A small announcement: Orient BlackSwan has just published my monograph on freedom of expression:

'... a devastatingly honest meditation on the unyielding finality of death, written by someone who has spent years trying to make sense of its silences' We loved reading Anjali Chauhan's review of Vidya's White Lilies. Get your copy today! scroll.in/article/108380…

Read the full article citizenmatters.in/cooking-health…

Today’s daily brief piece on India’s broken labour market, based on our (Rosa and mine) recent article of labour market trajectories in India. SOAS Economics thedailybrief.zerodha.com/p/why-indias-j…

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Cultural Fellowship 2025 Shillim Inst invites emerging artists, researchers & cultural practitioners - apply for 6-mnth fully supported fellowship on: Documentation of Dalit Music in the Pawna Catchment Area, Maval Taluka Maharashtra #DalitBuddhistMusic

Why reading Martha C Nussbaum’s philosophy is pure pleasure – aeon.co/essays/why-rea… via Aeon Magazine

हरियाणा की उन महिलाओं की आवाज है ‘पारो वॉयस’ जिन्हें पुरुष लगातार सुनने से इंकार करते हैं! bhadas4media.com/paro-voice-wom…

Really struggling at writing my chapters or/and full length papers. Any recommendations of readings on writing? Particularly ethnographic writing and narrative writing. Or general tips?

New to Penguin Classics: two new editions of Virginia Woolf's pioneering work of feminism, A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN, featuring an introduction by Pulitzer Prize finalist and New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez! Start reading now 👉 bit.ly/44Rs6oO

Truly breathtaking photographs on display at this exhibition on a less-known but fascinating ritual celebration: the Gavri of Mewar Bhils. Don't miss this!

We are hosting a #GhostwritingBasics Workshop on 2nd August 2025. Register: forms.gle/j5QVAQZeBHgapZ…

Happy Birthday, Jhumpa Lahiri. Thank you for words that flow as exasperatedly and stunningly as the lives they weave. As Francesco Pacifico wrote in The Paris Review, “her restlessness, in life and in writing, is almost an ethic.” #JhumpaLahiri #HappyBirthday

Prepping for my Monsoon Semester foundation course called Great Books. These two iconic titles are definitely part of my six-book syllabus this time. Still finalising the others.

It's time we as Indian womxn launched such a campaign for our girls here. The only way to counter the hate and violence against womxn is to look out for ALL girls even if they are not our own. On the streets, in institutions and offices, AND within the four walls of our homes.

I write for Deccan Herald with a lot of rage and frustration. “To outsource the burden of student well-being to women in the name of maternal care is to depoliticise and domesticate what is, at its core, a crisis of systemic violence” Link: deccanherald.com/opinion/campus…

I empathise with Anjali Chauhan entirely . How long are women going to do the heavy lifting for the emotional well-being of communities while men continue to spiral into more and more despicable toxic behaviour? I'm also sick of the forced parallels of motherhood with care.

“Where are the trained counsellors, caste-sensitive therapists, peer-support networks, or grievance redress mechanisms? Instead of investing in these systems, the burden is once again shifted to women — unpaid, unrecognised, and undervalued.”

A fitting response to a ridiculous proposal.

Jesus and Mary College in Delhi University is organising this stellar national seminar on Birsa Munda on July 29th and 30th. I'll be speaking alongside Professor Virginius Xaxa and Professor Bara, Dr Rahi and Dr Deepali, amongst others. Do join us if you are around. Thanks 🌸