Bhanwari sat on a jute cot in the verandah of her dilapidated house, gazing at the backyard, flooded in the rains. The peeling walls and the rusting windows of her house mirror how she feels in her bones these days—like the autumn of an exhausted feminist.
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My article in Indian Express.
Gandhi toured Noakhali & Mewat in his frail frame wrapped in a dhoti. He was not afraid of his people. Those who move in armored convoys lack that faith.
Inclusive India will rise with empathy & courage to defeat the hate of Golwalkar & Savarkar.
Notably, the state police actively support Patel and her Foundation members in many of their operations, raising questions about the role of law enforcement in these incidents.
An excellent example of how a) vocab of decolonisation/ indigeneity/social justice is used in service of right wing majoritarian politics in postcolonial states & b) UC/upper class desis unproblematically appropriate POC/migrant subject position in elite academic spaces abroad.
engaging with politics is so so depressing because the only answer the ruling government has for Manipur is whataboutery….not one measure of engagement that isn’t PR
This is a terror attack that specifically targeted Muslims. It is the product of continuous anti-Muslim hate speech & unwillingness of @narendramodi to put an end to it. Will the accused #RPFJawan become a future BJP candidate? Will his bail be supported by the govt? Will he be garlanded when released? Happy to be proven wrong #JaipurMumbaiExpress
The Dutch Parliament approves a bill that requires large streaming services to invest a portion of their revenue in local productions https://t.co/dZmd7drMhU
Holy Shit. Elon Musk just popped into a Twitter Spaces chat with a bunch of journalists. He was called out by journalist Drew Harrell, who he banned, for lying about posting links to his private information, then leaves almost immediately after being pressed. Here is the exchange