Rahul Sagar

I’ve spent ten years building ideasofindia.org out of love for those who came before us. If you have a moment, I would really appreciate you sharing this flyer with researchers and libraries

The case for banning political parties from campuses in India.

We were collectively embarrassed when Galgotias University passed off a Chinese robot as their own. But how is pretending that Rashtrapati Bhavan has nothing to do with the British any different?

My column this week in @htTweets is about what Japan has meant to India. In this Instagram Age, Japan is a destination. But a century ago, it inspired Indians to do more than travel. Here is my favorite story about that period, which centers on a student at @StStephensClg It was 1905. A Hindu student, educated in a missionary school and then at St. Stephen’s College, whose thoughts and ambitions had been confined to his family and caste, began to hear about Japan’s victories in the Far East. With each passing day, his principal, the British missionary C. F. Andrews writes in Renaissance in India (1912), this young man, who had rarely thought about India as a whole, began to acquire a wider outlook. When, at last, news arrived that Admiral Togo had sunk the Baltic Fleet, he started to have sleepless nights, haunted by a vision of his country as a sad and desolate mother, claiming his love. Night and day, he could think of nothing else. In the end, Andrews writes, he decided he had to answer the mystical call that he had received. Giving up his inheritance and his comfortable middle-class prospects, he departed to serve in a plague camp, fearlessly risking his own life for the good of his countrymen. When last he heard of this student, Andrews added, the young man had joined the ranks of the Arya Samaj and was engaged in administering relief in famine-prone districts. It is by men of this character, Andrew solemnly concluded, that Young India is being built up.

What does China's declining birth rate mean for Wang Huning's profound meditation, America Against America?

@Mukherjee_Anit @CarnegieIndia So happy to see this. Congrats @Mukherjee_Anit and @Carnegieindia!

Such a privilege to be offered this position and to follow in the footsteps of @MohanCRaja and @Rudra_81. Looking forward to working with everyone at @CarnegieIndia and the larger Carnegie team. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/po…

The forgotten story of how India was saved from "God Save The Queen"...

#Opinion | Reserving the right to counter foreign media narratives This way of proceeding is preferable to blunter alternatives such as prosecuting foreign news organisations for giving offence or expelling their correspondents Find out more ➡️ hindustantimes.com/opinion/reserv… (✍️@rahulsagar)

"There has been a noticeable change in how much—and how pointedly—the foreign press reports on India. In the past, as the adage had it, a story from the subcontinent wasn't newsworthy unless it involved the death of one American, or ten Englishmen, or a thousand Indians."

@sree @StStephensClg Delighted!

@rahulsagar Incredible resource. Indian history major from @StStephensClg says thanks!

I’ve spent ten years building ideasofindia.org out of love for those who came before us. If you have a moment, I would really appreciate you sharing this flyer with researchers and libraries

@ashu221997 The latter reference is to QS. In 2004, Times and QS were unified. Now they are separate indices. Hence, the latter reference is to QS 2026. The point being made is about Tsinghua's significant relative advance since that time.

@rahulsagar Sir, many IITs dont send data to times rankings. Please see the QS rankings wherein our univs feature in top 150. Further, subject wise, they feature even in top 50.

"When the Times Higher Education rankings launched in 2004, the IITs were twenty places above Tsinghua. Two decades later, they are more than a hundred places behind it."

@PrernaMukharya Many thanks! Yup, know that drill all too well!

@rahulsagar Hi Rahul, loved this piece! As a you g post grad student in 2009 I remember working with a Professor at MIT as an RA. He wad then working in Indian railways, and demographics. He had spent months at the London library, just digitising and gathering information on India.

What hackers revealed about Britain's "decline" and India's "rise"

#Opinion | India’s history, preserved in the distant archives of UK hindustantimes.com/opinion/indias… (✍️Rahul Sagar)

The start of a new chapter. Going forward, I will be writing a fortnightly column for @htTweets under the title 'Minor Hints' (iykyk)

#Opinion | For democracy, X marks the spot. But only for now (@rahulsagar ✍🏻) hindustantimes.com/opinion/for-de…

A lovely portrait of David Malone's life and work. He was brilliant, open-minded, and kind - qualities one does not often find in the same person. I am deeply grateful to have been his collaborator & friend over the years. His impact spans continents and he will be missed dearly.

@tripurdaman Thanks so much @tripurdaman

@rahulsagar This is a truly staggering achievement!