Absolutely hate giving back midterm day.

In a world where you can be anything, choose footnotes over endnotes

There's no birthday, unless it's a Latin American Studies Programme JNU birthday This birthday girl has made her way to the best teachers ever Priti ma'am and Aprajita ma'am ❤️

Everyone in Delhi does cycle , but just not the people you think. Those rows of Hero and Atlas cycles you see? They’re not used by the “urban cycling movement.” They belong to guards, delivery boys, and housekeeping staff ; people who can’t afford ₹60 a day on buses or ₹120 on

"घर बाहर जाने के लिए उतना नहीं होता जितना लौट के वापस आने के लिए होता है।" - नौकर की क़मीज़ (विनोद कुमार शुक्ल) जिस तरह विश्व साहित्य को मारखेज़ ने magic realism दिया, वैसे ही हमारे विनोद जी ने उसे poetic realism से नवाज़ा। काव्यात्मक यथार्थवाद। ना सिर्फ़ उनके गद्य में भी कविता

Reading fiction absolutely does reveal important truths about the world. For instance, it allows you to know that you are a better person than someone who does not read fiction

may we all step into less screentime and more reading next year.

Read publicly. Read privately. Read long books. Read short stories. Read occasionally. Read constantly. Read quickly. Read slowly. Read romance. Read classics. Read nonfiction. Read to learn. Read for fun! Read however, whatever and whenever you want! READ UNAPOLOGETICALLY!!!

start embarrassingly small. wake up 5 minutes earlier. do 1 push-up daily. write 1 sentence. read 1 page. walk around the block. meditate for 30 seconds. drink 1 glass of water. make your bed. do it to build identity. do it to create momentum. do it to compound results. do it to

First syllabus done for fall 2026: History of East Africa

No analysis of #Iran is complete if you reduce what's unfolding in the country into a simplistic binary of an oppressive regime vs a freedom-loving people. That's a liberal trap. I have serious disagreements with the character of the Iranian state (which I have with a lot of

Finished proof reading --will update you when it is out. Toward a Genealogy of Indian Sociology: Knowledge as Nationalism, Nationalism as Knowledge #sociology #anthropology #nationalism #Foucault #India #power #knowledge #Hinduism #Islam #Muslims

"The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means." - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Lathe of Heaven

“Travel was once a means of being elsewhere, or of being nowhere. Today it is the only way we have of feeling that we are somewhere. At home, surrounded by screens, I am no longer anywhere, but rather everywhere in the world at once... To arrive in a new city is suddenly to find

‘A request: please don’t correct me. Punctuation is the breath of the sentence, and that’s how my sentence breathes. And if you find me odd, respect that too. Even I have been forced to respect myself.’ — Clarice Lispector

A few points about Carney's outstanding speech at Davos. What he said about the middle path is what the Indians have been practising for decades. When India did it, driven by its national interests, we were attacked as fence sitters who were shy of taking positions. Now Carney

Art will save you. Being unreasonably passionate about something niche will save you. Letting past sources of joy show you the way back to yourself will save you. Earnestness over composure will save you. The natural world will save you. Caring for something bigger than yourself

Am absolutely delighted to confirm that I have started my tenure as a Visiting Professor at the Biblioteca IRI-USP Institute of International Relations at USP - Universidade de São Paulo! Beyond chuffed, beyond excited, chegamos, finally!