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Gyan Prakash is a historian of modern India and the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University. Prakash is a member of the Subaltern Studies collective.
Gyan Prakash is a professor of history who specializes in modern India and urban modernity. He has written several books and articles on colonialism, postcolonialism, and history writing, and has also been involved in film and theater projects.
Gyan Prakash is a historian who studies urban modernity, colonial legacies, and postcolonial politics in India. He has published books on Mumbai, utopia/dystopia, and the Emergency, and co-wrote a film adaptation of his novel.
Jan 26, 2019 · Gyan Prakash, author of 'Emergency Chronicles', explores the structural and historical reasons for the suspension of democracy in 1975 and its relevance for today. He links the authoritarian populism of Indira Gandhi and Modi to the founders' choice of a strong, unitary state and the challenges to democracy.
May 15, 2019 · Princeton's Gyan Prakash tells the tragic story of the Amritsar Massacre in 1919, in which a British general ordered his soldiers to shoot at thousands of unarmed civilians, and its galvanizing effect on the Indian independence movement.
Jun 20, 2024 · Gyan Prakash. Gyan Prakash is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton, where he teaches the history of modern South Asia, colonialism, and postcolonial thought. His latest book is Emergency Chronicles: Indira Gandhi and Democracy’s Turning Point. (June 2024)
Gyan Prakash is a historian of modern India and its colonial past. He has written several books on topics such as democracy, urbanism, science, and culture.
