This is the India that has voted to save the constitution, to save the world’s largest democracy, a fact that us upper class savarnas will chest-thump about in our fancy little parties. The petty bourgeoisie of Delhi and Bangalore voted for fascism. Never forget.

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“how can they lose in Ayodhya?”

Quite the headline here by The Telegraph

"For now, India can breathe again." My editor naresh fernandes has a stirring note expressing what these election results mean emotionally for many Indians. scroll.in/article/106881… via Scroll.in

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Being #queer & placing friendships at the centre of our emotional fabric is often the strongest challenge to brahminical patriarchal systems, where the #genderbinary dictates how we choose the people in our lives, writes Shruti Sunderraman. Don't miss it: queerbeat.org/stories/with-q…

We analysed thousands of essays written by children in 1969 to study what determines how strongly girls conform with gender norms, and what the consequences are for later-life outcomes. Find out more below! Written jointly with the amazing Cormac O'Dea, Sree Ayyar & Eric French.

The only thread on academia that you should read, especially those aspiring to TT faculty jobs, myself included. Those already in TT faculty positions - it’s never too late!

1/8. Most Indians see the Big Fat Indian Wedding as a national achievement and are not put off by it, according to TV commentary, including on BBC. Really? Did BBC, anyone, do a poll/survey of most Indians? People hit the streets for what they see as a national achievement –

This is a country which ranks 111th on the Global Hunger Index (lower than the heavily sanctioned North Korea) and where the vast majority of people cannot afford a healthy diet. What an extraordinary failure of governance!

There is no humanity left in this country anymore. For the last several years, Muslims have been targeted ruthlessly. These awful men are able to do this because they feel emboldened in a country where religious discrimination is now almost institutionalised. Shameful.

Over the years, the number of times we have seen videos of old Muslim men dragged by their beards, beaten mercilessly, subjected to bigoted slurs. Over the years humiliation of Muslims has been reduced to a social media spectacle with no end in sight

As a junior academic, I was advised to avoid writing about racism until after tenure. Some senior colleagues feared that discussing structural discrimination or critical race theory might limit opportunities. Here’s why I chose to ignore that advice. 🧵(1/)

Govt quietly dissolves a 14-member Standing Committee on Statistics (SCoS) headed by eminent economist and former chief statistician of the country Pronab Sen, allegedly after its members questioned the delay in conducting the census. Jigeesh A. M. reports thehindu.com/news/national/…

Leaving it here.