Since we wrote this, it's become even more disturbingly relevant. E.g the supposedly 'decolonised' new criminal laws which actually keep all the colonial-era repression (in place of 'sedition' 'anti-national' activities) & remove all post-47 safeguards. Lata is tired #CEASEFIRE_NOW Giti Chandra

Thank you all for reading. We need to keep conversations going.

The Ganga river basin contains 50 per cent of India’s electorate. So the only Ramayana that really matters to Hindutva politicians is the 16th century Ramcharitmanas of Goswami Tulsidas written in Awadhi, a dialect of Hindi. There are, however, several hundred Ramayanas beyond

My column this week is on new global gender divide and its implications ft.com/content/29fd9b… But let’s dig deeper:

Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו The court says otherwise. ICJ full ruling list with captions : x.com/GozukaraFurkan…

A thread of global reactions to ICJ provisional measures ruling in South Africa v Israel as they come. 🧵 First the EU🇪🇺: “Orders of the International Court of Justice are binding on the Parties. The European Union expects their full, immediate and effective implementation.”

Despite the onscreen scroll being pretty fast, it still takes over *seven* minutes to go through all the names. 😢 If you’re still defending, or even denying, the killing of thousands of Palestinian kids, take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror.

Justice Lokur: You have had the case of Umar Khalid asking for bail, which has not been listed for a long time. There have been 13 adjournments. Ultimately, the lawyer said that we wanted to withdraw the case because they knew what the result was going to be. They knew the fate

Such a joy indeed ♥️

Thank you Bristol Uni Press for inviting us to reflect on our work. Always such a privilege to share intellectual space with @J_Schoeneberg! 👏🏾🙏🏾

I have a story in this issue! So excited!! Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad thank you for inviting me to be part of Tasavvur ♥️

Francesco Verso, Amit R. Baishya,Atanu Bhattacharya, Tabish Khair, Gautam Vegda, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Manjula Padmanabhan, Giti Chandra and more will be sharing their thoughts N (She / Her) Seagull Books سیگل Lavanya Lakshminarayan | Interstellar MegaChef Giti Chandra AnnieZaidi Mehr Husain Arpita Das (she/her) sabin muzaffar

So excited for this!

Ananke LitFest 25 | Panel: Fantasy as Resistance: Imagining Truth in Unreal Worlds Giti Chandra youtube.com/live/aNCyLkVqR…

Ananke LitFest 25 | ICYMI | Day 2 Recap | Panel: Fantasy as Resistance: Imagining Truth in Unreal Worlds youtube.com/live/aNCyLkVqR… Giti Chandra N (She / Her)

Keynote. So excited to be part of this international festival of literature

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