excited to share the CFP for this year's princeton south asia conference (oct 6-8, 2022) on "troubling times: south asia and the postcolonial". feat. keynotes by priyamvada gopal, shahidul alam, and natasha ginwala. abstracts due june 15 + more info at southasiaworkshop.wordpress.com.

This happening next week, come if in ptown

Really excited to announce Priyamvada Gopal © Shahidul Alam and @natashaginwala will be speaking at Princeton's South Asia conference this October. We'll be talking about the relevance of postcolonialism for thinking South Asia. Abstracts welcome: [email protected]

no one: me: it's a plutocracy

black holes are cosmic jalebis

My thoughts on the UK’s “high potential individual” visa scheme just published in The Wire. Half the universities on the govt list are in the US, and almost all of those are private colleges that cost a fortune.

"There is something particularly insidious about the way this new scheme uses the fantasy of meritocracy to link immigration rights with educational privileges," withes Aliya Ram thewire.in/rights/why-the…

Why design a visa system that would exclude the very talent you want to court? Perhaps some of the best and the brightest will help them answer that question. | Aliya Ram thewire.in/education/why-…

A delight to do a keynote and engage with the emergent generation of young South Asianists Princeton University earlier this month. A rare thoughtful call for papers elicited excellent contributions. Congratulations to PIIRS

Love that even the markets don’t believe in trickle-down economics #moronpremium #trussonomics

If you're interested in the effective altruism argument, have a little read:

Did you know that Q is a woman? I didn't. And Helen Warrell has been hanging out with her. Such a fascinating piece about Britain's most powerful female spies ft.com/content/741772…