Aliya Ram

@CyprusinIndia Hello, I have sent an urgent email and have been trying to call but can’t get through. Can you please let me know the best phone number or email address at which to contact the consulate?

@ranjithoskote Hi Ranjit, I hope you're well. I want to reach out to you about a book project my colleague Meher and I are working on. We're both PhD candidates at Princeton. Could you follow me back so I can DM you? Thanks!

@_WizzAirX__ Hi I have followed back but not received a response via DM?

@wizzair We have a complex situation where our bag that was left at Larnaca Airport was sent to Katowice Airport by your staff. We have called various numbers but can't get through to the right person. Can you please urgently tell us how to contact someone who can help?

@britishlibrary Great, thank you! It seems to be in the St. Pancras collection so I will come by.

Hi Aliya, our teams are currently only able to help with this on-site, but please visit our blog (bit.ly/BLCyberUpdateN…) to find links to JISC Library Hub Discover and WorldCat, where you can search for items in our collection. We're hoping to restore our online reference services soon, please keep an eye on our social media for the latest updates.

We’d like to thank you for your patience and understanding during this challenging period, following the major technology outage caused by a cyber-attack – it is much appreciated. We’re working as quickly as possible to safely restore our services, both onsite and online. Our buildings remain fully open, including our exhibitions Fantasy: Realms of Imagination and Malorie Blackman: The Power of Stories. Wi-Fi is available at both sites, and we can take card payments onsite at St Pancras. We’re actively updating our blog with alternative research resources as they become available: bit.ly/BLCyberUpdateD… We’re continuing to work closely with cybersecurity specialists to examine the extent of the cyber-attack and will provide regular updates. The NCSC offers valuable advice on maintaining online security: bit.ly/BLNCSC Thank you for your ongoing support. We’ll share further updates as soon as we can.

@britishlibrary Thanks! How can I contact them to check if the book is available before making the trip?

Hi Ailya, we are currently running a very limited manual ordering system in person in the Reading Rooms for items stored at St Pancras from our general catalogue. The teams onsite can help you with this to see if we can organise what you need. We currently don’t have an online service to order items but are working to resolve this as quickly as possible. Please keep an eye on our social platforms for the latest updates.

@ICICIBank_Care Hi, I'm not receiving the OTP I need to authorise a transaction. My number hasn't changed, can you help?

Did you know that Q is a woman? I didn't. And @helenwarrell has been hanging out with her. Such a fascinating piece about Britain's most powerful female spies ft.com/content/741772…

If you're interested in the effective altruism argument, have a little read:

@liamhegan Hi love, i want you to know how much we’re all rooting for you both. I’m sorry it’s such hell. I believe you’re going to find your way, even if not in the way you initially expected. You’ve got life on your side, let it in through whatever little chinks you find in the tunnel 😘

@RitikaChopra__ Hello! I am a PhD student at Princeton University and want to mention some of your work in a review. Can you follow me back so I can DM you? Thanks!

Love that even the markets don’t believe in trickle-down economics #moronpremium #trussonomics

A delight to do a keynote and engage with the emergent generation of young South Asianists @Princeton earlier this month. A rare thoughtful call for papers elicited excellent contributions. Congratulations to @PrincetonPIIRS

@AnnaArabindan Thank you! Was truly special to have your ideas and energy in the room.

@dillivali Thank you! Couldn’t have done it without you.

Our panellists were Kelvin Ng, Udeshna Boruah, @SBhardwaj_5 Trinankur Banerjee, @Arnav_Adhikari, Jaffer Abid, @nhabib14, Mohan Dharavath, Shamsudheen Unniankutty, Arif Nairang, Josey Tom, @absentpresences, @aditilrao, @i_sarathpillai, @aliahsan1795, Faraz Haider and Arju Khatun.

I didn't take enough pictures. Here are a few — and I've stolen one from @i_sarathpillai. Thanks so much to all of you!

Breaking the social silence to thank everyone who attended the conference Shivani Shedde and I organized this past week at Princeton—'Troubling Times: South Asia and the Postcolonial'