Mukund Padmanabhan
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Shout out to Sudipta Dutta, who retires from @the_hindu today! Wonderful colleague , erudite, warm and encouraging, fabulous writer and editor! A good run deserves acknowledgement !
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Live now on YouTube: A panel that dives into Indians’ experiences and contributions during World War II.
🎥 youtube.com/live/LXZw_9m3Z…
🎙️Indivar Kamtekar | @rkarnad | @muk22
#HistoryLitFest #IndianHistory #WorldWarII
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Thank you, Indivar Kamtekar, @rkarnad , and @muk22 for a compelling session that brought together personal and collective stories of India’s involvement in Britain’s battles, and explored its wider consequences across civilian life and the colonial experience.
#HistoryLitFest
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@jaigalagali @Jairam_Ramesh Not sure if this will open without a subscription, but here goes.
google.co.in/amp/www.thehin…
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@jaigalagali @Jairam_Ramesh He was my mother’s elder brother Jai. I will try and send you something I wrote when he died, but it may have to be via email
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For the past nine years, Jai Galgali has been an extraordinary archivist of Indian cricket of a bygone era. This video he unearthed and uploaded is both unusual and fabulous.
youtu.be/Y8d_sI2XEGo
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Here’s your invitation from @muk22, writer and journalist, who will be speaking at #HistoryLitFest on India, World War II, and his book The Great Flap of 1942.
👉 6-8 Feb | HPS, Begumpet
📍Hyderabad
See you all soon!
🎟️historylitfest.com
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World War II reshaped India’s political and social realities, drawing people into a global conflict that was distant yet deeply felt.
Join @muk22, @rkarnad, and Indivar Kamtekar for the final panel on Day 3 of #HistoryLitFest 2026.
📍#Hyderabad
Register today!
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Wonderful speaking to the extremely knowledgeable and affable Dr Robert Lyman at a lovely venue in Calcutta.
Looking forward to his next book.
Robert Lyman 🇺🇦@robert_lyman
A great pleasure to be in conversation with the great @muk22 last night in #Kolkata with @Sampan_Travel courtesy of @GlenburnTea talking about The Great Flap of 1942. What a to do! Fascinating stuff all round.
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A great pleasure to be in conversation with the great @muk22 last night in #Kolkata with @Sampan_Travel courtesy of @GlenburnTea talking about The Great Flap of 1942. What a to do! Fascinating stuff all round.
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Interesting @robert_lyman notes in the 1930s, @USNavy had contingency plans in the Pacific to battle 🇬🇧 or 🇬🇧🇯🇵 together. ...
the *Special Relationship" was, I said some time ago, clever diplomacy from Churchill playing a weak hand...
Dr Subroto Roy@subyroy
Assam 1936 from Lyman, War of Empires 1941-45 @himantabiswa @KirenRijiju @MamataOfficial @AmitShah @PMOIndia @BDMOFA
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No need to wonder Mukund: I loved it! Looking forward to meeting up soon
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Finally get a chance to meet the sharp and wonderful World War II historian Robert Lyman @robert_lyman in Calcutta next month. Can’t help wondering what he thought of my book.
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Finally get a chance to meet the sharp and wonderful World War II historian Robert Lyman @robert_lyman in Calcutta next month. Can’t help wondering what he thought of my book.
Robert Lyman 🇺🇦@robert_lyman
Just picked this up at @Bahrisons_books in #Kolkata. Anyone of my Indian friends read it? There certainly was an unholy flap in 1942, so the title is apposite!
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Time Capsules: Gopalkrishna Gandhi's new book is history accentuated by memory, writes @muk22 @AlephBookCo t.ly/OxPcg
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The Japanese conducted the first of many bombing raids on Calcutta on December 20, 1942. As an important strategic centre, Calcutta was primed for attack, but the Japanese bombed many other places much earlier, writes @muk22 #FourthEstate t.ly/Pdaxg
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Return to Calcutta: Ruchir Joshi’s new novel is about an epic city teeming with stories, writes @muk22 #FourthEstate t.ly/Pdaxg
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@sriganeshr @abe_verghese @UnamPillai @the_hindu Delighted if you do. There is plenty on the war and Madras in it
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@muk22 @abe_verghese @UnamPillai @the_hindu For more on that I've to read your book. putting it on the wish list.
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@muk22 did you read @abe_verghese Covenant of water? It has mention of Japan's attack on Chennai! I was reminded of your session with @UnamPillai during @the_hindu #litforlife
#books #authors
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@drgsundaram @nramind Yes sir. This was is Oct 1943. One plane came by and did some damage, mainly in the port
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