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Short little commentaries on anything from history to current events to literature to movies.


Paper Publication: The House of Bagrian
On January 12th, my paper— The House of Bagrian: Four Centuries of Hidden Contribution to Sikh History —was published in the Journal of...
Jan 12
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Primitive Accumulation: Applying a Marxist Framework of Colonialism to the Americas
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s epigraph frames her “Culture of Conquest” chapter in An Indigenous People’s History of the United States within...
Feb 21, 2024
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The Economic Undercurrents of the American Revolution
Portrayals of British oppression have dominated the American “origin story” through centuries; however, these perspectives highlight a...
Oct 13, 2023
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Modern Values: Redefining Modernity In A Historical Context
The greatest historiographical fallacy is the notion that industrialization is at the root of modernity. To truly explore modernity as a...
Jun 1, 2022
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Mansa Musa’s Hajj
Mansa Musa, king of the Mali Empire located in West Africa, ruled between 1312 and 1337. Well-known today as the richest man who ever...
Feb 10, 2022
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The Rebalancing Act
In 10th-century China, society was unbalanced and required correction under the Song Dynasty. There was a widening disparity between the...
Dec 8, 2021
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The Hiccups Of Globalization
In the 1990s, with the United States having become the new global hegemon, and technological advances facilitating communication between...
Oct 22, 2021
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The Christian Wave: The Unstoppable Advent Of Christianity In Rome
Christianity was established in the First Century CE and threatened to seriously disrupt the Roman sociopolitical construct that had...
Mar 19, 2021
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The Bungled Operation: Emperor Wu And The Implosion Of The Han
The Han Dynasty was established on the back of a rebellion against the authoritarian Qin in 202 BCE and ultimately fell in 220 CE. The...
Dec 18, 2020
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