Absolutely incredible footage from today, the biggest protest of the 21st century in The Netherlands. 150,000 people in The Hague to protest against the genocide in Palestine.

He is highly educated -- IIT Mumbai, M.A. from JNU then PhD from JNU. He had a fantastic highly paid job in Denmark, then in Bengaluru but now... he is in jail. Why? -- Just because he is a Muslim. That is where India has reached. Hate spread in full throttle against own

Inviting abstract submissions for case studies that will be commissioned on the topic of social movements around rivers in India. Read more details & submit your abstracts via this link: bit.ly/smrivers25 Help us spread the word by sharing this post! INTACH Wageningen U&R

This is Tehran, during attacks A musician playing the violin in the street for his neighbours so they don't hear the explosions It's so cinematic.. soulful and so Iranian

Another day. Another Muslim lynched to death by gau rakshak terrorists. Arrest of a Hindu girl who made derogatory remarks against Islam got more outrage than the lynchings of Muslims.

the eminent ghazal-gayak, the chanteuse of Jammu & Kashmir, Malika Pukhraj (1912-2004) at All India Radio (AIR) in early 1940s

Israel kills 51 people waiting for flour Read this again and again

Hi everyone. I have been offered admissions to two Master's programs at UEA, and Goldsmiths. Unfortunately, I haven't received any funding from either and am now struggling to secure funds. Please read my story, amplify and support. milaap.org/fundraisers/su…

All mamas/aunties of the global south (and the European south) get this:

Here, Zohran Mamdani reads Umar Khalid's Notes from Jail in New York, ahead of Modi's arrival in 2023. Mamdani is a man of guts, character, and integrity. I have to admit, I like him so much more now.

Grateful for this generous review of Music in Colonial Punjab in the latest issue of the Journal of Punjab Studies by Prof Anne Murphy. giss.org/jsps_vol_32/20…

Peace to the great C.M. Naim (1936 – 2025). When I started studying Urdu I started reading everything he ever wrote, and haven't stopped. Now, as ever, I recommend you read his moving account of his trip to Palestine in 1989 franpritchett.com/00litlinks/nai…

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Cover reveal of my memoir, Nautch Boy. Pix is me channeling 80s Salma Agha tawaif vibes. Allah jaane kaun banega iss Salma ka Balma! Mother raised me in a kotha, where dreams dance to die. I went from a dancing boy to a writer. Have a ❤️ Pre-Order now. amazon.in/dp/9369891129

Umar Khalid reflecting on nearly 5 years in jail, on how it is something akin to a space between life and death, something like a graveyard of the living... His friends Priya Dharshini, Aseem Sundan and Yashi Verma read out his notes from jail that he scrolled in captivity...

Asked to prove citizenship by Pune police, mob says Kargil veteran's family. A Kargil war veteran's family in Pune has alleged they were forced to prove their Indian citizenship after a group of 30 to 40 men accompanied by police stormed their home. The family of Hakimuddin

NEW Episode: A detailed conversation with brilliant scholars on Dhadak 2, on Bollywood’s history of depicting caste, on Tamil cinema’s politics of resistance, and on the meaning of love in India. Live on all audio platforms, now on Substack too. Tune in!

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Thrilled to start the day with exciting news — my paper on translation and political autobiography is out now! It is part of the new volume *Life Writing and Translation* edited by Mukul.

Dr. Madan Gopal Singh on the need of #NewAesthetics The Rohida Conversations