By not allowing women journalists to attend the press conference of the Taliban Foreign Minister, India has compromised its own moral and diplomatic standing. This is not just a procedural lapse but a symbolic surrender of India’s long-cherished commitment to equality, freedom of

Lock men up at night. tired of politicians trying to curb women's freedom further when rapes happen. Women don't only step out for fun, many are responding to emergencies, some returning from work. Even if they are out for fun, city should be safe enough so they are not violated

how it really feels going to the cinema alone

[1/4] Once again, I am going to share my controversial opinion on doing a PhD. I am not saying that you shouldn't do one, but I am saying that you need to be cautious and realistic. A PhD does not guarantee a career, especially in academia.

"do you like using twitter?" does sisyphus like his boulder

Laughed hysterically at my own joke today, while my students sat in complete silence

Older students are either the best and most inspiring members of a classroom or the devil’s incarnation. Unfortunately there is no in between.

"the guy I'm seeing" "the man I'm involved with" "the demon I've been meaning to exorcise" it's all the same thing

Exclusive: The Indian government allegedly directed $3.9 billion from the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation to India’s second richest man Gautam Adani’s businesses amid the mogul’s legal and financial challenges, a Post investigation reveals. wapo.st/4ozY5AQ

This is also a gendered issue. Women read more fiction than men. I’m not saying that the plague of self help books is limited to men but it does seem to infect them to a greater degree. Regardless, everyone should read more fiction.

I have my own experience. Same paper, different affiliations. With my PhD affiliation (UK): 3–4 submissions, no desk rejections. With my current affiliation (Indonesia) multiple desk rejections, even from lower-ranked journals. Finally manage to publish it, after 12 attempts.

> top academic journals don't want to publish work by authors in low-income (read poor, third-world) countries > Nature suggests authors make an effort to cite diverse (read poor, third-world) the sources academics cite > First -world academics: this will destroy the integrity of

Their first mistake was to think Twitter could be “useful”.

No nose November. As in keep your nose out of my business.

My latest for Los Angeles Times: I travelled to southern India to document the rise of the AI "arm farms" — where young engineers strap GoPros to their foreheads and fold laundry or pack boxes to teach humanoid robots how to do chores. latimes.com/business/story…

weekend? more like weakened. let me rest

girls/women residing in India, here's a crowdsource list of (mostly) judgement-free gynecologists docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

honestly once i get over my burnout, depression, creative block, doomscrolling addiction, tendency to over intellectualize & avoidant behaviors then you’ll see