🚨 Documents of the ₹81,000cr Great Nicobar project fail to acknowledge existence of tribal villages and hunting and foraging grounds. A big reason: there has never been a systematic government effort to map tribal areas in these rainforests #GroundReport thenewsminute.com/news/great-nic…

Offering a comparative analysis of exclusion through politics of (im)permanence in Bangladeshi refugee camps, Samira Binte Bashar & Bjørn Sletto contribute to the understanding of the role of planning in reproducing spatial boundaries for social control tinyurl.com/2f4mrda4

"The latest US and Israeli strategy aims to erase from memory the massive military defeats the Israelis have suffered since the launch of Al-Aqsa Flood by Hamas." - Joseph Massad middleeasteye.net/opinion/palest…

Glad to share my #bookreview of prof Smitha Radhakrishnan and prof Cinzia D. Solari's brilliant book “The Gender Order of Neoliberalism” published in Gender, Place and Culture. Feel free to drop your email for pdf. Link — tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Ye nazm Hindustan ki jalaayi hui masjidon ki deewaaron par likhne ke liye muft hai. Ye nazm ehtijaaj ke naare lagaane waalon ke liye tohfa hai. Ye nazm ameer-zaado ke mahalon mein showpiece ki tarah latkaane ke liye nahin hai. Anita Dube ki ye chori darasal zahan ki loot hai.

To quote Cavanaugh, 1) There is no transhistorical and transcultural essence of religion. What counts as religious or secular in any given context is a function of political configurations of power [1/3] global.oup.com/academic/produ…

How should we grieve Pahalgam, asks Supreme Court lawyer, Shahrukh Alam, raising other more urgent questions about belonging and identity in hyper-nationalist times.

Amir Ali writes a fantastic long durée piece on how media across the globe has covered wars and what that means for an effective democracy, including sharp comments on our very own recent media circus. Absolute must read! outlookindia.com/national/the-h…

In 2023, Muslim Kannada writers were excluded from the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana without explanation, forcing them to organise a parallel conference Today Banu Mushtaq ensured that Kannada shone brightest on the world stage I have no words, just 🙏

The interesting contrast here is that Obama used the story of his African father to bolster a narrative about individual meaning and success, while Mamdani uses the story of his African father to bolster a narrative about collective struggle, solidarity, and progress.

You are a Minister of the Indian Republic, not a monarch. Kiren Rijiju You hold a constitutional post, not a throne. Minority rights are fundamental rights, not charity. Is it a “benefit” to be called Pakistani, Bangladeshi, jihadi, or Rohingya every single day? Is it

One does not have to agree with all aspects of Sharjeel's essay here to recognize his incredible brilliance, courage, and tenacity, and the challenge he poses to Hindu nationalism and different varieties of liberal secular fundamentalism. thepolisproject.com/read/sharjeel-…

Today's reading suggestion: Meera Nanda's new book "Postcolonial Theory and the Making of Hindu Nationalism: The Wages of Unreason", telling the story of two strange bedfellows, the Postcolonial Left and the Hindu Right. taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.…

"In the pursuit of a historical fantasy, today’s rulers want to erase the reality that modern India would be unrecognisable without the imprint of the Mughals." Excellent piece by a great historian of India. scroll.in/article/108527…

I did an interview with Mohammed aka Gym Rat In Gaza about his training and diet right now. Bro is truly such an inspiration to the fitness community and it was an honour to get to chat with him! Here’s the video: youtu.be/D3YrDp_v0gI Also, no pressure, but there's a link to

I have nothing against dogs but the way in which some of the elite of this country clearly value them over fellow humans is disconcerting

Thread: Excellent piece by Mohammad Aaquib, particularly the nuanced analysis of who is worthy of empathy and who is more convenient to advocate for. 1/6 scroll.in/article/108551…