Darinee Alagirisamy

{New Publication Alert}Thrilled to share the news that my first book, "Sober State: Origins of Alcohol Prohibition in India," is currently in press with Cambridge University Press. #prohibition #alcohol #hooch #tasmac #indianstate #Gandhi #modernIndia #SouthAsianStudies

{New publication alert} The Cambridge Companion to Periyar is here — just in time for the conference next week at Oxford! Deeply grateful to A.r. Venkatachalapathy and Karthick RM for the opportunity to contribute to this timely and important volume.

📉 Myth Busted: Tamil Nadu doesn't "run on TASMAC" revenue! 🍾💰 As per the FY 2024–25 Budget, #TamilNadu tabled ₹48,344 crore as #TASMAC revenue. 🧾 While it may sound like a huge number, here’s the reality check: 🔹 It accounts for only 1.53% of Tamil Nadu's GSDP this year. 🔹 Even lower than last year’s 1.62% share! Let that sink in less than 2% of the state's total economic output comes from liquor sales. 🤯 📊 In a growing economy like TN, with a GSDP exceeding ₹31 lakh crore, the government is increasingly less dependent on TASMAC as a revenue source. 🛑 The claim that "TN runs on TASMAC" is a lazy stereotype, not grounded in fiscal facts. ✅ A falling % share means Tamil Nadu’s economy is expanding, and its revenue ecosystem is maturing beyond this single source. 🧠 Next time someone repeats that myth, hit them with the data. 📉📚

Who is Afraid of Caste Census? Does India have a history of producing poor-quality data? What explains why state institutions evade documentation of caste power? #castecensus #hierarchy #power Trina Vithayathil publishing soon with @CUPAcademic @CUP_PoliSci @qudsiya_Ah

India is now witnessing a direct battle between two types of nationalisms - Constitutional vs. Hindutva. A great read. #nationalism

While the PhD crawls along at a snail’s pace, a piece I wrote way back during my MPhil days has just found its way into an edited volume. Grateful to Dr. Vijaya Ramadas for the opportunity to collaborate and contribute. link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Hung between horrors of hooch tragedies and the hollowness of an alcohol ban, TN govt-run liquor retailer Tasmac claims to shoulder an unenviable job of keeping the illegal brew at bay & tipplers in high spirits. It's now a knight in shining armour in the post-GST era, bringing in Rs50k cr revenues in govt kitty My column: newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-n… @NewIndianXpress @xpresstn

#AshokaUniversity @timesofindia

Here’s @RenuWBhatia1 , head of Haryana State Commission for Women She filed a complaint against Professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, on the basis of which he has been arrested She struggled to tell which part of the post is ‘sexist’ or ‘derogatory’ and why is she calling the Professor ‘anti-national’ Kudos to @PreetiChoudhry for the calm assertion - and exposing this bigot But it’s deeply worrying the kind of hate spewing, senseless folks who now head our important institutions

…because you could be next !

Story that caught the eye: Ashoka Univ prof Ali Khan arrested over a social media post on Op Sindoor after complaint by BJP youth wing BUT NO ACTION yet on MP BJP minister who made most communal/misogynistic remarks on Col Sofiya Quereshi. Whither law? indiatoday.in/amp/india/stor…

"Mother of Democracy" hindustantimes.com/india-news/ash…

@manjirichitnis Great, let me know what you think!

@DAlagirisamy Just downloaded your paper, will enjoy reading at leisure, Thank you for sharing!

Happy to share that my paper, "The Problem with Neera: The (Un)Making of a National Drink in Late Colonial India," is now among IESHR's top downloaded articles. It's available on free access until 1 Aug, for those who might be interested. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations, Claudia! lnkd.in/gipMetK

@Aditya_Balasub மிக்க நன்றி, நண்பரே!

@Shakthi_2016 Thank you, Shakthi! Hope you've been well

@DAlagirisamy Congrats, D! ❤️

Such brilliant article in the latest ⁦@jas_tw⁩ richly packed with historical, visual and anthropological material & insights into our globally connected worlds. it’s going into my course syllabus immediately! ⁦@PigPenning⁩ #interdisciplinary asianstudies.org/a-history-of-p…