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@j_chitrakshi yes exactly. exactly. a million times over.

@MaLawdy So much of advice on the use of AI in research focusses on the output (dissertation) (that apparently AI can produce in significantly less time), its so offensive to me that your personal transformation is not seen as the end! The dissertation is the by product

call me old-school but: is there really a market for hacks on using LLMs to research like a PhD student? nothing in the hacks on the "you"ness. on how a reading can change you before you make something out of it. on the unfolding of a researcher in you, as you find your voice.

holy fucking shit

Today, 100 days are complete since the detention of Ka Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act. His crime ? Reminding the government of its own promise of sixth schedule protection and constitutional empowerment of the people of Ladakh. The government of the day has miserably failed to understand Ladakh and its peace- loving people. The incarceration of Ka Sonam Wangchuk - who is dearly loved across the region- is in many ways an incarceration of all the Ladakhis . #freesonamwangchuk

#FacultyPublication "Most scholarship on Indian higher education regulation, rooted in a political economy framework, has focussed on identifying why domestic universities lag in quality, scale, cost, and accessibility." Siddharth Saxena, Assistant Professor of Law, #NLSIU, in his recent article looks into "Instrumentalising the university: the principles underlying higher education regulation at India’s founding." Know more: #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Do join - an important book, and some fabulous speakers.

India's Centralisation Migraine: When Tech and Finance Crush Federalism thewire.in/government/ind…

the good old hive mind: please recommend a basic coffee machine for our office? something that can make about 5-8 cups of nice-ish coffee a day (not instant coffee)!

📢The 2026 ICON•S Annual Conference Call for Submissions is out! Join us in #Dublin 🇮🇪 from June 29 – July 1, 2026! Read the 🧵for details ⬇️

New blog post: Facilitating Digital Censorship – I: A Critique of the Karnataka High Court’s Decision in X v Union of India. A guest post by Rudraksh Lakra. [Link in tweet below. 👇🏼]

what’s this temptation to reason from policy - necessity, interest, scale, markets etc. - even for us lawyers? there may be great policy reasons to do things but surely that doesn’t justify the thing alone. constitutional process matters. the Constitution matters.

A brand new children’s library opens at the Bangalore International Centre: curated by @ChampacaBooks. So important to have free, open public spaces.

Link to the online edition indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Whatever one may say about online real money gaming being essentially gambling, ends don’t justify means in constitutional law. The Union has imo openly and unconstitutionally assumed State List fields like sport, gambling, even public health and trade and commerce. My piece:

I think this is spot on has been a life-changing concept for me to apply to work in the last many years too

new post on the Alexander Technique website! The appropriate amount of effort is zero expandingawareness.org/blog/the-appro…

Just read this excellent deep dive by @mrajshekhar into the government's abrupt decision to ban online gaming. Today's must read: thewire.in/business/speci…