Since VIDUTHALAI has revived discussions about on-screen police torture (and the tired-as -fuck argument that the reality was far worse), here is an essay I wrote for ULTRA DOGME last year about custodial torture in Tamil cinema: ultradogme.com/2022/03/23/squ…

‘Essentialism’ explained: The ideas being used to justify gender differences and fixed identities scroll.in/article/104791…

📣 New working paper on residential segregation in India. We’ve been working for 5 years on this. 8 facts about residential segregation in India, from new administrative data. The situation is not great 🧵 1/N

You’ve probably heard of sportswashing and greenwashing, but what about ‘yogawashing’? India’s PM Narendra Modi stands accused of using yoga to distract from the alleged crimes of his right-wing nationalist gov't 👇

I think about billionaires a lot (kinda my job?) so let me say this: Most every billionaire on the planet would happily kill you for an extra few points on their investment. This isn't theoretical, it literally happens. They literally make decisions they know will kill people.

Professor Kevin Anderson is addressing all of us in very clear words: »We are heading towards 3 to 4°C of warming across this century, an absolute climate catastrophe for all species incl our own. And all we are doing so far is giving rhetoric and optimism and greenwash.« 🧵1/8

Silent march in the Kuki Zo tribal hills of Churachandpur today to mourn the dead in Manipur violence. The coffins are only symbolic but the communities closely monitor and count their dead, not allowing any life to go to waste. Strength in numbers and prayers 🙏🏾✊

apropos of nothing, this is and will remain the defining video of the 21st century

Among the emerging economies, India is the only country where the wealth of super rich is 60% of the GDP. In France, it is 21%; in Sweden 24% and in America it is 18 %. In Poland, it is mere 3% and it's also low in Taiwan and South Korea. (Source: #RuchirSharma)

K Balagopal said something like "Caste and Kashmir bring out the true colors of Indian namesake liberals"

20/ 350 Pakistanis dead. "contrast between 2 tragedies at sea, the scale of efforts to rescue those in danger,& the global media response has stirred debate inside Pakistan about natl & international inequality, and the different values put on human lives" theguardian.com/world/2023/jun…

On non/alignment and multi/polarity in geopolitics — some food for thought: — by Albert Pinto in Phenomenal World: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/non-a… — by Patrick Bond: europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?artic… — by @shokispeare in Africa Is a Country: africasacountry.com/2023/05/anti-i…

wishing one and none a happy multiversal day of goya

no one complained archies deviates from its source material

"In her 1970’s “Let’s Spit on Hegel”, the Italian feminist Carla Lonzi pointed out that the mirror chamber of the master-slave dialectic reduced struggle to a binary, frontal clash: the heroic oppressed against the oppressor. But, she asked, what of the non-heroic..."

"ஒட்டுமொத்தமாக அத்திரைப்படம் வன்முறைக்கும், சாதிப்பெருமைக்கும் எதிராக இருப்பதாக நிரூபிக்கப்பட்டாலும், ஒரு திரைப்படத்தின் சமூகப் பயன்பாடு, ஒட்டுமொத்தத்தை என்றைக்குமே கவனத்தில் கொள்வதில்லை."