Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why

Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott

A teacher's testimony: Prof. Janaki Nair on denial of bail to two of her students, Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid A renowned retired JNU historian expressed anger after her former students, anti-CAA activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid, were denied bail by the Supreme Court in a UAPA case linked to the Delhi v...

Historian and retired professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Janaki Nair on her incarcerated students, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam

it’s sooo good

Debugging Inequality: Caste and Labour Hierarchies in Indian Gaming Industry | The Ambedkarian Chronicle The author reflects on their own experiences in the industry, the narratives they came across and how caste does in fact shape the process of game development.

Important piece regarding Indian gaming industry. Hope this adds more nuance in south asian games studies discourse.

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eminent historian tanika sarkar on the history of India’s national song, vande mataram, and the exclusionary imagination of the Indian nation as a hindu goddess in distress

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My article on kinship ties, Buddhism, and early medieval states has just been published. Available open access: doi.org/10.1163/9789...

Cover of Wacana journal, vol. 26.3 (2025), with illustrated manuscript page showing a battle scene.

Important group of new studies on the "Kawi culture" that grew out of the use of the Old Javanese in the 8th-15th c. as a cosmopolitan vernacular by speakers of various languages, esp. in Java & Bali. Lots of exciting new work in this field. Wacana 26(3), free download: scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/

archaeology in the age of colonialism

One monk’s lonely battle against Sinhala-Buddhist extremism in Sri Lanka One monk’s battle against extremist Buddhism in Sri Lanka

Galkande Dhammananda is a rarity in Sri Lanka: a monk speaking out against Sinhala-Buddhist nationalism and looking to build bridges after civil war. Jeevan Ravindran writes buff.ly/eMtdqa7

Our latest open access book is out! Classical Art and Ancient India is available in print and free online www.carc.ox.ac.uk/carc/publica...

Ons Jabeur says she’s been called ‘a terrorist’ for trying to help starving people in Gaza:

"I've been called a terrorist so many times. I don't know how that's even related. I'm trying to help people, and especially kids, who are starving."

Source:

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Ranajit Guha on a truly Indian history writing as expropriation of the expropriators

In Space, No One Can Hear You Girlboss Strapped in next to Gayle King and an all-women crew aboard Jeff Bezos’ rocket, the pop star set a record for the most feminist publicity stunt in history as she smashed through the glass ceiling of E...

A pop star floating in zero gravity on a mission funded by Jeff Bezos, one of the richest men in history, while the rest of us guess at what economic downturn or fascist political maneuver will strike next…is exactly how I saw this year unfurling

Over 250-years-old Mughal document throws light on tax waiver for pilgrims at Allahabad Discover a 250-year-old firman from Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II granting religious autonomy to Ganga pilgrims.

Fascinating Mughal order reveals a history of 18th century India the right-wing doesn’t want you to know!

Looking forward to my talk this Tuesday at Notre Dame

at this point this is a Kosambi fan account

kosambi did not mince words

The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF with Babasaheb Mech Head

Aaand the Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF is off to print.

Really cut it close here -- our 1st launch event is Dec 21 at Champaca Bookstore in Bangalore! 😅

We're hoping to do events in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, London, & maybe Hyderabad & NYC too... watch this channel!

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