If you are interested in questions of fiscal devolution in India. From the most recent issue of the Economic and Political Weekly. Economic & Political Weekly epw.in/journal/2024/2…

Poorly validated dashboard data are a poor substitute for data from well-designed and scientifically organised statistical surveys, says P. C. Mohanan. India's statistical system is being consciously undermined -- and we need urgent initiatives to invest in, and modernise, them.

A win for me — and you A great piece by new MP Iqra Munawwar Hasan

Day 2 EASA 1. Ethnographic Salon where ethnographic stories r performed was super fun. 2. EASA has always been abt meeting friends after yrs n hence this one conf always feels like homecoming Máire Ní Mhórdha, human animal (Sí/Dr) Ana Ivasiuc fiona Murphy Priyanka Borpujari💙🇵🇸☘️ Terribly missed Dr Nasrin Khandoker

Great to be at panel at the European Association of Social Anthropology conference on the oppression of Palestinian solidarity at universities. We also earlier successfully agreed to have a membership vote on boycotting Israeli institutions #EASA2024

Our panel on Religion and the city at the EASA was quite diverse. Our participants shared ethnographic experiences of how religion shapes urban neighbourhoods in Italy, Geneva, the Netherlands, South India, Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. nomadit.co.uk/conference/eas…

We bunked the magnificent #EASA2024 conference party and the after-party to go out on a beautiful Spanish dinner because Bhargabi Das thinks that life is too short just seize the moment.

Was extremely happy to chair this fantastic panel on navigating the field and how do we unpack fieldwork. The EASA is the only conference that lets you explore creative ideas from the field. More updates from #EASA2024 coming up soon.

This is the Anthropology of Relaxation: the therapeutic means to celebrate life. AnthroRelax talks about a lot of things, but one of the main ideas is to stop hopping panels and find an efficacious holiday while conferencing. What say, guys?

Yes, that's the plan to have something on relaxation. How to not worry about grant-writing or how to just not go crazy in academia.

The #EASA2024 film fest was fab, and thanks to Sahana Udupa for this fantastic ethnographic film on nationalism & trolling. It shows us how digital hate has been normalized in India & trolling as a language used by SM users to evoke religious & nationalist sentiments.

This is the trailer for Nationalism 2.0. Thanks EASA for organising the film fest. cloud.nomadit.co.uk/index.php/s/Zk…

With my co-convenor Ranjana Raghunathan at the EASA. Our organised panel on religion and the city was very insightful, and we continued the conversation over our Spanish dinner.

Thanks Asad L. Asad for this excellent podcast on how undocumented Latino Immigrant Families navigate the infrastructure of surveillance in everyday life.

📰 Read the Editorial in the latest #OpenAccess issue of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale from BerghahnAnthropology by Isabelle Rivoal & Dimitra Kofti The current issue opens up a space to discuss ethics, commitment, critique, authorship and truth seeking. #AcademicFreedom 🔗 buff.ly/3W701FC

Very happy to share that our book Migrants and Machine Politics was awarded the 2024 Giovanni Sartori Book Award, Qualitative & Mixed-Methods Section APSA. 📗📘 Many thanks to the award committee for this exciting recognition. Tariq Thachil Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s Johns Hopkins SAIS

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Samyak Ghosh (they/them) This is the classic, press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

So excited for this cycling conference in Delhi Nov 22-23! Research poster and short film submission ideas due September 15. Apply here- forms.gle/n4Au5hAZYzQzPM…

Join us at the SoLS colloq in BML Munjal University (BMU) where Amrita Datta will discuss her book on Indian immigrants in Germany. Join us here if you are interested in migration studies, anthropology and skilling or simply curious about why Indians are moving out. meet.google.com/qju-zfcx-dhk?h…