Tirthankar Roy

Published: “Mortality Transition in India: An environmental explanation” in Continuity and Change, (check also lseresearchonline). A steady fall in deaths in India from the early 20th c. onward was momentous for world population history. There is little agreement on how it began.

Reading now: Vitrum. Founded by Simon and Hanna Lifschutz, Polish-Jewish refugees who found sanctuary in Bombay during and after World War II, Vitrum became a pioneering ceramic and mosaic studio that expanded the possibilities of artistic practice in India.

In a lecture in India (by a scientist) I heard the claim that Britain looted 68.5 tr dollars from India. The old figure of 48 trillion isn’t dramatic enough anymore. And someone added a decimal for extra spice.

Announcing the publication of Leigh Gardner and Tirthankar Roy, The British Empire: An Economic History (London: Polity). Available for pre-order at politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

Announcing the publication of Ewout Frankema and Tirthankar Roy, eds., Routledge Handbook of the Economic History of Colonialism. routledge.com/Routledge-Hand….