Social science group Azim Premji University Bangalore campus is looking for an academic associate. This is a great position for someone who would like to help students in their undergrad education and gain some pre-phd work experience. Spread the word. azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/jobs/academic-…

If you are in Bangalore, please do come along for the BLR launch of Making India Work: the Development of Welfare in a Multi-Level Democracy! Bangalore International Centre, July 16. Register below 👇 Cambridge University Press King's India Institute

📢#WorkshopAlert The Queer Archive for Memory Reflection and Activism (#QAMRA), housed at NLSIU, is hosting a workshop MAPBangalore this weekend. 📃Topic: 'Archives and Queer Counter-Narratives' 🏢Where: Museum of Art and Photography, Bengaluru 🗓️When: July 12, 2025 | 11 AM to

The Centre for the Study of Social Inclusion, National Law School of India University (#NLSIU), is contributing to drafting of a new legislation - Karnataka Devadasi (Prevention, Prohibition, Relief and Rehabilitation) Bill. (via The Hindu-Bengaluru The Hindu)

Kunal and I write in the The Indian Express on the underlying coherence in the BJP’s apparent doublespeak on the arrest of nuns in Chhattisgarh. Read here indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Tamil Nadu's Journey From Social Justice Towards '(Dis)Honour Killings' - The Wire share.google/7rwDLzqBPEiNmI…

📢#NLSIU announces #ResearchFellowships commencing this Academic Year 2025-26! The new Research Fellowships will contribute to the creation of original knowledge in law, social sciences, public policy, and cognate disciplines with a focus on five grand challenges identified by

Vijay’s massive rally in Tamil Nadu: What he needs to learn from DMK | The Indian Express indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

And here it is - The Cambridge Companion to Periyar! Delighted to have coedited the volume with A R Venkatachalapathy ஆ.இரா. வேங்கடாசலபதி. We have an amazing set of contributors here. Book will be released at a big event - more details soon! Many thanks to Qudsiya Ahmed Anwesha & others Cambridge University Press.

Brief take on Onam and it's Moral imaginations The Indian Express indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

For #Periyar147, here is a (long)🧵of my academic journey with the thinker, which started during my PhD Government @ Essex. From there, to my research on Periyar as @MSCActions Individual Fellow University of Wolverhampton, it has been a great trip. Highlights from my research on Periyar: 👇

My next book, The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works, will be published on 24 February 2026 by Verso Books versobooks.com/products/3372-…

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Jyotirmaya Sharma, Department of Political Science, School of Social Science at University of Hyderabad, has been elected Fellow of the ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY (RHS), a prestigious recognition for his contributions to intellectual

Kerala’s extreme poverty-free claim should provoke a return to the political possibility of realising positive freedom—as a right, not as welfare. Dayal Paleri (Dayal Paleri) writes. #Kerala #ExtremePoverty #Poverty buff.ly/Hm6nQFQ

#FacultyPublication On November 1, 2025, #Kerala declared itself officially free of ‘extreme poverty’, becoming the first state in India to do so. Dr. Dayal Paleri, Assistant Professor of Social Science at #NLSIU writes, "While one must recognise the immense progress that

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#PanelDiscussion #NLSLibrary The NLSIU Library Committee is organising a panel discussion with Prof. (Dr.) Meera Nanda on January 13, 2026. The discussion will focus on Dr. Nanda’s recent work on the convergences between Hindu nationalism and postcolonial theory. Panellists:

#TeachAtNLSIU Applications invited to offer Elective Courses at #NLSIU in the first trimester of the Academic Year 2026-27. ⏳Duration: July 01 to September 17, 2026 🗓️Application Deadline: April 20, 2026 ➡️To know more and apply, visit: tinyurl.com/4e9jrtzp

My take on the Kerala election that is taking place today.

while the result may appear as a moment of change, a longer view suggests that the Kerala election points more to continuity than rupture. indianexpress.com/article/opinio…