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Comment: Donald Trump may have swung 3 national elections in 1 week, S'pore included bit.ly/3GF2O3A

My new piece on India’s Agrarian Crisis in the Making of Farmers’ Protests epw.in/journal/2025/1…

In this we ask how a country that is the 4th/5th largest economy in the world can also have high levels of chronic poverty and social inequality. Listen in and please do 'subscribe' (for free!) - we really need your support. And it is available on all platforms. Thank you.

Is it time to rethink democracy to consider more than just humans? That is the though-provoking topic of the latest People, Power, Politics Podcast Sonia Bussu also on @[email protected] and Hans Asenbaum A great start to your weekend ... CEDAR Uni of Birmingham newbooksnetwork.com/time-to-rethin…

Epidemic Narratives: The Cultural Construction of Infectious Disease Outbreaks in India by Dilip K. Das (2025): A Review by Sakshi Wadhwa Sakshi Wadhwa doingsociology.org/2025/05/17/epi…

Why does Decolonial Theory appeal to the far-right? Using the case of India, my latest article explores the challenges that Authoritarian Populism poses to Decolonial Theory and what sociologists can do about it Sociology Journal journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

. Shray Mehta on how the 'anti-national' emerged in Indian politics and what this has to do with decolonial theory

What can India’s emerging gig worker unions teach us about labour organising & welfare in the digital age? Thrilled about this new open-access paper with അജു | Aju in @compchange Read: doi.org/10.1177/102452… It's packed with ideas. A thread of it's key interventions:

Shray Mehta Sociology Journal On point critique. Much needed Shray Mehta

Shray Mehta Sociology Journal Also speaks to work from postcolonial scholars about ongoing reification of decolonialisation in contemporary (western) discourse. Gunjan S ParvatiRaghuram - of interest…

British professor barred from India over ‘anti-national work’ vows to fight back independent.co.uk/asia/india/nit…

After 5+ years of work, 'Colonial Legacies and Arab-Majority Regions' has a book cover! Super grateful and excited about it coming out with Bristol UP at the start of 2026!

This beast now has a publication date - 24 June, from the good people over at Manchester University Press! Read more about it here manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179791/

Great Day 1 of our CLaSP end of year event yesterday on 'The Materialities of AI'. Grateful to James Muldoon , Kate Crawford and Ana Valdivia for their rich presentations and everyone attending for their thoughtful interventions!

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Zakir Husain, and his grandchildren at Raj Bhavan, Patna, Bihar. The child in the center is Salman Khurshid, who attended St. Xavier's School in Patna.

📣Call for Full Papers: Normative Turn in Sociology📣 This special issue seeks to explore normativity as a constitutive dimension of social life and sociological research. Submit your paper by 22 January 2026. Read full Call for Papers below: britsoc.co.uk/opportunities/…

2025 thus far: more attacks on women's health clinics; more reproductive violence; more health worker burnout; more cuts to women's health agencies; & a doubling down of women's health as a tool of global politics. Sick of It paperback is out 3rd July uk.bookshop.org/p/books/sick-o…

For the 25th anniversary of the Journal of Agrarian Change, a set of responses to “What is the Value of Value for Agrarian Studies.” Delighted to sit between Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Alessandra Mezzadri and Marcus Taylor with my confused thoughts on the question. doi.org/10.1111/joac.7…

Today is day 1 of Association for Asian Studies #AASInAsia2025 in #Kathmandu, Nepal! We're sad to be missing it, but our authors Cherian George, Jane M Ferguson and more are chairing/organising/discussing in today’s panels. Get 20% off their titles and more books: buff.ly/uZN466v ⭐