PSA, BISA and UACES joint letter in support of my own discipline at Exeter, currently facing decimation.

Letter of support: Proposed changes at the University of Exeter

Letter to the University of Exeter from PSA, BISA and UACES concerning proposed PIR redundancies.

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Scholars from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & beyond stand in solidarity with 500 colleagues at Exeter facing potential redundancy - deeply concerned about the damage these cuts would do to the scholarship & international partnerships that have taken years to build. #DefendExeterUni shorturl.at/sNnAb

Statement of Solidarity from South Asian Scholars against redundancies at Exeter

To add your signature to this letter, please fill out the signatory form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXrQ3bi3TADQwObWC34MnYPCUzXNGg8gRFD7kzaNqGhIz20g/viewform?usp=publish-editor. From...

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#AAS2026 explore the historical & contemporary struggles of Dalits for dignity, self-respect, & social transformation in modern India. Building on the intellectual legacy of B. R. Ambedkar, tinyurl.com/mv26f526 highlights how Dalit movements challenged caste hierarchy. #ReadUP

my book uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295754444/a-volatile-picture/ is out in April. Anxious/excited to talk about it for the 1st time next week with many thanks to @kalathmika.bsky.social for the kind invitation. Also giving a lecture on more recent work on televising atrocity & maps in Sri Lanka.

Join us on Wed 11 Feb at 2:30pm for @erinmbohalloran.bsky.social's talk on 'East of Empire', exploring anticolonial networks across Egypt, India, and the Middle East. Details on poster.

Looking forward to the launch of my book Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy next week (Wednesday, 28 Jan) at Exeter, organised by wonderful colleagues at the Centre for Imperial and Global History and South Asia Centre. Please join us - hybrid option available. www.exeter.ac.uk/events/detai...

Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy Book Launch

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Delighted that the *Radical History Review* 153 (Oct 2025) "Radical Histories of Decolonization*, I co-edited with Marissa Moorman, Jessica Namakkal, and Golnar Nikpour is now up! Cover features Kiluanji Kia Henda's “A Descoberta” (2006)" read.dukeupress.edu/radical-hist... cc @jecca.bsky.social

The annual 'Writing from a Position of Anger' lecture, in collaboration between @exetersouthasia.bsky.social and HaSS Cornwall, will be delivered online by writer and activist Dr Banojyotsna Lahiri on Wednesday, Nov 26 at 12 pm.

A superb special issue on caste and Indian diplomacy. Well done @kalathmika.bsky.social and the other editors! brill.com/view/journal...

Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me. His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard. This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.

An important new report "Hindutva in America: A Threat to Equality and Religious Pluralism" from Rutgers Law School Center for Security, Race and Rights. csrr.rutgers.edu/issues/hindu...

Hindutva in America - Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights

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Beautiful tribute by Gautam Hazarika. Ghee Bowman was a valued colleague and member of the South Asia Centre at Exeter. He is deeply missed. scroll.in/article/1082...

A rare honest, hopeful & unafraid of contradictions account - what’s now near-impossible to find in India. Also resists the usual India-Pak broadstrokes: links.org.au/one-hundred-... Jeddojehad must go on!

One hundred hours of solitude: A Pakistani peacenik recounts the India-Pakistan war

The India-Pakistan war is apparently over for now — but it has not stopped for peaceniks, recounts Farooq Sulehria.

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Kashmiris opposed the Pahalgam attack yet still face the brunt of the fallout @AuqibJaveed writes:

Kashmiris opposed the Pahalgam attack yet still face the brunt of the fallout

Kashmiris opposed the Pahalgam attack yet still face the brunt of the fallout

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Please remember the cost of war, once more, will fall hardest on civilians, especially in Kashmir. This is a moment to stay informed, to resist jingoism, and to call for de-escalation: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Pakistan says Indian air strikes killed 26 and vows response, as Delhi says 10 killed by Pakistan shelling - latest

India hit several sites after an attack last month which killed tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir.

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While the two countries posture for power, it’s the normal, nameless and faceless people who suffer first. If it escalates, it’s only grief. There's no glory in war. De-escalate now. #IndiaPakistanWar #Kashmir www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Kashmir crisis live: India missile attack kills 26; Pakistan says five Indian fighter jets shot down

India conducts ‘precision strikes’ in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on what it calls ‘terrorist infrastructure’

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Congratulations to Stella Maris, Rector of St Andrews, who has won her appeal against dismissal from the governing body: a vindication of her, and anyone's, right to condemn genocide and apartheid. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

St Andrews rector stripped of powers over Gaza row wins appeal

Stella Maris will resume her role as head of the university’s governing body after a successful appeal against the institution.

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Sharing highlights from Prof Nivedita Menon’s visit to the @exeter.ac.uk -an inspiring week of dialogue on secularism, gender & critical thought from South Asia & the Global South. www.exeter.ac.uk/research/ins... @hass-cornwall.bsky.social @exetersouthasia.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

Nivedita Menon | Societies and Cultures Institute | University of Exeter

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Where are the big fashion brands that profit from Kashmiri artisans and their craft? Why the silence? No words of solidarity, no support. What about Raw Mango? Sabyasachi? Shame on you all. #Pahalgam www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5tO...

Viral Video Of Kashmiri Shawl Seller's Assaulted In Mussoorie - Dehradun By Locals 😡. #mussoorie

YouTube video by Mehraj Malik - Inquilab

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In 1988, Mile Sur Mera Tumhara aired on DD amid Punjab insurgency, post-1984 Sikh riots & rising regionalism. The government used it to promote unity in diversity through culture and countering communal, linguistic, and separatist narratives. 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKue...

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April is #DalitHistoryMonth. Explore some of Himal's archival stories, reports, reviews and essays on caste and Dalit communities.

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Himal Southasian is South Asia’s independent, non-nationalist regional magazine, offering news, analysis, reviews, and stories from across the subcontinent.

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Eid Mubarak! Warm wishes from all of us at the South Asia Centre. #EidUlFitr

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ALT: a drawing of a crescent moon with the words ' eid mubarak ' on it

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No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid. Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces. People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.

Nearly a decade on from beginning the PhD, we have a book cover! Out later this year - my book exploring caste, migration and indenture as foundational to Indian diplomacy. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social t.co/bUTfpFncmk

#WomensDay The Bangladeshi feminist activist Noorjahan Bose’s memoir recounts a host of stories born of female autonomy – all while spanning #Partition, the Liberation War and the post-independence history of #Bangladesh. By Sarah Anjum Bari:

A Bangladeshi feminist’s personal – and political – history of her land

Noorjahan Bose’s memoir of her pioneering life recounts a host of stories born of female autonomy – all while spanning Partition, the Bangla Language Movement, the Liberation War and the…

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Open to all students, as part of the Queer Theory module at HaSS Cornwall is a guest lecture by author, Dr Hannah Levene. 9AM, Monday 17th March in Exchange Yellow - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/greasepain...

The president’s address at @isanet.bsky.social was peacefully disrupted to draw institutional attention to the issue of democratisation in ISA governance and the acknowledgement of scholasticide in how we conduct research ‘as normal’ #isa2025

Such a privilege, indeed. Nivedita Menon reminded us that critical thought cannot afford to remain neutral - it must constantly question, agitate and offer new visions

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Such a privilege to have a week of inspiring conversations with Nivedita Menon (JNU), one of India’s leading feminist political thinkers, as part of the Societies & Cultures Institute's Visiting Professor programme!

One of India’s preeminent feminist writers and political thinkers has been invited to the University of Exeter to provide a series of talks and engagement sessions this month. news.exeter.ac.uk/societies-an...

Societies and Cultures Institute welcomes acclaimed Visiting Researcher

One of India’s preeminent feminist writers and political thinkers has been invited to the University of Exeter to provide a series of talks and engagement sessions this month. Professor Nivedita Menon...

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