Srilata

South Asian Geographer| Currently @KingsIndiaInst| Host #ConfrontingCaste podcast| she/they
✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[Claire Crawford @_claireamelia]

Call for Contributions: Digital politics and social movements: shifting modes of representation and governance Workshop at University of York, 8 July 2024 (deadline for proposals 15 March). Please circulate!!!

[Rafeef Ziadah @RafeefZiadah]

It has always been this. A project to erase and dispossess.

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

If you want graduates to be "high earners" then pay high wages across all sectors. If you want students to be debt-free then abolish tuition fees in HE. Let students decide what they want to study. "Free market" of ideas and all that, right?

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

Not only should @ucu vocally oppose increased visa fees, but also add to its list of demands that all unis commit to reimbursing all visa costs for all international workers including PhDs on Tier 4 visas. It's a scandal that this is not standard practice in the sector.

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

Just a @CiaoSamin appreciation tweet to say that I'm so glad to be alive at the same time as the most amazing Samin Nosrat. On the bleakest of days, reading a few pages of Salt Fat Acid Heat or listening to one of her old podcasts is a gateway to inexplicable joy!

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

@sagnikdutta In solidarity, Sagnik. Take care.

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

Second seminar of the series tomorrow with @KiraHuju
Breaking the disciplinary silence on caste in IR. Link to join in poster

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

@zomato "may have hurt sentiments"!?!? This was literally dehumanization and violation of dignity. Every single person who conceived and greenlit this ad is steeped in casteism. Nothing to do with "sentiments" of "certain communities".

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

Deeply grateful to @Ritajyoti_B for his stunning scholarship and for inviting me to contribute to this @SocietyandSpace book review forum. Such a joy to think with such brilliant minds!

[Society & Space @SocietyandSpace]

Bandyopadhyay’s is an invaluable contribution to understanding capitalism from the margins, as well as dislocating the notional centre of urban theory. For @TwinerTweets, this book advances the understanding of historical & contemporary urban South
https://t.co/DsiJ49yjPM

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

You know what's "extremist gender ideology"? Blowing up objects to reveal to the world what anatomy your unborn child is likely to have. And then insisting that their entire personality and life choices be defined by that. Can't believe we still put up with that BS.

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

Tomorrow. Link to register 👇🏾

[King's India Institute @KingsIndiaInst]

3 days to go
Join us for a virtual roundtable with the authors of the book Social Media and Hate, Shakuntala Banaji & Ram Bhat + @SunilMitraKumar @SudhirSelvaraj @krvtweets in collab with @BDPeaceAndDev
🗓️ 10 May, 4.00-5.30pm BST
📍 Zoom
Register!
https://t.co/gaDr41IwZA

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

Have always raged about the flippant attitude that US/UK/Schengen nations have towards retaining/handling our passports but this is just next level evil. Apply for a new passport before fleeing for your life!?!?

[Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱 @DutchMFA]

@wasilalitaha @irmavandueren Dear Wasila, we deeply regret the current situation you're in. We were forced to close the embassy and evacuate our staff. Unfortunately, this means we can't get to your passport. We advise to apply for a new passport with your local authorities.

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

Excited to be in conversation with @maliniranga and David Pike tomorrow for the launch of their new book at @KingsIndiaInst. Link to sign up for the hybrid event 👇🏾 @krvtweets
https://t.co/uykKRFlePD

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

@Abu_Django @hissandmiss @YashicaDutt I agree. My point is that Savarna folks' imagination of "inter caste" alliances is often limited to elite castes intermarrying. Hence the use of "Bengali" to refer to caste identity. Not knowing one's caste is a privilege of the elite. I know this coz I grew up among them.

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

All of this! Also a perfect example of how subtext and deliberate ambiguation are used by Savarna folks to obfuscate caste. "Bengali" and "Sindhi" are used to mean "Hindu upper caste" as if there aren't millions of Muslim and Dalit Bengalis and Sindhis in the world.

[Yashica Dutt @YashicaDutt]

Indian Matchmaking and Caste: A tale of flipping stances in a few steps

When Indian Matchmaking premiered in 2020, the desi diaspora (including Indian American journalists) hailed it as the holy grail of representation

Paeans were penned about its significance to South Asians.

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

@hissandmiss @YashicaDutt Even if that's the case (very unlikely), how does it actually work? By people hearing "Bengali" and assuming "Hindu upper caste"? Might we even call that subtext and obfuscation?

[Srilata @TwinerTweets]

@hissandmiss @YashicaDutt Lol. If that was indeed the case then her Bengali-ness would not have been mentioned as part of "inter caste". But thanks for proving my point with your comments.

[King's India Institute @KingsIndiaInst]

As the #SupremeCourtofIndia is hearing petitions on same-sex marriages, #ICYMI 🎥 of the talk by @manuraj1983 titled Emerging Legal and Legislative Frameworks around LGBTQIA+ in India on 29-03-23
Chair: Dr Mohsin Alam Bhat
@KingsSSPP @QMSchoolofLaw
https://t.co/BwiQRCAwtl