History

Published work in History

• The Triple Fragmentation:

  By Xiyato Saanvi · 15 August 2026

  An essay on the crisis of coherence facing the project of building a modern Indian nation-state, and the fractures behind it.

  Topics nation-state · Indic · civilizational · coherence

• Indo-Fijians overtook indigenous Fijians numerically in the 1940s then Why are they minority now?

  By Xiyato Saanvi · 15 August 2026

  Indo-Fijians outnumbered indigenous Fijians by 1946. Girmit, colonial policy, fertility, the coups and emigration explain why they are a minority today.

  Topics Indo-Fijians · Fiji · Girmit · Bavadra · emigration · demography

• The Human Tapestry of the Slave Trade

  By Xiyato Saanvi · 14 August 2026

  How the transatlantic slave trade dismantled African societies, and how their peoples, beliefs and traditions survived across the Americas.

  Topics slave trade · transatlantic · Yoruba · Santería · Africa

• Beyond Angkor: Why Is Vietnam Frequently Excluded from the History of Hindu Influence in Southeast Asia?

  By Xiyato Saanvi · 3 August 2026

  Why is Champa, the Hindu kingdom of central Vietnam, so often left out of the history of Hindu influence in Southeast Asia?

  Topics Champa · Vietnam · Angkor · Southeast Asia · Hindu