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Humanity's urban future will depend on the way urban future in the Global South will be forged. The global Southern urban is the urbanism of our time. Registration link: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Join us at @MCRG_CRG for release & discussion of A MANIFESTO FOR OUR URBAN FUTURE, with @sanmezza @XazaarAdjame @BanerjeePaula #veronicagago #ranabirsamaddar. Link to register in comment below. Humanity's urban future depends on how urban future in the Global South will be forged

Vote for those who could not vote. #ritwikghatak #kolkatastreetart

@XeroGround has just published my article on the six ways in which citizenship rights were pushed back in India, in the last six weeks. A shorter version in Bangla, documenting Five backward steps, was published in Kalantar last week. The link to the English article is below.

Statistics tell us how many. We want to know how it feels. 🧠📉 Behind every "deleted" checkmark on a voter list is a person facing uncertainty, anxiety, and a sense of exclusion. At Sabar Institute, we are launching a state-wide rapid survey to document the mental health toll of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise across West Bengal. We aren't just looking for data collectors; we are looking for volunteers who want to help us bridge the gap between numbers and the human story. 🤝 Join us as a Volunteer. Help us document the psychological impact of disenfranchisement in your community. 📍 Open to all districts of West Bengal. 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/Bjz1wNXL8oyooX… #WestBengal #MentalHealth #SocialJustice #SIR2026 #VolunteerIndia

Suddenly disenfranchised voters told that appeals not before SDO office but in a college. See how they desperately run to new venue. For the poor, the Voter Identity ties them to govt benefits. Such scenes would melt the heart of even Marie Antoinette! x.com/SMitra_/status…

@RailwaySeva @drmhowrah I have done that. The person in the seat next to me is also writing a formal complaint. Now the AC is back on, but switches off every five minutes, while the electric connection in the plug points also disappears.

@sambeeswax @drmhowrah We regret the experience you had. Please share your PNR number and mobile no. preferably via DM to enable us to take immediate action. You may also raise your concern directly on railmadad.indianrailways.gov.in or dial 139 for speedy redressal. twitter.com/messages/compo…

@AshwiniVaishnaw @RailMinIndia @RailSeva_PRO @railseva @EasternRailway the AC on 13053 EV 1 Compartment has stopped working since the train left Howrah. What’s the point of building overpriced coaches that stink to high heavens and suffocate the passengers to death?

In one of the many things one gets up to during Calcutta winters, here’s a book talk by @oishik_shakya who explores ways of remembering of the collective blot on our conscience. Happy to be in conversation, especially in view of our next film Citizen Nagar

@metrorailwaykol is there a reason why important fire safety information on #kolkatametro is obscured by an advertisement about an astrologer? @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva

Every toilet stinks to high heavens. A 6 hour journey already delayed by 4.

When the train arrives, S 1 beyond the platform, need to travel through five stinking compartments before reaching the seat.

@AshwiniVaishnaw @RailMinIndia @RailwaySeva @EasternRailway at #jhantipahari station 18014 delayed by 3 hours, no light in ladies’ toilet, no waiting room, 3 women shivering in the cold till 2 am.

IDSK is organising a 4 day comprehensive workshop on AI and Development Practices. Last date is 18th Nov. Offline, 3000 Rs, fantastic resource persons. Do take a look. #Artifi idsk.edu.in/wp-content/upl…

@DebalinaMajumd4’s #friendsofjilipibala will have its world premiere at #kiff2025 . Proud to be a coproducer and collaborator.

@JillFilipovic @Kasparov63 India, Pakistan, Bangladesh are neither meant for one race, nor do only people of one religion reside there. All of these are multilingual, multiethnic, multiracial countries with many religions practised there.

Fair enough, but does anyone who makes this point every ague that Pakistan, Bangladesh, Algeria, Jordan, Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Yemen, Iran, and a long list of others don't have a right to exist?

NWMI strongly condemns the exclusion of women journalists from the press conference held in the Embassy of Afghanistan in Delhi by the country’s Foreign Minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, on October 10.

⁦@AcademicChatter⁩ #academicsinindia are you enjoying the rare holiday season in eastern India or does a new review request land in your email box everyday?