Researcher @ JNU | Political Science | Author at Outlook India, The Quint, The Leaflet, The Wire, FII & more.
| Feminism 🏳️🌈 | Socialism🚩| Social Justice💙
Aug 16, 2024 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Okay, some things that ought to be said at this moment:
Can these sudden & occasional middle-class outbursts of rage or whatever be trusted? These protests r always couched in a vocabulary that talk of a 'perfect victim' & a woman's body which is allowed to carry honour. +
This should not have happened to her, not because her body was violated & that is wrong. But b/c 'she was a doctor', 'she was practicing a nobel profession', 'she wasn't even wearing anything like that', 'she was doing a 36 hours duty', 'she was meritorious' etc etc. +
Aug 6, 2023 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
Early PhDs, if u r worried abt how to write a synopsis, don't be. I hv compiled some pointers based on my experience. See this 🧵
@THINKAcademia @AcademicChatter
@PhDVoice
Since the time u start reading on ur research area, make a habit of making detailed typed notes and categorise them into folders. For eg, if u r reading something on methodology, put it in a section on method.
Jun 16, 2023 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
On Research Fellowships in India:
PhD demands a certain level of material comfort & financial stability which at this point is completely unavailable to researchers working in our part of the world.
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Here is the situation of diff. kinds of fellowships available to us & why they aren't working:
* Non-NET: The amount is extremely low in most of the universities owing to the funds unavailability to Public Uni., keeping in view the cost of living in today's times.
