Rajshree Chandra

[The Wire @thewire_in]

An Ambedkar School in Hungary and the Question of What Counts as 'Indian' Knowledge

Rajshree Chandra✍️
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[New India Foundation @newindiafndtion]

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Arrested in 1921 for protesting the Prince of Wales's visit, Jagat Narain Lal turned his jail cell into a site of resistance. Pranayam, meditation, exercise, pooja. Every day. Not as withdrawal from the world, but as a message to the colonial state: this body is so trained in enduring suffering that you cannot break it.

Rajshree Chandra calls this a counter-performance. A body that demonstrates the limits of the coercive capacity of the state. Drawing from Vivekananda's Advaita philosophy, Jagat Narain transformed personal suffering into collective resistance, showing fellow inmates what it looks like to refuse subjugation from within.

Swipe to understand the politics of the ascetic body.

Rajshree Chandra is a Round 9 NIF Fellow and author of Competing Nationalisms: The Sacred and Political Life of Jagat Narain Lal, in conversation with NIF Programme Coordinator Rishvanth Reddy Mucheli.

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

Together, they form the Avengers of Historical Dunning-Krugerism™️.

[Rasputin @AnkitOArchives]

Meanwhile:

•J Sai Deepak: Mechanical engineer turned lawyer. No history training.

•Anand Ranganathan: Molecular biologist. No history training.

•Sanjeev Sanyal: Economist. No history training.

Together, they form the Avengers of Historical Dunning-Krugerism™️.

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@Ram_Guha @SOAS Many many congratulations, Ram!

[Nilim Dutta @NilimDutta]

https://t.co/br2pZ15s6d

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

An invisible asterisk now hovers over our fundamental right to free speech and expression…It’s almost as if a new set of de facto “reasonable restrictions” is stealthily attaching itself to Article 19(1(a).⁦@thewire_in⁩ #FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom https://t.co/rERRLZjA9t

[Open Magazine @Openthemag]

Maverick Revolutionaries: Reclaiming two forgotten heroes of the freedom movement, writes @rajshree002 @WestlandBooks https://t.co/E8J51RQfxl

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@NavrozDubash @PrincetonSPIA @PrincetonEnviro Fabulous, congratulations Navroz

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

The IFF describes the Broadcasting Bill as a form of “executive control” and as a “censorship tool” for OTT content & digital news. Let me state three reasons why this law is very problematic, even by the standards of a dwindling democracy. @internetfreedom

[The Wire @thewire_in]

The #BroadcastingBill Broadly Casts the Citizen as a Subject

This Bill is very problematic, even by the standards of a dwindling democracy, for three reasons.

Rajshree Chandra✍️
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[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

NEET cancelled; NET cancelled; CUET delayed - Time to test the NTA for competence and corruption!
#NTA
#NTAhataoDESHbachao

[Anish Gawande @anishgawande]

Another twist in the entrance exam fiasco. UGC-NET, which 9 lakh candidates appeared for across 317 cities, was cancelled for no real reason.

@RitikaChopra__'s brilliant reportage in the Indian Express today shows that the "evidence" used by the Education Ministry to cancel the UGC-NET exam was doctored.

On 19th June, the MHA's Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C) sent a screenshot to the UGC from a Telegram chat pointing to a paper leak. Based on this screenshot, the Education Ministry cancelled the exam.

On June 23, the CBI took over the investigation - only to find that the original screenshot was fake. This isn't corruption - it's worse. This is incompetence. Someone has to be held accountable.

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

citizens.
The true test for decolonized law is not what it calls itself. It is in how it treats its citizens: as “subjects” who cannot be trusted and therefore are treated as the “other”, or as citizens who can hold power accountable?

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Colonial Reality of India’s Criminal Laws Remains Despite the New Hindi Names

The argument that we are in the process of decolonizing laws is a bogus one and it reveals our hypocrisies more than anything else. | Rajshree Chandra✍️

#Law
https://t.co/BjzYPQERVY

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

The grace and dignity with you conducted yourself and helmed CPR will always be remembered and lauded. Go well, @AiyarYamini

[Yamini Aiyar @AiyarYamini]

An absolute privilege to have lead & fought for this remarkable institution. CPR's fierce intellectual independence and democratic spirit have enriched me enormously.
Delighted that @CPR_India leadership will now be in the very capable hands of my wonderful colleague Srinivas.

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@RahulRamagundam @newindiafndtion @RamnathGoenka @PenguinIndia @HistoryLitFest @AAJMI2018 @Ram_Guha Many congratulations Rahul! This is just fabulous

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

The film won the Second Best Long Documentary Award at the 15th IDSFFK.
Location: https://t.co/s6UXq9Gh3n
You could buy tickets for the film, from here - https://t.co/PF6oOHjkgy

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@_YogendraYadav Chardi Kala - An Ode To Resilience'* by Prateek Shekhar is being screend in *Delhi. 30 Mar. in OddBird, Chhatarpur. 4:15 pm.Chronicling the year-long farmers protest, 'Chardi Kala' explores the embodiment of resilience, grace and dignity in the face of apathy.

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@newindiafndtion

[Rishi @RishvanthReddy]

In this new episode of Navigating India, I am in conversation with @rajshree002, to talk about her book, ‘Competing Nationalism: The Sacred and Political Life of Jagat Narain Lal’, the biography of her grandfather.
Spotify: https://t.co/s39dsHWoXX

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@DrVidyaKumarUK @LRB Got it. Many thanks

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@DrVidyaKumarUK @LRB All well dear Vidya. Thanks for checking ❤️

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

@DrVidyaKumarUK @LRB Do share Vidya once the recording is made shareable

[Rajshree Chandra @rajshree002]

Slaying it! Huge respect

[Samita Kaur @samitakaur74]

Senior Journalist of @AmarUjalaNews ... must hear him out. His view on protest , farmers and democracy. #FarmersProtest #FarmersProtest2024