Two things I’ve learnt: 1. Reading fiction builds empathy. 2. I’m maxed out on processing historical world events. ✌️

Always a good message for Indian media.

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Somethings that are deeply felt, must be published in more than 280 characters to a much wider audience. So here’s how I feel about Palam in our Limboo culture. medium.com/@nanumasubba/w…

Northeast India Floods: Over 30 Dead, IMD Issues Alert While Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland bore the worst damage, reports of rain-related displacement and deaths were also reported from Sikkim, Tripura and Manipur. thewire.in/environment/no…

What are the shifting dynamics of class, caste, and gender in rural India today? How are agrarian relations evolving amid technological and economic change? As part of the upcoming International Conference on Agrarian Studies, the Foundation invites papers that explore these

It's rare to find written pieces that are so vulnerable. In this sobering article, the author bravely writes on loss, grief and the depths of human connection. Fieldnotes from my father’s funeral – psyche.co/stories-of-cha… via Psyche Magazine

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Can the subaltern attend conferences? Sujan Dangal offers a sharp critique why organising a conference in a Global South venue need not be inclusive & liberating, a case of Association for Asian Studies substack.com/home/post/p-16…

'My wife doesn't work' poster (c.1976) by See Red Women's Workshop, London. Interviewed in the new womensart book.... #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

When the whole world is struck by moral paralysis, should India’s silence surprise us? An old ally was attacked. We said nothing. No condemnation, no regret, not even a call for ceasefire. Just a vague appeal for “dialogue and de-escalation.” We are told this is smart diplomacy

“Even former critics in scientific institutions hv turned approvers. With home ministry steering the project & restricting media access, island’s future is being signed away in secrecy, with both biodiversity & indigenous cultures as collateral damage” telegraphindia.com/gallery/aarey-…

"There is no case since WW2 of starvation that has been so minutely designed and controlled" Famine expert Alex de Waal on Israel deliberately starving an entire civilian population

Is the end of US-led order good or bad for other countries? “Chaos can be good for developing countries,” Jayati Ghosh declared at the Beyond Neoliberalism conference in Cambridge New w Kate Mackenzie phenomenalworld.org/analysis/beyon… ht Noam Maggor Rana Foroohar Dani Rodrik x.com/NMaggor/status…

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Dehradun : A young student from Tripura passed away after being admitted to a Uttarakhand hospital for several weeks following a violent attack. The deceased, identified as Anjel Chakma, was allegedly brutally stabbed by a group of unidentified assailants when he and his brother

When a country’s present situation is beyond saving, it starts flexing its ancient history instead.

The Ambedkar–Kalaignar Visiting Fellowship. A fully-funded 3-month fellowship in London for those working on social justice, human rights, and democracy. Check eligibility and apply here: soas.ac.uk/study/student-…

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