Taniya Sah

AsstProf @VidyashilpUni| PhD in Econ @IITDelhi | Agrimarkets| Value chains | Food systems| Cat Mom| Cinephile| Infojunkie|

[The Federal @TheFederal_News]

When we imagine the future of agriculture, we increasingly imagine a farmer consulting an artificial intelligence application to diagnose a crop disease, predict the weather or decide when to irrigate. For a country like India, where millions of livelihoods depend on agriculture, such possibilities are exciting. But they also raise a question we rarely ask: how well do the technologies we develop understand the farmers they are supposed to help? writes @TaniyaSah

Read more: https://t.co/guee1sITLt

#ArtificialIntelligence #AIinAgriculture #IndianAgriculture #Farmers #AgriTech #AgricultureTechnology #DigitalAgriculture #AIForFarmers #SmartFarming #CropDisease #ClimateSmartAgriculture #RuralIndia #TheFederal

[Aunindyo Chakravarty @Aunindyo2023]

Late one night, 23 years ago, bored with the banality of news, I cold-emailed Anwar Shaikh, said I would like to do a PhD under him, and pasted an extract from a theoretical essay that I had written.

I didn’t expect a reply, but he responded within a few hours. His mail gave detailed advice on how to apply, and also how to raise funds for my PhD — the New School at that time was poor and could only provide a fraction of the money.

He followed up a couple of weeks later, asking me how far I had proceeded. I had changed my mind by then, and wrote back thanking him for his kindness.

I still think it is insane that a busy academic took the time to engage with a random email, from an unknown person.

A great mind is gone.

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Remembering Wendell Berry and the Questions He Left For Developing Economies Like India

It is tempting to remember Berry as an American writer, who practised agriculture at his farm in Kentucky and resisted the logic of industrial agriculture | Taniya Sah
https://t.co/NRxsDRxeaj

[Chandan Gowda @Chandan_Gowda73]

A panel discussion on my book, Longing for an Elsewhere: Mysore and the Making of India’s Developmental State, is being held at the Indian Heritage Academy this evening. Venu Madhav Govindu, Vikas Kumar, and Taniya Sah are co-panelists.  If you are in Bangalore, please come by. More about the event at: https://t.co/xmyXw1j64s @OUPAcademic @venugovindu @vikasprithvipur @TaniyaSah

[Worldcrunch @worldcrunch]

Fixing food loss is key to ending hunger, protecting resources, and ensuring sustainability in India.
✍️@TaniyaSah for @thewire_in via @worldcrunch

https://t.co/psp8SdwNZK

[Worldcrunch @worldcrunch]

Fixing food loss is key to ending hunger, protecting resources, and ensuring sustainability in India.
✍️@TaniyaSah for @thewire_in via @worldcrunch

https://t.co/psp8SdwNZK

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

This is Justice Shalinder Kaur and Justice Navin Chawla.

They came, they saw and she pronounced “All the appeals are dismissed”.

The fate of Umar and others who had been imprisoned for nearly 5 years with no due process was decided in 2 minutes by her and Justice Navin Chawla.

[Anoop Nautiyal @Anoopnautiyal1]

I was deeply troubled to see this video on social media this afternoon. For those who may not know, this is from #Syanachatti in #Uttarkashi district in #Uttarakhand. It’s heartbreaking to share that the village of #Dharali, which suffered a devastating tragedy on August 5th is also in the same district.

Both places have one thing in common beyond the fury of the 2025 monsoon. They are just about 20 odd kilometers short of the sacred shrines of #Yamunotri and #Gangotri.

While Dharali and nearby #Harsil have been struggling for over two weeks with the formation of a lake on the Bhagirathi (Ganga) river, another rain induced landslide has now created a lake along the Yamuna river in the same district.

What you see and hear in the video are locals in sheer anguish who are angry, frustrated, and desperate for help. It’s a cry for attention that cannot be ignored by anyone who is humane and sensitive to the suffering and pain of others.

At this difficult hour, I stand in solidarity with them and urge the Uttarakhand government, all its #Dehradun based agencies and the district administration to do everything possible to manage this critical situation. While all houses and hotels were evacuated earlier and residents asked to move to higher ground, I am certain that a lot more is being expected from our authorities.

With broken roads and the monsoon showing no mercy, things look extremely worrying. My heartfelt prayers for the safety of everyone in Syanachatti and the entire rain battered region. May normalcy return soon.

🙏

[Ariel Rubinstein @ArielRubinstein]

Motty Perry and me in a Tel Aviv protest against the devastating horror that Israel inflicts on the Gaza people.

[Ashwini_Deshpande @_ADeshpande]

In all the discussion about conservative social norms in South Asia, there isn’t enough acknowledgment of the extremely conservative mores of the EEIC & British Raj.

[Vir Das @thevirdas]

If you are a resident of Delhi. Can I persuade you to adopt an indie off the streets, more than one? They are extremely healthy, low maintenance, and will provide you with more love affection and gratitude than you could ever imagine. Am also asking you to wholeheartedly and generously support your nearest animal welfare NGO. I plan on doing so, I hope you will too. As appeals are filed in court and processes take their time, it's important for our humanity to kick in immediately. Please do your part, big or small, it all adds up 🙏

[Ashwini_Deshpande @_ADeshpande]

What clever use of Hindi cinema tropes 😂😍 @ZohranKMamdani

[Ranga.🇿🇼 @RangaMberi]

“Let me stop you right there…”

Caribbean nation Guyana is booming after discovering oil. BBC’s Stephen Sackur puts it to President @presidentaligy; lobbyists say oil is bad for the climate.

Dude wasn’t having it. Mans was ready!

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

This photo is 113 years old.

It was taken by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, an early pioneer of colour photography.

If you've ever wondered what the world used to look like, Prokudin-Gorsky's photos will show you...

[Ashwini_Deshpande @_ADeshpande]

Thought-provoking: how genuinely inclusive are corporate workspaces? ⁦@IndianExpress⁩

[Brian Willott Farms @BrianWillott]

I don't get this form of protest. Wasting soup, targeting artworks, while complaining about the food system?
https://t.co/bGKNbalJ27

[Jessica Simor KC @JMPSimor]

The overwhelming ‘story’ this weekend should have been the ICJ decision, which included that Israel must ensure more aid gets to Gazans. Only in a profoundly screwed up world could the leaders of the ‘free’ world step in immediately to facilitate Israel stopping aid.

[Angshuman Choudhury @angshuman_ch]

Nearly 2 years ago, The Gambia, a small west African country, dragged Myanmar to the ICJ for its genocidal campaign against the Rohingya (& successfully secured provisional measures). Today, South Africa is doing the same to Israel for its mass murder of Palestinians.

Africa 🙌🏽