Happy to share the CFP for the 12th Annual Roots & Bridges Ethnographic Writing Workshop! Please consider sharing in your network. Thank you for the team work Dolly Kikon , Amrita Pritam Gogoi , Bitopi Dutta , Raile R. Ziipao, puia , Raysha Alvir , Timothy Khongsai and Sanjay Barbora!

Low-quality food items undermine nutrition for those who can't afford better options. Even home-cooked meals are luxuries, long office hours leave little time or money. Rituparna Patgiri notes how the obligation to eat healthy food is shifted from the state to the individual.

A massive forest #fire has broken out in the vicinity of Dirang town.

Writing of this book has been a special journey of learning, unlearning and growing together as peers. Grateful for all the conversations, good food and laughter along the way.

"The mobility and pollution crisis cannot be solved by a ring road or EVs alone. What's needed is a robust, affordable public transport system." Congratulations donald_takhell on your brilliant article. It's sharp, timely and necessary. Keep inspiring critical conversations.

Our co-authored book is now available on Amazon! Excited to share this journey with you. Grab your copy and dive in. amzn.in/d/eCC1nh8

It was a great learning experience to be presenting at the Association for Asian Studies conference at Kathmandu today.

It was an incredible experience presenting our panel at AAS! The turnout was fantastic, and the discussions were rich. A big appreciation to Dr. Pasang Sherpa for chairing our panel and beautifully articulating our key insight at the end. Noihrit Gogoi

Elopa-Etugu Community Eco Cultural Preserve (EECEP), a community-conserved area (CCA) of 75 sq kms situated in Lower Dibang Valley district.Raysha Alvir The Arunachal Times

A living model of indigenous conservation Conservation is not a borrowed Eurocentric idea for the Idu Mishmi community but an intrinsic aspect of life. “We never had any word for ‘conservation’ in our language,” notes locals.

Thank you SOAS University of London for exhibiting my portraits from the field at Wolfson Gallery, SOAS, London. The exhibit will last for three months. Many thanks to my dearest PhD supervisors Rohini Rai and Dr Rachel Stuart for their support♥️ Mayur Suresh Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism

Had the pleasure to attend the Mahesh Chandra Regmi Lecture 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal, where Nancy Lee Peluso delivered a brilliant talk on "Remittance House, Remittance Forest: Mobilising Women's Labour for Forest Transformation." Grateful for the opportunity to engage with her.

More power!

Congratulations on your book. I'm looking forward to reading it.

Some photographs from my PhD fieldwork are featured at European Association of Social Anthropologists. Thank you EASA for this. easaonline.org/photos/photos-… Rohini Rai Dr Rachel Stuart Brunel University of London Brunel Research Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism

I am so grateful that our book has made it to #TheReadersBookStore in Manipur, a collectively run independent bookstore that has one of the best and most important collections from Northeast India. Thanks donald_takhell and the team!