Daily Brief: Historian Sumit Sarkar took his scholarship beyond the confines of the academy, writes Ramachandra Guha

Hello, I’m Shreya Das from the social team. Today’s edition of the Daily Brief covers everything from Ramachandra Guha’s tribute to noted historian and pedagogue Sumit Sarkar for his unparalleled contributions to education and the shaping of Delhi University; an FIR filed against Abhijeet Dipke for a school inspection in Maharashtra; to a piece analysing how the Modi government is struggling to set a narrative and win back India’s youth after the recent Gen-Z protests. Also worth your time: an interview with writer-translator Udayan Vajpeyi and this week’s Eco India video, highlighting how social media is being used to transform climate awareness into action.

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He was one of several prabasi Bengali intellectuals who helped make Delhi University the foremost academic institution in all of South Asia.

The complainant alleged that Dipke had also threatened to get the teachers suspended.

As a government that prided itself on setting the narrative, it struggles to stay on top of it, ministers have been asked to step up their social media presence.

A Hindi writer who is also a translator, Vajpeyi says it is ‘like playing chess from both sides’.

Alan Johnson’s book complements environmental histories and anthropological studies with a literary-critical focus.

‘I could step into their world for a bit, but I could never really immerse myself.’

A children’s author makes a case for rejecting AI.

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