abhilash chetia wanniang

Sumit Sarkar writing on the Gulf War in 1991. Now replace Iraq with Iran and Saddam Hussein with Ayatollah Khamenei. The response of India's urban elite, the BJP, and its lapdogs has only remained consistent (see highlighted portions).

@anvita_gauri happy birthday, friend!

what a perfect perfect birthday! one of the bestest somehow or maybe it feels like that because I had zero expectations. nothing grand, me and my solitude and lovely lovely people ordering so much stuff for me, and fun video call with family and lots of me time and self care, yay

@ohopheliaaaaaaa If one clears JRF, the score is valid for 3 years. For the other two categories (NET and PhD only), the score is valid only for a year for PhD admission. UGC NET Assistant Professorship is valid for lifetime though.

PhD people, pls tell me if getting through ugc net in the second semester of master's will be valid for PhD admissions or not?! Yahan jnu mein kisine bola ki ye log ek saal pehle ka result hi accept karte hain something, i am losing my mind

The Indian National Congress (INC) unequivocally condemns the targeted assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Hosseini Khamenei, in a military strike carried out without a formal declaration of war. The INC extends its deepest condolences to the Supreme Leader's family, to the people of Iran, and the Shia community around the world in this moment of profound grief. We stand in solidarity with them as they navigate this grave crisis. India's foreign policy is anchored in a commitment to the peaceful settlement of disputes through dialogue and respect for international law, as mandated in Article 51 of the Constitution of India. These principles-sovereign equality, non- intervention and the promotion of peace are foundational to India's civilisational values. Given this, the conflict in West Asia is deeply antithetical to our commitment to Vasudhaiva Kutumbaka ("the world is one family"), Mahatma Gandhi's doctrine of ahimsa (non-violence), Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's policy of non-alignment. The targeted use of force to destabilise the leadership and governing structures of a sovereign state whether in Iran or earlier in Venezuela-signals a disturbing revival of regime-change doctrines and coercive unilateralism. It also contravenes the United Nations Charter-especially Article 2(4), which expressly prohibits "the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state," and Article 2(7), which forbids intervention in matters essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state. A targeted killing of a sitting head of state strikes at the heart of these international rules. Sovereignty is not conditional, and political legitimacy cannot be manufactured through force. The INC reiterates that it is the inalienable right of every nation's citizens to determine their own political future. No external power has the authority to engineer regime change or dictate the leadership of another state. Such actions amount to imperialism and are fundamentally incompatible with a genuinely rules- based international order.

The hate campaign in Assam works for the BJP and the CM because a very influential section of Assamese society shares their bigotry. The nativist discourse gels very well with the Hindutva rhetoric and the results are clear. The Assamese intelligentsia is complicit in this.

@anvita_gauri thanks much, anvita! 🌻🥰

@UncleLash happi happi beautiful new year to you bestie 💕✨

happy new year! and here's hoping :')

The systematic assault on academic rigour continues. The absurdity of the objections raised serves as a grim punchline to the joke that Indian academia has become. indianexpress.com/article/cities…

@ProfSrilaRoy sending you warmth🌻

@bombil_fry @PhilipPanass and the ridiculous defence that this kind of research is too niche for us peasants to understand.

@bombil_fry sigh!

@bombil_fry i don't know why i read this at all, not even remotely linked to my work or interests

@bombil_fry 😂😭 sorry

@PhilipPanass haha, I was actually wondering if you have come across this article yet.

It's good to see people openly calling out trash research. A friend sent me this article a few hours ago, and I was spellbound. (And, by the way, Abhilash is more courageous than I am given he doesn't have the cover of anonymity.)

@Rituparna37 I was so looking forward to this but couldn't make it because I got an allergic reaction this afternoon.

To everyone who took the effort to make it today, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have so much hope from the region's young and upcoming scholars and such days only reinforces my hope. Thanks Raghu for the space.

@swatiatrest 😭 perhaps your number has not been leaked

@UncleLash They don't love me. :(

Folks in Kolkata, are you too getting incessant calls for survey on the political situation in West Bengal?

@swatiatrest I have got so many automated calls from CVoter asking which party I am voting for in the Assam polls.

@keysers0ze_80 No one calls me :(

@petravonkantfr hehe, thank you 🥰

best time of the year for pork recipes: pork with leafy greens and bamboo shoot. and maa's little green corner is blooming.

I actually don’t care that Jacobin publishes terrible articles, the problem is they not interested in publishing the debates, and thus the articles from Burgis, Chibber, et. al. are increasingly tiresome polemics against an invisible enemy they never have to respond directly to.