Dreams of tea parties with Ghalib, Bulleh Shah & Nehru. Postdoc working on Gramscian common-sense, identity and Indian foreign policy at Asia Research Institute
Jan 21, 2020 • 15 tweets • 17 min read
Twitter thread on the ongoing resistance to CAA-NRC and what we @humhindustani70 are trying to do about it, and how you can help. Please share and tag people. Thread starts below
1: It is clear that with 4.5 years in power, we are in for a long fight against an authoritarian leadership and a compromised state machinery. Thus, maintaining (and bolstering) the momentum is very important, and so is raising the morale of the brave protestors
May 11, 2018 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
Over the last few days, have noticed a lot of twitter people discussing why Indian engineers/MBA types tend to mostly swing rightwards. Also, does the inclusion of a few humanities courses make a difference? Read on.
1) People have already covered the usual explanations - male, upper caste, the god complex that accompanies securing an admission. All solid points, but that doesn't account for the fact that the phenomenon often goes beyond savarna males
