Ananya
@ananyaprs.bsky.social
17. Mostly reads, books etc. Interests inc econ, history, politics, energy etc. [email protected].
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Ananya
@ananyaprs.bsky.social
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I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to go, given the tuition fees and living costs, but it did feel good to get an offer from King's.
Was going through this OA volume on economic sanctions (ed. Joy Gordon, Cambridge Uni Press). liked the chapter on wheat imports in Iran under sanctions. Also includes some interesting chapters on the DPRK, Iraq, emerging issues, legitimacy etc. www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
Economic Sanctions from Havana to Baghdad
Cambridge Core - Political Theory - Economic Sanctions from Havana to Baghdad
www.cambridge.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Was going through this OA volume on economic sanctions (ed. Joy Gordon, Cambridge Uni Press). liked the chapter on wheat imports in Iran under sanctions. Also includes some interesting chapters on the DPRK, Iraq, emerging issues, legitimacy etc. www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
Now reading @vhtroyansky.bsky.social's 'Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State'. Looks really interesting...what can one even say about the gorgeous cover! I'd read the book for that alone.
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Now reading @vhtroyansky.bsky.social's 'Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late Ottoman State'. Looks really interesting...what can one even say about the gorgeous cover! I'd read the book for that alone.
Hugo on Europe's nations dissolving into a "superior unity"-- a "United States of Europe."
December 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hugo on Europe's nations dissolving into a "superior unity"-- a "United States of Europe."
If this interests you, I'm also reading Anand Toprani's PhD dissertation titled "Oil and Grand Strategy: Great Britain and Germany, 1918-1948 (2012):
repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822... And this on the significance of oil in strategy from 1914-1923: theses.gla.ac.uk/3160/1/2012g...
repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822... And this on the significance of oil in strategy from 1914-1923: theses.gla.ac.uk/3160/1/2012g...
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If this interests you, I'm also reading Anand Toprani's PhD dissertation titled "Oil and Grand Strategy: Great Britain and Germany, 1918-1948 (2012):
repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822... And this on the significance of oil in strategy from 1914-1923: theses.gla.ac.uk/3160/1/2012g...
repository.digital.georgetown.edu/handle/10822... And this on the significance of oil in strategy from 1914-1923: theses.gla.ac.uk/3160/1/2012g...
I came across this 26pg long paper that examines the evolution of British oil policy between 1912 and 1924. Quite concise. Good for an overview of the early shifts in approach, introduction to early years, and an interesting shift b/w the state and industry relations.
www.jstor.org/stable/26384...
www.jstor.org/stable/26384...
December 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I came across this 26pg long paper that examines the evolution of British oil policy between 1912 and 1924. Quite concise. Good for an overview of the early shifts in approach, introduction to early years, and an interesting shift b/w the state and industry relations.
www.jstor.org/stable/26384...
www.jstor.org/stable/26384...
I recently learned about the large and long-established Vietnamese diaspora in Germany. Found this comparative study of the different "contexts of reception" for Vietnamese arrivals-- in West and East Germany. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Competing contexts of reception in refugee and immigrant incorporation: Vietnamese in West and East Germany
www.tandfonline.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I recently learned about the large and long-established Vietnamese diaspora in Germany. Found this comparative study of the different "contexts of reception" for Vietnamese arrivals-- in West and East Germany. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
Draconian things are happening in India. Such a regressive idea. Nothing short of lunacy. Our young and "progressive" politicians, supposedly the vanguard of the future, are cheerleading this madness. And these are the people we are supposed to trust.
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Draconian things are happening in India. Such a regressive idea. Nothing short of lunacy. Our young and "progressive" politicians, supposedly the vanguard of the future, are cheerleading this madness. And these are the people we are supposed to trust.
Came across an interesting podcast on the global energy landscape + trends. Currently listening to an episode about the transatlantic divide. They also provide full transcripts on their website, which is very useful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Energy Evolution
Business News Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Interviews, analysis and reporting from S&P Global Commodity Insights on energy and commodities' transition to a cleaner future. Hosts Taylor Kuykendall and ...
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Came across an interesting podcast on the global energy landscape + trends. Currently listening to an episode about the transatlantic divide. They also provide full transcripts on their website, which is very useful. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
I also liked this piece by Nguyen. A comprehensive and nuanced overview of the evolving landscape of Vietnamese politics in the context of Vietnam-China relations over the year(s). Great read. positionspolitics.org/chelsea-ngoc...
Chelsea Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Vietnam and China 2022-2025 - positions politics
Diplomatic developments The year of 2024-25 has been politically intensive, historic, and ironic to Vietnam domestically and internationally. On April 2nd this year, when the US President, Donald Trum...
positionspolitics.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I also liked this piece by Nguyen. A comprehensive and nuanced overview of the evolving landscape of Vietnamese politics in the context of Vietnam-China relations over the year(s). Great read. positionspolitics.org/chelsea-ngoc...
Interesting stuff from PTO. On last year's "coup" in south korea, with fascinating insights on the korean right's roots in japanese occupation, its distinct features, their current base and the global rightward drift. Do read gray's piece for new left review.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The roots of the Korean far-right w/ Kevin Gray
Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 20/10/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Interesting stuff from PTO. On last year's "coup" in south korea, with fascinating insights on the korean right's roots in japanese occupation, its distinct features, their current base and the global rightward drift. Do read gray's piece for new left review.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
It's worth revisiting what happened to Jet Airways. Do read it. Indian aviation is a cosy duopoly protected by weak oversight and inexplicable regulation. Limited competition, unchecked consolidation, and no regulation, all culminating in the mess we just witnessed.
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
Jet Airways’ Bumpy Flight Path Points to Serious Issues with India’s New Bankruptcy Code - The Wire
India’s insolvency proceedings are not working well. The Jet story illustrates some of the costs India is incurring. It is not about the airline alone.
m.thewire.in
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It's worth revisiting what happened to Jet Airways. Do read it. Indian aviation is a cosy duopoly protected by weak oversight and inexplicable regulation. Limited competition, unchecked consolidation, and no regulation, all culminating in the mess we just witnessed.
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
m.thewire.in/article/busi...
Quite pleased (and shocked) to share that I just got an interview invite for History at Oxford! Not the course I originally applied for, which does sting a little, but I'm still glad. I really hope the interview goes well!
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Quite pleased (and shocked) to share that I just got an interview invite for History at Oxford! Not the course I originally applied for, which does sting a little, but I'm still glad. I really hope the interview goes well!
I'm always amused by the fact that most of India's education investment flowed toward higher education, disproportionately benefiting urban elites. Both China and Japan did the opposite. And we didn't even bother with investing in teachers. Our student-to-teacher ratios were abysmal compared.
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I'm always amused by the fact that most of India's education investment flowed toward higher education, disproportionately benefiting urban elites. Both China and Japan did the opposite. And we didn't even bother with investing in teachers. Our student-to-teacher ratios were abysmal compared.
This is a concise demographic breakdown of China, highlighting key trends and interesting regional differences. www.china-briefing.com/news/china-d... Pekingology did an excellent podcast this week on the demographic shift & its implications: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/pek…
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is a concise demographic breakdown of China, highlighting key trends and interesting regional differences. www.china-briefing.com/news/china-d... Pekingology did an excellent podcast this week on the demographic shift & its implications: podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/pek…
I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to go, given the tuition fees and living costs, but it did feel good to get an offer from King's.
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I'm not sure if I'll actually be able to go, given the tuition fees and living costs, but it did feel good to get an offer from King's.
now reading. looks at how postwar america's age of mass consumption reshaped the idea of citizenship & how consumers emerged as a political catg from the new-deal era. any other works that explore similar dynamics of consumerism and citizenship outside the american context?
August 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
now reading. looks at how postwar america's age of mass consumption reshaped the idea of citizenship & how consumers emerged as a political catg from the new-deal era. any other works that explore similar dynamics of consumerism and citizenship outside the american context?
Spent the morning shifting my books from all the random corners of the house. Good to see all of them in one place now. Here's the non-fic sec. Need more space for the 10 or so I ordered this week :,)
August 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Spent the morning shifting my books from all the random corners of the house. Good to see all of them in one place now. Here's the non-fic sec. Need more space for the 10 or so I ordered this week :,)
Wrote about Srikar Raghavan's Rama Bhima Soma for The Wire. A roving inquiry into modern Karnataka's most electrifying decades. Audacious, erudite, and brimming with intellectual fire:
m.thewire.in/article/book...
m.thewire.in/article/book...
The Many Lives of a State
Srikar Raghavan’s 'Rama Bhima Soma' resists easy categorisation, much like the very cultural landscape it seeks to map.
m.thewire.in
March 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Wrote about Srikar Raghavan's Rama Bhima Soma for The Wire. A roving inquiry into modern Karnataka's most electrifying decades. Audacious, erudite, and brimming with intellectual fire:
m.thewire.in/article/book...
m.thewire.in/article/book...
For Madras Courier, I wrote about the India's Got Latent "controversy", the state-sanctioned witch hunt, SC's morality crusade, and the dire state of free speech in India. With the broadcasting bill creeping back things will only get worse.
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
Free Speech? Not In India | Madras Courier
madrascourier.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
For Madras Courier, I wrote about the India's Got Latent "controversy", the state-sanctioned witch hunt, SC's morality crusade, and the dire state of free speech in India. With the broadcasting bill creeping back things will only get worse.
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
madrascourier.com/opinion/free...
Got my copy today. First impressions have already piqued my curiosity, and I'm looking forward to it.
February 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Got my copy today. First impressions have already piqued my curiosity, and I'm looking forward to it.
Pleased to see that my piece on Le Pen and how the far-right exclusionary ideology he championed had not only taken root but flourished in French politics, originally written for FirstPost, has also been featured on Europe Says!
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
www.europesays.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pleased to see that my piece on Le Pen and how the far-right exclusionary ideology he championed had not only taken root but flourished in French politics, originally written for FirstPost, has also been featured on Europe Says!
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
www.europesays.com/1758591/?s=09
Le Pen may be dead, but his ideas are far from buried. On Le Pen, defensive nationalism, negative jingoism and how the far right exclusionary ideology he championed continues to run through the bloodstream of French politics. Some thoughts for FirstPost.
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
France: Jean-Marie Le Pen passes away, but Le Pen-ism lives on
Senior Le Pen’s death closes one chapter, but the battle over his ideology and its grip on French politics is far from over
www.firstpost.com
January 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Le Pen may be dead, but his ideas are far from buried. On Le Pen, defensive nationalism, negative jingoism and how the far right exclusionary ideology he championed continues to run through the bloodstream of French politics. Some thoughts for FirstPost.
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
www.firstpost.com/opinion/fran...
Esmat Elhalaby’s piece on genocide was published in March. Months later, I still find myself returning to it. "In the face of genocide, we must imagine, in the stead of those Palestinians who have struggled for years, the opposite of genocide." thebaffler.com/latest/towar...
Toward an Intellectual History of Genocide in Gaza | Esmat Elhalaby
On the university as a tool of colonial domination, or a site of resistance.
thebaffler.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Esmat Elhalaby’s piece on genocide was published in March. Months later, I still find myself returning to it. "In the face of genocide, we must imagine, in the stead of those Palestinians who have struggled for years, the opposite of genocide." thebaffler.com/latest/towar...