce select topics. It was a labour of love. Link: hobsbawm.shca.ed.ac.uk

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Dec 3

have not even started writing my dissertation yet i know what i’ll wear to my defence and convocation

Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 30

transferring incomprehensible handwriting from 1931 to my very own incomprehensible handwriting

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Swati Moitra @swatiatrest.bsky.social · Nov 30

Marked uptick in hate content from WB and BD in my FB feed. All promoted by the algorithm. Why is @facebook pushing hate on our feeds? I don't follow these profiles or pages.

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 26

short trip to kushtia

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 26

Saw a Bengali saree influencer say "bengal subcontinent" and I will now be adopting this

Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 25

my mother’s special achari khichuri 😋

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 25

don’t ask how much weight i’ve put on doing fieldwork

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 25

working out of the department of archaeology today

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 24

Reminds me very much also of both Satyajit Ray and Soumitra Chatterjee accepting the Legion of Honour in Bengali style dhuti-panjabi

Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 24

His stylist, Suket Dhir, discusses putting his outfit together:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JPm...

Suket Dhir discusses how he designed Abhijit Banerjee's 2019 Nobel Prize ceremony outfit

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 24

He was featured in Vogue India shortly after his win alongside another Nobel Prize winner (his wife): www.vogue.in/magazine-sto...

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 24

For his Nobel Prize ceremony (left), Dr. Banerjee wore a velvet bandhgala jacket (which in Bengal we call a 'prince coat'), a south indian silk dhoti draped Bengali style, and a cotton kurta. Suket Dhir (his stylist) remarked that his outfit was talked about more than his achievement.

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 24

academics need to be more invested in their own aesthetic — abhijit banerjee is a good example (of someone who is very much concerned about fashion) that always comes to mind

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 23

also my committee said they’re excited to read my dissertation when i finally start writing it 🥰

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 23

weekends mean

1) visits from (one of) my mother’s (several) saree-walas (this one is the jamdaniwala)
2) taking this exact same picture from the gym balcony
3) playing with the gym cat

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 23

I will find any excuse to talk about Devdas

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 23

On the other hand Devdas is really interesting because it is all very clearly early 2000s fashion but somehow fits into this imagined early 1900s world Bhansali has created

Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 22

Stumbled while scrolling TikTok, but every time I rewatch Devdas I realize the costume department had them wearing whatever — the blouse is accurate (minus the neckline perhaps) for the times but what is this saree/drape supposed to be?

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 23

This is my favourite interview of all time. I love listening to people talk about their collections (of anything).

youtu.be/ci2uCf-HqGY?...

600+ saris: Usha Uthup's timeless fashion | Obsessions | CRED

YouTube video by CRED

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Syed Alif Shahed @dietaarong.bsky.social · Nov 22

translating my field notes from bangla to english for my dissertation 😭

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