We would need to reverse the economics discourse around tourism. We can no longer apply the cost-benefit logic. “Mass tourism” is ecological and cultural devastation; it is an unequal and unilateral relationship imposed by the tourist nation on the subject population.

To please all the cynics and Yankees and Pepe the frog fans, Syrians have to be able to irrefutably prove, within less than 24 hours of overthrowing a 54 years old dynastic, brutal, torturing, sectarian dictatorship, the following:

"Bollywood’s myth-making about Kashmir remains limited to either an exoticised pastoral escape or a symbol to articulate the idea of Indian nationhood. The representation invisiblizes the true political, social, and ideological state of Kashmiri natives." Kashmiri filmmaker

A Hydropower Project in Kashmir has Distressed Tribals, Threatened Environment With hyder habib for DW Asia

I’d like to flee fascism, but I’ll need a 2-2 teaching load and a six figure salary.

to think of TLP as merely an establishment project would be a mistake. TLP is a continuation of a century-old political tradition that uses prophetic honour to organize grief, channel anger, and authorize violence. A small thread on TLP’s genealogy: from the 1920s to today

engineering ka talluq padhai ya degree se nahi hota engineer insaan mizaaj se hota hai

“Urdu was never a language of religion — it was, and still is, a shared cultural heritage.” — Rana Safvi رعنا राना Shot inside Delhi’s fading Urdu Bazaar, this reel is just a glimpse of a larger story — one of survival, memory, and resistance. Watch the full documentary now:

We will bring the enemy to its knees.

Still one of the best videos of all time 😂

The Soviets indirectly provided nuclear umbrella to the entire third world during the cold war, which was how fanciful concepts like "neutrality" or "non-aligment" could exist back then.

تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ Bravo J&K Police for this. Netanyahu must be happy with you

Gears of a new order begin to churn. A poor, sanction-crippled country singlehandedly challenges the destructive might of an imperialist bully. An often overlooked country plays pivotal peacemaker. Major Western states watch from the sidelines.

So now we know why the US has been maintaining this relationship with Pakistan for 80 years

This winter, hyder habib and I roamed the streets of Jamia Nagar in Delhi documenting how the people of ghettoised neighbourhoods navigate scarcity of sunlight. A part of our project was carried by The India Forum as a photo essay. Link to the essay: theindiaforum.in/society/seekin…

Absolutely stunning and powerful work . The pictures capture a deprivation that is easily missed in the noise of cities like Delhi. Congratulations Bilal Ahmad Tantray hyder habib

For residents of Delhi's ghettos, accessing warmth and light requires a daily effort: stepping out of their homes, scanning street corners, and waiting patiently for the sun to appear. hyder habib and Bilal Ahmad Tantray document the spatial marginalisation theindiaforum.in/society/seekin…

in Islamic and Middle Eastern lore, if you’ve wronged an animal or harmed nature you could be taken to jinn court where the animals could have a jinn council pass judgement