Akash Jash | আকাশ যশ

PhD Candidate in Sociology @ISECBengaluru

[Indian Institute for Human Settlements @iihsin]

What does it take to build a city without a river?

For Bengaluru, part of the answer lies in an older landscape of tanks, ponds, channels and ridges, a water system that quietly shaped where people lived, traded, cultivated and built.

On 8 August, join us for a five-hour walk through the city to read this landscape differently. We’ll follow traces of Bengaluru’s water history, encounter what survives today, and look at what has disappeared beneath the city we now know.

Come prepared to walk, observe and rediscover Bengaluru from the ground up.

📅 8 August 2026
🚶 Five-hour guided walk
🎟️ Limited spots available

Register here: https://t.co/VnXQj7RI0S

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

AN APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT
regarding breaking my fast…
Once the assurance from govt come I will also appeal to the peacefully protesting students to halt the movement for now and enter into dialogue with the government

[Citizen Matters @citizenmatters]

Over 1,300 trees marked for removal! No public Environmental Impact Assessment. No documented consultation with citizens, researchers, or ecologists.

The BDA's proposed short tunnel project through Bengaluru's Veterinary College Campus at Hebbal would cut through one of the last green-blue landscapes in North Bengaluru, home to 94 bird species, 414 plant species, and ecosystems that species across the region depend on for survival.

A ₹1,385 crore project claims to have set aside ₹75 lakh for an EIA that no one has seen.

A citizen petition is calling for a proper ecological assessment and public consultation before a single tree falls. Sign the petition: https://t.co/sfaDdEs7kk

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

I'd like to believe a citizen on a 16day hunger strike warrants a conversation with the government whose actions brought him to that place. I say ‘a citizen’ because perhaps any citizen fighting for a cause, for students, would expect the same. Acknowledgment at some level of govt. I cannot imagine a person who wants harm to come to Mr Wangchuk. I don’t see why a mere dialogue is this hard. As a citizen, I don’t pretend to understand any sort of political manoeuvring. As a citizen, I’ve certainly been proved wrong more than I have been right. Political strategy, alliances aside, as a citizen…you cannot dispute what he is fighting for. Younger citizens. Happy to be called naive, simplistic, or ignorant. But I see students crying for help, a citizen on a hunger strike, and I request my govt to engage in dialogue.

[Akash Jash | আকাশ যশ @Jash_Aka]

@NammaBESCOM power cut in Devanahalli town since 12 p.m. today. Please look into the matter urgently.

[CSDS, Delhi @csdsdelhi]

Call for Applications: Applications are invited for a Summer School for Doctoral Researchers on ‘Researching the Contemporary: Environmental Entanglements’ to be held in-person from August, 3-28, 2026 at CSDS. For Details, Click https://t.co/MoDBHz4mLh

[Akash Jash | আকাশ যশ @Jash_Aka]

@NammaBESCOM no power since today morning! devanahalli town, gokare.

[Akash Jash | আকাশ যশ @Jash_Aka]

@NammaBESCOM No power since 11:30 am today in Devanahalli town BMTC bus depot area. What is the reason? When will power get restored?

[Doing Sociology @SociologyDoing]

To mark our 6th anniversary

We present a panel discussion on

Doing Sociology in Public: Pedagogy, Practice, and Disciplinary Futures

Speakers:

@maitrayeechaud1
Leena (she/her) Pujari
Anurekha Chari Wagh

5 May 2026
7:30 pm IST

Registration link:

https://t.co/iucaW1R3cO

[Akash Jash | আকাশ যশ @Jash_Aka]

South Asian cricket isn’t just a sport anymore — it’s a foreign policy elective with a bat and ball!

[Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket]

Dear @ICC,

It is with a heavy heart that we now announce our unavailability to replace Pakistan in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Regardless of whether they now withdraw, the short timescales ensure it is impossible for our squad to prepare in the professional manner necessary to compete effectively in this global cricketing spectacle. We are not like Scotland and able to turn up on a whim, with no kit sponsor.

Our players are from all walks of life and cannot simply drop their occupations to fly halfway around the world to experience temperatures only normally felt in Finnish saunas. Our captain, a professional baker, needs to attend to his oven, our ship captain needs to steer his vessel, and our bankers need to go bankrupt (again). This is the harsh reality of cricket at the amateur level of the game.

This news will be extremely disappointing to our fans. Despite being the most peaceful nation on Earth, we maintain an army of online followers, and are the world's 14th most followed national board on X. We were ready to give the Dutch the biggest shock they have experienced since William of Orange lost the Battle of Landen in 1693. And the Americans were looking forward to taking on Greenland, or so their orange-dyed leader thought.

Our loss is likely Uganda's gain. We wish them well. Their kits cannot be missed unless you have epilepsy, in which case they are probably best avoided.

The future is always ice, until it isn't.

Yours sincerely,

Icelandic Cricket Association

[Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket]

Dear @ICC,

It is with a heavy heart that we now announce our unavailability to replace Pakistan in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Regardless of whether they now withdraw, the short timescales ensure it is impossible for our squad to prepare in the professional manner necessary to compete effectively in this global cricketing spectacle. We are not like Scotland and able to turn up on a whim, with no kit sponsor.

Our players are from all walks of life and cannot simply drop their occupations to fly halfway around the world to experience temperatures only normally felt in Finnish saunas. Our captain, a professional baker, needs to attend to his oven, our ship captain needs to steer his vessel, and our bankers need to go bankrupt (again). This is the harsh reality of cricket at the amateur level of the game.

This news will be extremely disappointing to our fans. Despite being the most peaceful nation on Earth, we maintain an army of online followers, and are the world's 14th most followed national board on X. We were ready to give the Dutch the biggest shock they have experienced since William of Orange lost the Battle of Landen in 1693. And the Americans were looking forward to taking on Greenland, or so their orange-dyed leader thought.

Our loss is likely Uganda's gain. We wish them well. Their kits cannot be missed unless you have epilepsy, in which case they are probably best avoided.

The future is always ice, until it isn't.

Yours sincerely,

Icelandic Cricket Association

[ICAS:MP @icas_mp]

📢Call for Papers
We invite scholars to apply for the international workshop “Empire and (Im-)Mobility in South & South-East Asia (19th–20th Centuries)”, taking place in New Delhi on 6–7 Feb.
Deadline: 9 Nov
🔗 https://t.co/b0pMsF5hc8

[Bengaluru Town Hall @BLRTownHall]

🚨 BENGALURU FRIENDS – ACT TODAY! 🚨
https://t.co/aBSkZYF2zL
💧 Govt wants to REDUCE Rajakaluve Buffer Zones → This means more floods, lakhs of trees cut, polluted lakes, destroyed biodiversity & ZERO green-blue spaces.
👉 TODAY is the LAST DAY to submit objections!
⚠️ Don’t let Bengaluru become a concrete desert.
SHOW UP TODAY – YOUR CITY NEEDS YOU!
Use the ready drafts available on this page: https://t.co/aBSkZYF2zL

[Akash Jash | আকাশ যশ @Jash_Aka]

From fieldwork experience I know how crucial this lake’s revival is for the region’s water system. Justice must be served to those who’ve fought nearly a decade to bring it back to life. Standing in solidarity with the ongoing struggle of @NammaWhitefield and @Sandeep_Anirudhan.

[Sandeep Anirudhan @SandeepAnirudha]

Let's pray the High Court calls out the fraud and rescues the 1000 year old Pattandur Agrahara Lake!
#SavePattandurAgraharaLake

[CIVIC Bangalore @civicbangalore]

"A sad day for local self-governance. With BBMP’s dissolution, powers are being pulled away from citizens and handed to the state. True democracy lies in empowering people, not dismantling their voice." – Kathyayini Chamaraj, CIVIC Bangalore.

Read the article:

[Anwesha Sengupta @Anwesha_sg]

IDSK is offering a nine month course titled Research Programme in Development Studies. Suitable for students who have completed Masters, preparing for phd application

https://t.co/JCKiNBsX97

[EASA @EASAinfo]

📣 Call for Mentees!
EASA’s free, remote Academic Mentorship Programme returns Sept 2025–May 2026.
For late-PhDs, postdocs & early-career scholars (PhD ≤8 yrs).
⏰ Apply by 31 Aug 2025
🌍 Open to EASA members
🔗 https://t.co/ul2TEep0bE

[Akash Jash | আকাশ যশ @Jash_Aka]

Left @ISECBengaluru at 8:45 a.m. for the airport. 2 hrs 20 mins to Hebbal circle — missed my 11:45 flight. Simply Disastrous! Bengaluru branding of being “world-class” is nothing but a cruel joke with such nightmare transport and traffic #BangaloreTraffic #UrbanDisaster

[Save Pattandur Agrahara Lake @PattandurLake]

7 years after High Court stayed encroacher's docs, there have been no significant hearings to conclude case, nor has Govt surveyed & fenced the lake, despite releasing Rs 1 Cr for fencing. Our lake lies in dilapidated state..

https://t.co/eEslsZuNX0

#SavePattandurAgraharaLake