I can't believe Smita Sabharwal is going on and on about no place for India's disabled in the bureaucracy. I want to remind her about FDR, diagnosed with polio at a young age who brought back the economy from the Great Crash of 1929, and navigated America through the Second

I think and read a lot about grief. I am very pleased to have this paper published, “Ecology of Grief,” which consolidates my upcoming research on the Himalayas. The editors & 3 reviewers were very generous, kind and helpful. EPE: Nature and Space School of GeoSciences @ University of Edinburgh journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

📢 New article alert 📢 In this article in Australian Outlook published by Australian Institute of International Affairs, Sonika Gupta reviews the challenges faced by the Tibetan struggle & opportunities for renewed advocacy in the light of growing US support for Tibet. Read here: tibetscapes.wordpress.com/2024/07/29/the…

Such an important article by Sonika Gupta!

“Water has memory, it remembers its course, even centuries after it was diverted. It’s dangerous to attempt to trick nature by occupying the path of a river.” ‘The river reclaimed its course’: Geologist explains Wayanad landslide thenewsminute.com/kerala/the-riv… #

Event alert ✨✨ On August 7th, Sonika Gupta will chair a Wednesday Seminar organized by Institute of Chinese Studies(中国研究所) on Amb. Dilip Sinha's new book, "Imperial Games in Tibet: The Struggle for Statehood & Sovereignty"! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

My M.A. was in South Asia Studies and those who are familiar know that the theories and histories that emerge in this field are India-centric, excluding other parts of the region. The silence from popular “South Asia” scholars on what’s happening in Bangladesh screams loud.

#pedagogybookclubdelhi is coming back after a break. We will meet virtually on Tuesday afternoons once a month in August, September, and October. More details TBD. Meanwhile, help us finalize the reading list? Your top three picks? Aman, you still get a vote. 😊

📢 #WednesdaySeminar #Today Title- Tibet: The Neighbour India Lost 🗓️7 August 2024 🕕 3 PM IST 📍Zoom Chair: Prof. Sonika Gupta Sonika Gupta Speaker: Amb. Dilip Sinha Registration:bit.ly/7Aug_Register Details: bit.ly/7Aug_Details

📢📢 Publication alert: Delighted that my article "A Tibetan Window into the 20th C Himalayan World" is out! Drawing on archival collections in Delhi, Gangtok, and London, I show how the #Tibetans who came to India in the 1940s and 1950s trod centuries'-old migration routes.

Live on Institute of Chinese Studies(中国研究所)'s YouTube page, Amb. Sinha discusses his work on Tibet. Sonika Gupta chairs the important discussion. Watch here: youtube.com/live/KW75A7wcx…

After all the transphobia, witch-hunting, and the despicable and unsportsmanlike disrespect shown by a handful of athletes - let THIS image be the one that stays with you: After Imane Khelif won her gold medal bout her opponent, Yang Liu of China, embraced her with a smile.

Writer and researcher Sonam Palden on the closure of education institutions in Tibet under China ... phayul.com/2024/08/19/507…

“The question here is not about the lack of adequate infrastructure of religious tourism at Menchukha alone, but that of place-making and cultural appropriation in a militarised borderland.” A powerful essay on militarisation in Ne India by kaustubh journals.openedition.org/ebhr/2407

#TibetologyCadre organized by Gajraj Corps at #Bob_Khating_Institute_of_Himalayan_Studies, Dahung saw officers from formations of EasternCommand_IA getting insights on global affairs & geostrategy with Indo-Tibet perspective by domain experts like Claude Arpi, Sonika Gupta of

It was my privilege again to lecture on Geo-strategy to young officers posted across the eastern Himalayan region at the Bob Khathing Institute of Himalayan Studies Gajraj Corps It’s a valuable & forward looking initiative.

Tibetscapes was part of the Tibetology cadre organised by Gajraj Corps for officers of the EasternCommand_IA at Bob Khathing Institute of Himalayan Studies. Sonika Gupta & Madhura Balasubramaniam delivered lectures on several topics on Tibet, Chinese politics & Himalayan Geostrategy.

I am looking to hire a colleague for my litigation practice in Chennai. Work entails going to trial courts, including Magistrate Courts and Family Court in Chennai, Kancheepuram, and Chengalpattu.

Statement of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on the Commemoration of the 64th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day.

🥁New article! Notice how 🇮🇳 rarely explicitly criticizes or even names 🇨🇳 in diplomatic speech? Well Raphaëlle Khan & I have a theory for that. Our new BJPIR article draws on language pragmatics to argue that 🇮🇳 often signals via a mode of indirect speech called "implicature"