Maya Nandakumar

Political Science PhD @UChicago | Currently working on nationalism, collective memory, and trauma | Lapsed classicist | Enthusiastic @Wellesley alumna

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

Once, my professor and I disagreed on BC/AD and BCE/CE and she told me that she wouldn’t accept a paper that used the system I preferred, so I turned in a 50 page essay with all the dates in AUC (ab urbe condita) 🤷🏾‍♀️

[Eduardo García-Molina @eduardo_garcmol]

Frankly this conversation about using BC/AD or BCE/CE is silly when there is a clear superior dating system: Seleukid Era.

[ESPN India @ESPNIndia]

A year of protest against the federation chief.
Slept on pavements for 40 days.
Was beaten, dragged by the police.
Nearly immersed all her medals in the Ganga.
Underwent knee surgery.
Sealed her Olympic spot after an unforgiving qualification process.
Became the 1st Indian woman wrestler to qualify for three successive Olympics.

And now, she's beaten the unbeatable defending champ, won two more bouts to become the first Indian woman to reach a wrestling Olympic final.

Words fail to appreciate what Vinesh Phogat has just done.

https://t.co/ItdNkkWO1w | #Paris2024

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

The coconut tree line is also an extremely common phrase in Tamil Nadu, where her mother is from 🤷🏾‍♀️

[Nathan FOIA Tankus @NathanTankus]

FYI, the Coconut Tree line is not actually Kamala's own words. Its her quoting her mother, who was a friend of Cedric Robinson and cited in Black Marxism. Her mother was almost certainly coming up with a child-accessible explanation of the Marx quote

https://t.co/Wvl8oZihfN

[Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics @readliberties]

"Gay Talese described her as “determinedly dowdy.” For Mary McCarthy, it was up to the viewer. She described Adler, who was dating her son, as 'a thin, rather Biblical-looking Jewish girl . . . who is either quite homely or a beauty, according to taste.'"
https://t.co/CxC0M92NQZ

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@AirCanada @lufthansa @EGYPTAIR stuck in munich thanks to your code share— can’t find a real person to speak to and so far the only help i’ve received is “inshallah you’ll get there” 🙄

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@lufthansa what’s happening in @MUC_Airport ???? next to no staff, cancelled flights. we keep hearing different excuses— bad weather, engineering problems, no ground staff. been stuck here almost 12 hours with no end in sight, no food, and no hotel. worst customer service ever!

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@ehatmat Interesting! Chiming in to say that I've never seen this used in any of the international political documents (UNESCO, Hague, etc.) Would be curious to hear what you find out!

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@classicsgaymer @MetalClassicist If poetry is welcome, there are some undertones of this theme in Persephone the Wanderer by Louise Glück!

[Eduardo García-Molina @eduardo_garcmol]

Did I do it right?

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

Pericles
Socrates
Plato
Alcibiades

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

I was fortunate enough to have dinner with Secretary Albright at @AlbrightInst in 2018. Among everything else that was remarkable about her, I’ll never forget her dry wit, incredible sense of humor, and love for all things @Wellesley

[Madeleine Albright @madeleine]

Below is a statement from the family of @Madeleine:

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@RoseAOwen (Plato also claims this is why Orpheus meets his death at the hands of women)

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@RoseAOwen (2) from Ovid, Orpheus thinks that Eurydice stopped following him while he was leading her out of the underworld, so he turns around to check on her (and also is just eager to see her)

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@RoseAOwen (3) from Plato, instead of choosing to die for love, Orpheus dared to demand that Eurydice return to Earth to be with him. As a result, the Gods consider him a coward and punish him by offering Eurydice and then taking her back to the underworld

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@RoseAOwen I think there are a few versions, but these are the most famous: (1) from Vergil, Orpheus reaches the light and is overcome with passion so he turns to look at Eurydice, but forgets that the condition is they both need to be above ground for her to stay on Earth

[Maya Nandakumar @MayaNandakumar]

@marilisdugas @NYUJLPP @marilisdugas this is amazing! I’m excited to read it!

[маша moment @martymartinage]

ma’am, i get that it’s a fire hazard or whatever, but i need you to understand that this is my emotional support life sized emily dickinson cardboard cutout and her presence is non-negotiable.

[David J. Wright @rmavirumquecano]

I made a meme about a disciplinary issue. #CLS102