In a happy coincidence, an article I wrote from a chapter of the thesis was published last week on Culture and Religion. It explores the scriptural concept of strīdharma (women's moral-religious duties) as the basis of caste mobilisation among Brahmins. https://t.co/yzzFOVbiFI

Day 1 since Mamdani got elected, public schools in NYC are already teaching schoolchildren Arabic numerals

dune machale dune machale dune

Two of the five dard e disco cities are now under the caliphate

Parents took the caste survey in Bangalore but the people taking it insisted on noting my mom’s caste as the same as dads (it’s not) So not sure how reliable the data that comes from this on inter caste marriages will be.

for the time being. My PhD friends' and supervisors' support in navigating the job market during the uncertainty of post-PhD life is noteworthy. @baweshpradhan has been a constant source of encouragement in my journey to London. Brimming with gratitude. #teaching #academia

debating political concepts and contexts. I would consider myself successful if I replicate 10% of the enthusiastic discussions our tutorials used to have. Amidst the bleak situation of academic jobs in the UK and in other countries, I consider myself lucky to pursue teaching...

and area studies for my PhD (South Asian Studies). I also taught Sociology courses on Gender and Research Design at The University of Edinburgh during my PhD. Some of my favourite classroom experiences as a student have been in my first year of undergrad,

This semester, I will be leading seminars for undergraduate students on the course, 'Fundamentals of Politics'. It is wonderful to return to Politics. With an undergraduate degree in the discipline, I moved to an interdisciplinary field for my MA (Development Studies)...

After passing an intense and rewarding viva with minor corrections in July, I am delighted to start working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Department of Political Economy, @KingsCollegeLon!

Sushila Karki - First female chief justice of Nepal - First female prime minister (interim) of Nepal - First prime minister in the world to be chosen through a Discord poll

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

“Today a NAAC grade is mandatory for marketing. The better the grade, the more students enroll.” It also means that they are prioritised over others when it comes to funds. https://t.co/WojH03QysH Academics explained why many institutions resort to unscrupulous measures to

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One doesn't expect nuanced takes on politics& security from the hypernationalist circles in Ind&Pak. But the past week has revealed something more surprising. It’s the glaring gap in how some otherwise critical scholars (non-South Asianists) approach Ind–Pak relations 1/16🧵

Lol sums up my thesis - Tamil Brahmin women's complicity in reproducing caste identity is agentic and benefits them.

The unwavering support and solid feedback of my supervisors, Hugo Gorringe and @GovindaRadhika, made the project possible.

I am excited to have submitted my PhD thesis! My thesis of 80,000+ words explores the 'Brahmin' as a gendered category. That this intersectional and critical exploration of caste and gender was submitted on Ambedkar Jayanti (14 April) holds much value for me.

In this article, I will make a simple argument incomprehensibly…

My beloved professor went missing and us five of his most devoted students set out trying to find him for the last two hours with help of police. I and another student found him waiting at the bottom of the history building finally and he just said "why did everyone skip class?"