Ranjini

My book "The Smart and The Dumb: The Politics of Education in India" is now up for pre-order on Amazon. Out on July 22,2024 📕 The book is an in-depth exploration of how caste, class, and gender shape India’s learning landscape and educational outcomes. amzn.to/3L56wm2

🐉Nala Damajanti - a fabulous performer of animal acts from late 19thC is one of the few women I have been researching with a fellowship from WHN. I write on her and her reptile friends🐍 #womenperformers #performancehistory #WIP

As someone constantly anxious about the rigour and validity of my work, this mention means so much to me as I finish up my PhD. Huge thanks to the jury for this. (2/2)

Just spent a few wonderful days at the 2024 @PSinternatl conference astounded at the breadth and depth of performance research underway. And super delighted to have received an honourable mention for my paper from the Routledge Award. (1/2)

The Indian Edition of my book on how social spaces shaped the public sphere in modern Kerala, is now available on Amazon. Here's the cover image, featuring art by Kadambari, and photos from my fieldwork Please buy if you can, & share for reach! 😀 amazon.in/Social-Spaces-…

@steewtweets Hahahaha on the back of this tweet it feels yes

"Thanks for the effort Rahul that you've put into all this mathematics" should be on a t-shirt and get distributed across all journalism schools in the country.

📢📚 FRESH! Three recent books demonstrate how caste, gender and sexuality collectively shape Indian modernity and, consequently, contemporary Indian society. A review essay by @chaltipatang himalmag.com/culture/lavani…

A Boeing's flight was once compared to the liquid rhythms of Manipuri dance! The recent #AirIndia 'safety mudras' reminded me of a print ad from the back of a 1960s magazine from a relative's personal collection, and that many of the old timetables used to feature Indian dances.

Looking forward to this :)

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Only a couple of years before the 'official' launch of the 'anti-nautch' campaign, one can see competing attitudes to nautch as a supposed " monstrosity of immorality".

Happy new year! Here's an adequately timed post then, because it describes reactions to Prince Albert time in Calcutta, where according to Wikipedia at least, he arrived in time for New Year in 1890.

@pallaviaiyar Coco (2017)

Can you pls add to my list of feel good movies: Paddington /2 Kung-fu Panda Bridget Jones x3 The Full Monty Four Weddings and a Funeral What else?

Hello. I am writing a news piece on the Chennai dance season and how/whether it is attempting to be a more inclusive, less exclusionary space. Do reach out if you have something to say about this, you know someone who could be a good person to talk to about this.

Performing tomorrow for the Being Human Festival!

@nsingal14 Thanks so much Nidhi! Hopefully soon!

@ran_jini Wow! I am so sorry to be missing your performance again. All the best.

The Newspaper Dance beinghumanfestival.org/events/newspap…