Suruchi moving to @suruchi425.bsky.social
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Suruchi moving to @suruchi425.bsky.social
@Suruchi254
Researcher @defindia| previous @JNU | urban geography |socio-spatial dimensions | citizenships | digital rights | access | welfare




It can’t prove date of birth, it can’t get you a passport, it can’t save you from getting pushed out forcibly to Bangladesh. My high-school mark sheet did all three, without any digilocker mumbo-jumbo. What is Aadhaar good for then? Genuine question.





In the villages of Darma Valley where ration, pension, MNREGA payments, and even basic healthcare updates depend on mobile apps and Aadhaar-based alerts, the absence of signal means an absence of access. thenewsminute.com/connecting-the…






Launched in 2020, Svamitva scheme aimed to use drones to map inhabited rural areas in India to issue property cards to villagers, many of whom had no documents to prove ownership over their land. commonground.stck.me/post/780596/Wh… But Vaishnavi Rathore & Nolina Minj found records thus generated were riddled with errors.




#IndianIR twitter, please share job openings (research) for fresh PhDs in Delhi/India in the thread below?I will compile it into a document & make public access. p.s: Please NO unpaid gigs + no RA work. If you won't offer it to an elite US/UK PhD then the same applies to us🙏







