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What does development mean for each? Who are included within the development discourse? What changes take place in terms of governance and ownership of resources, as a port-city is formed? These are some of the crucial questions that we attempt to address in this article.

📣 @ker_ala's 2-day workshop for writers in English & Malayalam is back! Develop your idea or research into a popular piece with us--build your writing & editing skills with feedback from experienced mentors. 🗓️ Apply by July 20 Please share for reach. alablog.in/uncategorized/…

#Archives Public Lecture Series #70! Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 4 PM Independent India's Promise of 'People's Health' Shreelata Rao Seshadri in conversation with N S Abhilasha This is an online event. Registration and more details here: ncbs.res.in/events/apls-ap…

I recently saw a post on a social media platform where a researcher who taught politics, at a well-known institute, shed their treasured glimpses and experiences in a city. While to read about the experience was interesting, I noticed that these imageries are largely associated with migrant labourers and working class population. And this has been defined as an “enduring spirit of youthfulness”. Yes the image of the working class, struggling to somehow survive without being able to, or afford to fall sick or die, is indeed a delightful aesthetic composition.

Brief take on Onam and it's Moral imaginations @IndianExpress indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

Onam is celebrated as a festival of prosperity and unity, according to Google and popular media. For me, however, Onam has been much more than that. It's when the entire immediate family flocks to one place: the ancestral home. I've always seen my mother, aunts, female cousins, and me work from early morning until the afternoon to wait on the men, who eat lunch first. Only then do we serve ourselves food. Of course, the men celebrate Onam on the porch of the house. After lunch, we get to cleaning all the vessels and the kitchen. Once the work is done, it's time for tea and snacks. After tea, the cycle repeats: we cook, serve, and clean again. #OnamVibes

Proofreading done. Cover reveal soon. See you in bookstores, this October!

You've heard about Gujaratis, Keralites, etc. across the world, but how are they spread across India itself? The word 'videsi' after all is also used among internal migrants. 📢My new paper provides estimates on these different 'linguistic diasporas' of India (1/5)

Thanks to @afsartelugu's invitation, here's a summary of my book presented for Saaranga. Please ignore the overexposed background! youtube.com/watch?v=kZ6Hbd…

The Critical Urbanism Program, U of Basel, the Urban Institute, U of Sheffield, and Soc-Cultural Anthropology, Leiden will conduct a School of Urban Popular Economy in Nairobi from Feb 2-6, 2026. Fully funded opportunities for 11 early career scholars. If interested contact:

New @AgrarianChange "Symposium: Blue Economy Struggles—Capital and Power in the Global Ocean". Edited by Mads Barbesgaard, Liam Campling, and Felix Mallin, it challenges the political and economic myths of today’s "Blue Economy era". Intro & contributions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

🚨🚨 Doing another round of this call for anyone who might be interested. Please retweet for reach, especially if you know friends in Ireland!

Going to use @thenewsminute's happy birthday to plug some of my writing for them. Starting with TNM's first(?) subscriber-reporter collab, when @cristweets and I wrote about chayakkadas. thenewsminute.com/kerala/keralas…

Elated to read him on print. Sure this work deserves engagement and wider readership. So happy for you Sandeepan!

PARI photographer and journalist @chempkumar writes on the footwear he’s encountered in his life and work, and the stories they tell of the people wearing them

People's Plan (Kerala) & GFA (Northern Ireland) ushered a new developmental path for these regions in the '90s. @JohnDoyleDCU and I compare these cases, looking @ how the question of space is crucial to studying participatory development. @LawGovDCU 🧵sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

So my question to the concerned civil servant is, how do you plan on addressing these concerns. Does public hearing mean to the state a mere participation of the stakeholders or do you think you are accountable to address them as well? instagram.com/p/C8ZiFf0s6Jj/…

NET-JRF is an important exam in India when you consider the needs of thousands of students aspiring for PhDs/ employment. It can be modified to include essays like it used to be when my generation took the exam years ago. Further–