essel

system designer/ strategist/ facilitator/researcher. Health, housing, education, co-creation, systems change, policy design.

[Buffalo Intellectual @ProfRavikantK]

was told by a Teach-For-India fellow, they spend one night in house (usually in a slum) of their student as some empathy exercise or whatever.

Wonder if the kids ever get to visit/stay in homes of their rich (mostly) savarna "teachers"

Compassion is a lopsided activity in a caste society

[Agents of Ishq @AgentsofIshq]

You can also tap the link to know a little about them and their projects!

We're excited to see the stories & lived experiences that will come from their research and to learn alongside too.

https://t.co/Drc0EWOGys

#Fellowship #AOIxOpenDosa #DalitBahujanAdivasi #RealStories

[IndiaExplained @IndiaExplained]

Why Tesla won't win in India (via WhatsApp)

[Leonardo @Leonardonclt]

Full story here: https://t.co/1O9LOgUmFe

[Leonardo @Leonardonclt]

For example — while 34% of US judges are women, only 3% of the images generated for the keyword “judge” were perceived women. For fast-food workers, the model generated people with darker skin 70% of the time, even though 70% of fast-food workers in the US are White.
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[Project EduAccess @ProjEduAccess]

We’re pleased to launch our India Graduate Mentorship Programme for 2023-24!

Applications to be a mentee are now open.

If you belong to a marginalized community, sign up for comprehensive support in all your university & scholarship applications.

Link: https://t.co/wGd1SMABLY

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Israeli settlers are displacing Palestinians with tax-exempt donations from the U.S.

A New York lawmaker is trying to stop to that.

[T M Krishna @tmkrishna]

Superb! @ProfRavikantK In the savarna universe mind, body, sexuality are deified. This is why sexual freedom is feared and sexual repression (IMO) high. Insensitive sexual behaviour is an expression of caste privilege or due to socio-sexual suppression
https://t.co/NLY6b8wG2v

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

You're in relationships with people where you're the one pushing to make it work, you feel exhausted, and are on call for other people's issues.

How To Stop Being A "Fixer":

[Vu Le (with one E) @NonprofitAF]

“The problem is that philanthropy is not some sort of sport or brand of ice cream, where it doesn’t matter if you root for the Patriots or the Seahawks, or if you choose mint chocolate chip or rocky road.”

https://t.co/TEvRLH46Sc

Shoutout to @thecathyshow

[Firstpost @firstpost]

The #SupremeCourt of India will today hear a batch of pleas seeking legal recognition of #samesex marriages. This comes a day after the government termed such requests as ‘mere urban elitist views' #gaymarriage #gayrights
https://t.co/KL9jjzVqPF

[essel @EsselRao]

@albanvillamil @mattBernius Ooh the second ☝🏽

[essel @EsselRao]

@vcastillo630 I saw the title before I saw the tweet and assumed it was @hmntycntrd’s + your work. Lol. I haven’t seen a lot of other UX folks talk about care within the practice while there is other work about care with research. Oof. UXers are really bad about citation.

[Adémọ́lá. @OgbeniDemola]

Leopold of Belgium ruled Congo as his private property for 23 years. He cut off the limbs of Congolese who did not meet their daily quota on the plantation. At the end of his rule, he had killed 15million Congolese people. But we are taught only about Hitler.

[Mapmaker @mapmakerdavid]

Colonialism turns everything and everyone into a frontier - space, time, the body, knowledge, seafloor, the galaxies, etc. - and I wish more academics are aware of this (and are doing something about it).