Ruptures and Repairs in South Asia Historical Perspectives examines how natural, social, and personal disasters unsettle communities and how people work toward historical resolution. Through studies ranging from rice-milling technology in rural Bengal and post-Cold War international relations to political violence, journalism, flooding, border closures, and social change in Nepal, the volume connects major transformations with everyday life. Its contributors use the concepts of rupture and repair to explore how people earn livelihoods, maintain health, report events, change regimes, and reproduce or challenge caste and ethnic relations.

Why You Should Read?

• Offers a flexible framework for understanding both dramatic crises and ordinary historical change across South Asia.
• Connects environmental disasters, political upheavals, technological change, and personal violence within a shared analytical approach.
• Shows how ruptures affect work, health, journalism, governance, borders, caste, and ethnic relations.
• Provides comparative perspectives on Bengal, Nepal, Tibet, and wider international developments.

About the Author

Yogeśa Rāja is the author associated with this scholarly volume on historical perspectives in South Asia. In this book, Rāja brings together analyses of disasters, political transitions, technological change, violence, borders, and social transformation, emphasizing how communities experience disruption and pursue repair. The work reflects an interdisciplinary interest in connecting large-scale historical events with everyday practices and institutions.