What is "decolonial"? This term is confusing. It is not borne of collective politics. It seems like a rebranding of anti-colonialism; a product of intellectual zeitgeist of neoliberal academia that seeks to depoliticize, rather than enliven or clarify. I'm not sure it is helpful.

Dapaimaie na cze ti gazchizha airportas paeth Aurif M. Kim balai chi Kaeshir!

#AcademicTwitter #RacialCapitalism

It was a privilege to receive such thoughtful comments on Toward a Free Economy JNU Academic. These are from Raheel Bashir from CPS. youtube.com/watch?v=7kTxhi…

Last month India’s supreme court ruled in favor of Narendra Modi’s government’s efforts to suppress Kashmiri sovereignty. The ruling is the culmination of a decades-long process led by Hindu nationalists to assert control over the region. jacobin.com/2024/01/kashmi…

Raheel Bashir Raheel Bashir writes a movie review Inside Job Read the review here: thedaak.in/2024/02/29/mov…

CALL FOR PAPERS | The Student-Faculty Committee, CWAS, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), is organizing the Tenth Young Scholars' Conference on 'West Asia and North Africa in the Global Crosscurrents', on 2nd-3rd May 2024. Send your abstracts at [email protected]

Rare American W

Here's the first look at One Hundred Years Of Solitude — the new series adapted from Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece novel. In the mythical town of Macondo, the Buendía family confronts a curse, madness and impossible love.

So fucking funny to the see the Gayatri Spivak criticisms—they are illustrating her identity, name and mannerisms and inadvertently propping and practising the same identitarian and judgemental theories that her branch of academic thought has peddled for the last 35 years😆😆

One who heckled Spivak is a rank misogynist. Surprise Surprise!

My friends who scoffed at the idea of Ambedkar-Savarkar study circle, well here is an exemplar. Islamophobic bigotry behind the veneer of anti-caste activism 👇🏽

Opinion | "#MasoudPezeshkian's presidency could herald limited socio-political liberalism, easing of internal restrictions on social media and censorship, and some moderation in the enforcement of dress codes for women." Jappandeep Kour writes. thequint.com/opinion/iran-e…

Ethno-narcissism but woke!

Place-name controversy in Kashmir is a result of W. Lawrence’s 19th C attempt to legitimize Dogra regime by seeking to “excavate” Sanskrit place names, and, with the aid state officials, inventing names where none existed. 1/n

Hindutva retelling of Kashmiri history is always amusing. The idea that Mehmud prayed at a hill in Srinagar comes from a 19th century source and is not supported by contemporary evidence - in this case Albiruni. Sikandar Shahmiri, on the other hand, ruled in 15th century.