Ninad Pandit

History, politics, cities, and design, with some photos. Assistant Professor of History @cooperunion

[Economic & Political Weekly @epw_in]

The Millworkers' Strike of 1982-83 and its Aftermath | The National Commission on Urbanisation’s 1988 legacy in shaping India’s urban development is critically examined, with a focus on Bombay.
Ninad Pandit writes in EPW:
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[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

I went to Jejuri temple in western India and took some photos. They’re now part of a photo essay that I wrote for Alternative South Asia Photography. Let me know what you think!

@asap_connect

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[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

Why do U.S. supermarkets charge such a high markups? Gross margin in the U.S. is 25%, and 8% in the U.K. https://t.co/xsLkPNiR2a

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

@Rach4Patriarchy @KaniRosi Wait so you’re now saying a “biological female” should compete as a male athlete if that better suits your narrative? I’m very confused.

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

@AdiSpeaX @Bhai_saheb @ANI Slipper was actually thrown at Modiji though. I’d have thought you would not want to bring up slippers.

[Amitav Ghosh @GhoshAmitav]

Over the last ten years the Indian govt made many grandiose claims about its environmental record. But it was all greenwashing. In reality India "ranked last in the world i.e. 180 out of 180 countries on the 2022 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)." The actual record is well summarized here: https://t.co/3mS6wQ099D

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

@dhume @shrutikapila @dhume you could be right but the fact remains that Modi-Shah have crushed all internal opposition and dissent for ten years and prevented any real second tier leadership from emerging. And the underlings have now tasted blood.

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

@dhume @saliltripathi Maybe Modi did badly this time because his beard length was particularly variable these last few years? This could be a breakthrough.

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

@dhume @saliltripathi @dhume you seem to be ignoring the complete stranglehold that Modi has on the election machinery and the judiciary when you assess his “spectacular success” in winning elections. Not to mention the curious habit of putting his opponents in jail and freezing their bank accounts.

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

@elonmusk @hankgreen You’re just sad you’re not getting government subsidies and tax breaks like other times.

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@MsTeamKK @elonmusk Fee speech

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Amazon seems to be suggesting the NLRB's pursuit of a court injunction to reinstate a fired activist–a tactic the NLRB uses to try to prevent employers from using retaliation to unduly influencing workers against unionization–itself constituted "undue influence" in favor of union

[S lrfan Habib एस इरफान हबीब عرفان حبئب @irfhabib]

This is corporatisation of monuments, where they end up as modern structures, losing the heritage value. Look after them without meddling with the flavours of the period these memorials represent.

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

Front page from March 9, 2020 @nytimes. Found at the Center for Writing after returning to campus @cooperunion after 17 months and some days.

[Lionel Barber @lionelbarber]

Congratulations to the New Statesman to have the wit to translate and publish this devastating indictment of Boris Johnson and his post Brexit government written by a German journalist in London. A must read ICYMI https://t.co/hoJwNIXdk0

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@pstplanet @Newsweek @sarasanteria

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@Newsweek Yeseul Song @pstplanet creates Invisible Sculptures that interrogate sculpture's (in)visibility and spatiality by creating sculptures that occupy space but can only be "seen" by senses other than vision, challenging our notions of what is art.

https://t.co/sjObahFOHU

[Dr. Nitheesh Narayanan @NitheeshNaranan]

We are dehumanised at every step. The day at the national capital of India. The country is making our citizens to wish for death, not holding up the struggles for life..!!

[Ninad Pandit @ninadpandit]

@ZaidJilani Are you saying that NYPD, the best funded PD @ $5.6B, 3x the budget of LAPD and highest $ per citizen, should be getting more money? Or that they should just figure out better ways to spend that money effectively? Very easy to make abstract arguments against defund.

[Yo-Yo Ma @YoYo_Ma]

For India.
Sarabande from Bach's Suite for Solo Cello No. 4. #songsofcomfort