Assoc. Prof, NLSIU, Bangalore | Studies cities and political economy | Author of Properties of Rent (CUP, 2022)| Views personal
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The Sociology Scholars Forum at the Department of Sociology invites abstracts to its annual graduate conference scheduled on 13th February 2027.
A 200-250 abstract is due by 30th November 2026. We will provide local travel, accommodation and food. Please spread the word.
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most toxic problem in Indian univs is equating rigor with "strictness". When tapasya-pariksha culture replaces curiosity & exploration-- you get a pressure cooker.
Real issue is how this system treats "failure" & "cheating". Most teachers default think students are lazy, spoilt cuz back when they were students it was so much worse & it made them "stronger"
This obsession w. strength IS the weakness.
Pressures on marginalized caste, low income, first gen students is unbearable. This should be a moment to look at our exam toxicity & academic culture-- instead casteist Savarnas will make it about bogus merit discourse & make strawman arguments against reservation.
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My wife’s powerful article in today’s Indian Express. “His words are free, my son is not”
Six years of incarceration without trial is not justice—it is discrimination,
You may imprison a person, but you cannot imprison his words, silence his ideas, or put his thoughts behind bars
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NLSIU, Bengaluru, Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University, USA and Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Chennai are jointly organising a PhD Workshop on ‘State, Citizenship and Mobilisations in Contemporary India’ on August 10th-11th, 2026
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Dear friends, colleagues, critics and well-wishers, my book Spectacle State will be finally releasing on the 17th of July. It is ready to Pre-order now on Amazon. Please order your copy in advance so you get it on time. Thanks
amazon.in/Spectacle-State-Hi…
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I urge you all, if you have the time, to watch this video on @IndianExpress's YouTube channel, where I speak about my experience working on these apps. youtube.com/watch?v=4Expa52F…
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The men and women whom the Delhi police refused to investigate.
1. Ragini Tiwari
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IDSK is offering a nine month course titled Research Programme in Development Studies. Suitable for students who have completed Masters, preparing for phd application
idsk.edu.in/wp-content/uploa…
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This is tomorrow evening. Do join @AilajHq as we host Usha Ramanathan, Talha Rahman and Darshana Mitra to talk about the assault on citizenship.
AILAJ invites you to a webinar on "Detention, Deportation, and the Unmaking of Citizens"
Sunday, 24 Aug 2025
6:00 – 8:00 PM
Zoom Link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8997178173…
Dr. Usha Ramanathan, Adv. Talha Abdul Rahman, and Darshana Mitra examine how citizenship is under attack across India.
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#PanelDiscussion
Prof. Patrick Heller, Prof. Ashutosh Varshney and Dr. Siddharth Swaminathan from @BrownUniversity, presented the findings from their latest report titled ‘Citizenship, Inequality and Urban Governance: A Study of Indian Cities’ at a panel discussion held at #NLSIU on August 13, 2025.
The session dived into the themes of 'Basic Service Delivery, Segregation and Inequality' and 'Participation, Social Interactions and Governance' with NLS faculty Dr. Sushmita Pati and Dr. Angarika Rakshit as discussants.
Know more: tinyurl.com/4kpeaye4
@PostitAcademic
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CFP!
A workshop for scholars and activists working on the themes of #cities, #Migration, #security, #humanitarian and #solidarity to engage in sustained, interdisciplinary collaboration under the close mentorship of research faculty.
Apply:forms.gle/eCMVu9CpMJju659p8
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Exciting lecture series by @_ISHET on the history of econ thought by Chirashree Das Gupta. Interested in concepts like rent and capital in different economic traditions? This is for you. On 14th, 21st, 28th June, and 5th July.
Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Just wanted to share this absolutely lovely message by Ali Khan @Mahmudabad s students, from his ‘Banish the Poets’ class:
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The Lokniti Summer School 2025 is now open for applications. This program offers a unique opportunity for students and researchers to engage with cutting-edge training in empirical research methods. Please refer to the link below for more details.
lokniti.org/page/summer-scho…
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A girl in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar runs and saves her books when her house was bulldozed by the government. This picture should haunt us forever.
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#URGENT
A friend wants to sublet one room (attached bath) at her 3bhk apartment in Alaknanda. It's a fully furnished place with equipped kitchen. The rent is 21k (including rent+maintenance+gas+internet). Women flatmates preferred. DM me for my friend's number.
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From Columbia University to Delhi, the message is clear: challenge authority, face imprisonment. Mahmoud Khalil and Umar Khalid's stories are eerily similar. Fight for their freedom. #UmarKhalidDeservesFreedom #StandWithAntiCAAProtestors
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We invite you for a book discussion symposium on "The Dying Lineage: The Crisis of Political Power in the Mahabharata" with Prof. Uma Chakravarti,
Prof. Smita Sahgal and
Dr. Chandrabhan P. Yadav
as panellists.
3rd March 2025/ 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Room- 101, SSS-2, JNU, New Delhi
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Come join us for the 2nd edition of the Field & Notes Workshop by the Ethnography Lab @IIITDelhi . This year's theme is on Digital Methods. Only 30 seats available. Accommodation provided, and a registration waiver for SC, ST, and gender minority students.
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The Writing Urban India Fellowship 3.0 Applications are now open! If you are an urban practitioner, PhD candidate, or junior faculty working on the urban question, this is for you.
Call for Applications | NLSIU invites applications for the third iteration of the Writing Urban India Fellowship.
Duration of the fellowship: 10 months
Application Deadline: December 25, 2024
Find out more and apply here: nls.ac.in/news-events/call-f…
