I am attending BASAS this year. I delivered a paper with ACSA this year. If there’s one thing that’s been so blatantly absent from the broader South Asian Studies is Bangladesh. But now watch how many will become experts overnight, incl West Bengalis.

Most done by local Muslim imams, madrashah students and yes, even Jamaat-Shibir. So next time, think before you circulate Islamphobic tropes and spread BJP propaganda about Hindu-Muslims relationships in Bangladesh.

Some people’s works/accts to follow for Bangladesh: Prof Ali Riaz, Prof Rashaad Shabab, Dr Adnan Fakir, Dr Sohela Nazneen, Md Sohel Rana, Fahminda Zaman Dr Nasrin Khandoker Naomi Hossain Layli Uddin Sami David Bergman Tasneem Khalil Nazmul Ahasan MUKTADIR rashid ROMEO

If you're keeping an eye on what's going on in Walthamstow, Finchley, Harrow etc – be cautious about amplifying information that isn't verified. People have the best of intentions, but aren't always tweeting as firsthand witnesses!

#Bangladesh young women were central to the student movement, but aren’t often as photographed as their male counterparts who gave frequent interviews & part of government cabinet now. This is particularly true for Nusrat Tabassum, one of the student leaders who was also jailed.

Ch4 will re-air Defiance next week, important timing but worth noting its shortcomings and delving deeper into the long histories of south asian resistance against UK fascism 👇👇

Rise in rage against the rape and murder of on-duty female student at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata! All women must be guaranteed the right to a safe workplace and the ability to access the public sphere at all times. Join us on 14 Aug to reclaim the night and demand justice!

We will also hold a demonstration at King's College, London on 15th August to demand justice!

Women take to the streets in tens of thousands across West Bengal & beyond in #ReclaimTheNight protests on eve of Independence Day, demanding justice in the horrific #RGKarHospital rape and murder case. Videos: Salt Lake, Jadavpur; photo: Delhi AIIMS. #JusticeForRGKar

Important meeting held to unite South Asians against racism and the far right . 🧵 1/3

Brilliant empirically-grounded insights on how evedyday jugaad practices trouble boundaries of formal/informal and minor/major infrastructures in India. Handy that its out just in time for teaching too! 🙏🏽 Ankit Kumar

Do yourself a favour and download Forensic Architecture 827 pages of evidence and analysis of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Amazing work. A Cartography of Genocide forensic-architecture.org/investigation/…

A small offering for those looking. Our Introductory Curriculum 'Palestine: Spaces and Politics' is online. For those in the fields of architecture, geography, urbanism, and planning we situate Palestine beyond colonial erasure. palestine.araburbanism.com

My new publication 'Smart ignorance: Instrumentalising useful unknowns to bureaucratise and rescale power in the city' for Environment & Planning F is now available online orcid.org/0009-0006-5478…

Early career Bangladeshi researchers - an opportunity for research funding to tackle extreme poverty. Launch workshops on 10 December in Dhaka, and 12 December in Chittagong. Sorry, Chattogram. 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

Adithya 🇵🇸 Exhibitions: Vamika Sinha explores The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998 at London’s Barbican Centre, showcasing two decades of art grappling with communal violence, gender, and urbanization. Featuring M.F. Husain, Sheba Chhachhi, and more. thepolisproject.com/read/the-imagi…

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Also now available in Early View - INFRASTRUCTURE AS TERRITORIAL STIGMA: Labour Migrant Exclusions in the Indian City by Nabeela Ahmed onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

New paper out #openaccess on role of infrastructure in territorial stigmatisation Available here: ijurr.org/article/infras…