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Hasina gone. What next? Who can tell. Perhaps chaos. But congratulations to the fearless Bangladeshi youth. I don't think anyone was thinking, even on 14th July, that a simple peaceful student protest would take this many lives and dismantle this regime.

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reportedly resigned and fled the country in the face of ongoing protests aje.io/c9fb62

Open Access publication: "Activist Research as a Methodological Toolbox to Advance Public Sociology" Sociologists have often resorted to ‘public sociology’ and ‘activist research’ (AvR) with the aim of producing useful knowledge+ journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

The infamous breakdancer at the Olympics reminds me of how much academia rewards white mediocrity.

My review of Dr. Yifei Yan’s book Getting Schools to Work Better: Educational Accountability and Teacher Support in India and China for the LSE Review of Books is now out. Read it here 👇

So excited to see the 1st review of my 1st book freshly out on LSE Review of Books LSE Blogs: Anushka Sinha beautifully summarised why it's important to focus on #teacher training and career advancement in🇨🇳🇮🇳and what this means for conceptualising school #Accountability differently👇

If you haven't read Pratiksha Baxi's seminal book "Public Secrets of Law" this is as good a time as any with the events around the #RGKarHospital rape and murder unfolding and the ongoing public protests. Also read her oped in The Indian Express

In Getting Schools to Work Better, Dr. Yifei Yan advocates a new approach focused on supporting and advancing teachers, not just bureaucratic metrics, to boost both their experience and student outcomes. Read LSE Review of Books by Anushka Sinha: spr.ly/6014l4DTO

One of my favorite photos of Walter Benjamin. Why? Because in it he looks like one of the Marx brothers on a date [the photo was taken in 1921, and the woman standing next to him is a friend of his from his youth]

"There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism." — Walter Benjamin

Walter Benjamin ended his life today in the year 1940. The most moving essay about a visit to his grave in Port Bou was (in my view) written by the anthropologist, Michael Taussig.

India's casteist media is silent on this issue? Dalit Shailaja Paik, born in Yerawada, Pune, Maharashtra, has been named a UC professor MacArthur Fellow. She has received a scholarship of Rs 6 crore 71 lakh. Shailaja has received a 'genius grant' to continue her work with Dalits

kashi bose lane, kolkata. it’s giving dharma set where ranveer singh will break into kathak any moment now…

Georges Bataille, 'Guilty'

I'll let Kierkegaard take this one

Anthropologist Vishvajit Pandya documented in video perhaps the only available understanding of how Great Nicobar’s Shompen tribe dint want the project near their hills and forests. The video was never published. Here, Pandya explains what happened. scroll.in/article/107760…

Dear all, SASEI is looking for volunteer mentors for doctoral students in India who require writing feedback. If you are interested in sparing a few hours of your time, please do sign up. Find the link to the google form here: shorturl.at/e8n7m

The International Sociological Association ISA invites the global community of sociologists to an online tribute to the life of Michael Burawoy, Saturday, Feb. 8, noon Eastern. Follow the YouTube live transmission bit.ly/414VbLC.