Anand Vivek Taneja’s new book is beautiful. (Free @ https://t.co/dfkUeKfmbg ) There is learning here for anyone thinking about how to deal w/ an oppressive state & fractured society: the power of poetry (& old women) to create space to feel & voice an ethical orientation of love.
Thanks to @SheraliTareen, I got to write a piece in a forum responding to @jbartonscott 's thought-provoking book, Slandering the Sacred. I was provoked, and wrote about Tom Coryate, @zoo_bear, and Sulh-i-kull
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@vfsglobalcare hi! It’s been 3 weeks plus since I applied for a UK visa from US, got confirmation from UKVI that decision had been made, need to get passport back ASAP as traveling to Turkey Saturday. Can you help? hard to get in touch with VFS and no response to
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The outsized sympathy and concern for 5 for billionaires vs the indifference to 500 poor migrants tells us about how capitalism and imperialism has conditioned us to value life.
I'm giving a talk on Maulana Azad, sparrows, and minority agency in India this Saturday on zoom (10 am Nashville, 11 am Washington DC, 830 pm India). With introductory comments by @sepoy and concluding reflections by @Shaunnaroder
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If you want to hear some brilliant questions (and some bumbling answers) please listen to this podcast featuring the brilliant Saniya Ahmed as host, and yours truly as the guest. This is one of the most fun conversations I've had in a while. Lots of Urdu poetry quoted too :)
📢 Catch @bulleyah Dr. Anand V. Taneja in the new episode of Haqq with our host Saniya Ahmad where they dissect how Indian Muslims are bringing their religious tradition in conversation with the everyday lived realities of marginalization.
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J&K which accounts for less than 5%of total Muslim population of India contributed 26%decline in enrolment since 2019.
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Muslims in higher education: A sobering tale
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The Hindu Right's obsession about India's Islamicate past, which makes its members plumb the depths of depravity very often, comes from a tremendous sense of inferiority. I talked about it on The Harjinder Thind Show on @redfmvancouver recently. @harjindersthind#TipuSultan
I'm giving a talk on Muslim engagements with Hindu dharma in an age of Hindutva at George Mason University this Wednesday. It's also on Zoom. Details in the link below.
Wednesday May 3: 9.30 pm Delhi/12 pm Washington DC/11 am Nashville/10 am Santa Fe
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