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'Private property in farming land [in India] was created by one stroke of a pen in 1793 by Lord Cornwallis dispossessing the peasantry...To rectify land issues, we must reclaim land as a commons with shared use rights for both men and women'. (V. Shiva) frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/int…

Much of what's Marxism today is obsessed with the redistribution —through ‘dispossession’ studies—in a neo-populist fashion; it abstracts from or under-emphasizes the dynamics of production and class. The post-2000s work of David Harvey exemplifies this. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

this paper quantiatively shows what someone told me: "everyone loves interdisciplinary but no one will give u a job if you are interdisciplinary" Hiring at top universities rewards disciplinary loyalty over interdisciplinary breadth. Things are changing. arxiv.org/abs/2503.21912

@wankhedeasang congratulations!!!!

I’ve successfully defended my Doctoral thesis at #Oxford which critiques the expansions of reservations in India in favour of middle and upper castes. Journey from Bhim Nagar Slum to Oxford has come to an end. To the new beginnings and new paths for continuing doing original work

@IndivarJ @culanth great work! Looking forward to reading it!

@ColinMcFarlane3 the city goes to metropolis, lovely! and cheers!

On a sunny Friday morning, chuffed to learn that my book, Waste and the City, has been long listed for this cities award, by Metropolis :) metropolis.org/pattis-family-…. More info on the book here: versobooks.com/en-gb/products…

Let me arrange a red carpet first!

Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students bbc.com/news/articles/…

@vipulsinghEH Congratulations! Would love to read this fascinating work.

An outstanding PhD on the innovative subject of humour, an area both challenging and underexplored. #Delhiuniversity #DU

Shocking, this arrest of Prof Ali Kahn Mehbubabad, Ashoka University. Please read this post by him and ask yourself: What is anti women about this? How does this spread religious hatred or strife? And how on earth does it constitute an “Act endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India” (BNS, Section 152 cited in the FIR)? Kuchh bhi? How can the police act based on such a ridiculous complaint as below? What was the great urgency to arrest him, on a Sunday, from outside the state? What’s happening here? What’s the message? Also ask: while Prof Khas has been arrested, has anything happened to the MP minister who actually insulted Col Sofia? What’s the real message?

@oni_sad_is massive! congrats!!!

@adilhossain Bahut shukriya sir!

@RishiJha_Posts Mubarak sir

Excited to share my new article: Urban Practice in Extremis: Resettlement Policy, Life-Threatening Housing, and Social Change in Mumbai. It develops (anti-)necropolitical thinking in critical th. & social extremis in social sciences. Link, academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-a… Email for copy!

@AjeetPankaj Shukriya bhai!

@aampannaa @BMLUniv congratulations!

Career Update: I've joined the School of Liberal Studies at BML Munjal University.

You may remain single. Amen. 🤡

A good video to highlight why metrics like Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP), per capita income, and a state's share of the national GDP often fail to provide a complete picture of people's well-being.

Why is air fare in India so expensive today? Video- englishaugust

Three levels of wealth: PDF Paperback Hardcover

Several startups are offering quick, on-demand domestic labour, but what does this means for domestic workers? I report: