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Sanjay Subrahnahmanyam's depiction of the premodern transgressor of cultural boundaries is far from celebratory. They are a complex individual with multifaceted and performative identity. Their lives are beset with the difficulties of wearing of different masks and playing different roles in order to navigate specific social and political contexts. Facility of imposture is an important question. He makes the salient point that such persons were not always valued in past societies - and indeed the peril of navigating various groups identities appears to be that they can all turn against you as an alien/outsider in many forms. (Perhaps we can relate to persecution of Manichaeism, rattles everyones cages by claiming origins everywhere and ultimately seen as a 'foreign' religion by all?)

How does the historian deal with such figures? They are unique evidence, standing at the juncture of many soc-pol-cult structures but with agency made visible by the tensions with which they are not subsumed into them. A critical method for a biographically oriented global microhistory.

He makes a very interesting point regarding ethnography, how it can often fuel a self-fulfilling ethnogenesis (c.f. colonial india and caste system), the process that is also often termed 'the invention of tradition'. But how do we relate this formation of perceived group identities through ethnographic thinking to diasporic groups that are ethnically constituted? Another point on DIASPORA: dual definition (1) Modern, usually c19-20, (2) Medieval/early modern: usually dealing with merchants and entrepreneurs (surely this is too limiting?)

subrahmanyam jaishankar caa: भारत खो रहा अपने दोस्त? विदेश मंत्री बोले- शायद अब असली दोस्तों को पहचान रहे – subrahmanyam jaishankar says india getting to know who our friends really are

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नई दिल्ली संशोधित नागरिकता कानून, दिल्ली हिंसा और हथियार डील जैसे विभिन्न मुद्दों पर भारत की आलोचना कर रहे देशों और लोगों को विदेश मंत्री एस जयशंकर ने कड़ा जवाब दिया है। एस जयशंकर ने साफ कहा कि अब देश को पता चल रहा है कि असल में उसका दोस्त कौन है। विदेश मंत्री ने यह बात ईरान और अमेरिका के कुछ नेताओं को…