Reading Deborah Baker's 'Charlottesville: An American Story' is like following the author down a fissure into the innards of the American Right & those who stand against them. If one wants to go beyond Trumpiana & understand forces shaping the U.S. read this book. @deborahbaker.bsky.social

#BiharElection2025 46.7% of votes gets u 202 seats 37.5% of votes gets u 35 seats. India's first-past-the-post electoral system is a colonial hangover that benefits political parties. We voters should demand a more representational form of democracy!! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bihar-...

'Aubade' by Ranjit Hoskote, from the anthology 'Singing in the Dark'. @ranjithoskote.bsky.social #fortheloveofpoetry

A group of Indian journos brave & bold, Went to Israel, breaking the mould, Sponsored by the Israeli embassy, They returned from the paid-for odyssey, With not a single story on Gaza I am told! #GazaGenocide‌ #journalism www.newslaundry.com/2025/08/12/f...

Important initiative by Afghan civil society. I have followed the work of many of the organisations and individuals involved from my time in Afghanistan. #Afghanistan

Why is India's Election Commission moving from enabling widest possible franchise to restricting it? Excellent interview & explainer by @businessline Resident Editor Poornima Joshi MP Manoj Jha. #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #BiharElections2025 www.thehindubusinessline.com/multimedia/v...

Tachibana Akemi(1812-68). #Japan #Fortheloveofpoetry

@bsky.app #Emergency1975 "exacted a terrible price from many but was also a time of preferment for those who became collaborators, their competitive jousting for new ways to express loyalty echoing eerily in these times". My 2024 review of Abu Abraham’s cartoons: www.newslaundry.com/2024/11/06/f...

"carrying a tough message on terror is easier for the diplomats...if in a strife-roiled world the govt plays to #India ’s advantages, & what differentiates it from #Pakistan —as a secular, stable, pluralistic, rule-abiding democratic & eco power" says Suhasini Haider www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...

Read this report!!! Clear-eyed rigorous report on the human rights movement in #Afghanistan by Rachel Reid published by @aanafgh.bsky.social should be read not just by those invested in Afghanistan but those invested in human rights anywhere, including democracies lurching towards authoritarianism.

Excellent analysis on the chilling effect of judicial pronouncements on free speech: "Instead of interpreting Article 19(1)(a) as a liberty that limits state power, courts have begun treating it as a licence that comes with behavioural conditions" by Sanjay Hegde. www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead...

With wit & wisdom @iftikhargilani cautions us on ignoring the real costs of war: "Before the next missile alert turns the region’s drawing rooms into battlefields, perhaps it’s worth remembering:peace, though quieter, requires the greatest courage of all." www.outlookindia.com/national/war...

"Do you know how to swim" #fortheloveofpoetry Poem from Mandakranta Sen, translated from Bengali by Subrata Sen, in collection India in Verse published by The Little Magazine, Antara Dev Sen.

Returning to this fabulous collection of poetry after a long time. Poem from Hiren Bhattacharya, translated by Kallol Choudhury, art Jogen Chowdhury. The Little Magazine and Antara Dev Sen, thank you for many years of joy which continues. #fortheloveofpoetry #poetry #assam

#Afghanistan stares at a humanitarian crisis with the end of U.S. aid to the country. Relief agencies predict more deaths as they try to prioritize who they can keep alive. @kateclark.bsky.social at @aanafgh.bsky.social gives an excellent overview, political context & granular details. #USaidcuts

"Is it possible for...educators, social activists & public intellectuals across the borders to come together & initiate a movement for collective sanity?"Avijit Pathak's eloquent call for collective sanity in violent times #IndoPakConflictAvijit #IndoPakConflict www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment...

"Some days, I don’t want to report anymore. I want to scream. I want to cry. I want to sleep without dreaming of explosions. But I keep going ... I will not let #Gaza disappear quietly"writes journalist and poet Nour ElAssy: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/first-person... @newhumanitarian.bsky.social

Reading the @theonion.com on @bsky.app is getting harder. As you scroll, you have to really work hard to distinguish the Onion's posts from the regular news, especially that emanating from Washington!

Nowruz Mubarak, especially to friends from Afghanistan. A day to plant and tend new shoots of hope for everyone. #nowruz

For the love of poetry A poem by Mumbai poet Gieve Patel #India #Poetry

For the love of poetry. A poem from Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe #Poetry #SriLanka #Nepal #Crossingborders

For the love of poetry A poem from Nepali poet Jerusha Rai #Poetry #Nepal

For the love of poetry A poem from Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Taha #Palestine #Poetry

For the love of poetry A poem by American poet Muriel Rukeyser #America #Poetry

For the love of poetry. A poem by Pakistani poet Taufiq Rafat. #Poetry #Pakistan

For the love of poetry. A poem from Bangladeshi poet Razia Khan #Poetry #Bangladesh

For the love of poetry. A poem by Punjabi poet Lal Singh Dil. Translation by Nirupama Dutt.

For the love of poetry. A poem from Nepali poet Shuvechchhya Pradhan. #Poetry #Nepal @suvpradhan

For the love of poetry A poem from Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih from #meghalaya #Poetry

For the love of poetry, this one, by Afghan poet Shakila Azizzada, translated by Mimi Khalvati and Zuzanna Olszewska. See thread for last stanza of poem. #poetry #Afghanistan #Kabuljan

For the love of poetry, this one, by Sri Lankan poet Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe #poetry #SriLanka