The battle continues.

Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla passed away a couple of days ago, and Chaar Phool Hain Aur Duniya Hai – a wonderful documentary about him – seems to now be available to watch for free on YouTube. It's a powerful portrait of stillness, and well worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM6q...

@equatormag.bsky.social was founded to bring intellectuals like Chandu Maheriya – a brilliant and prolific Dalit writer and activist, who is hardly known outside Gujarat – to a global audience. Read his reflection on caste and tanning, translated by Hemang Ashwinkumar

as this goes on while i grow older, i am very much feeling like a creature of another time. obviously things have always been more or less this way my entire life but as the last vestiges of truth, shared obligations, a loose moral framework get sheared away, i feel increasingly out of place

Hi, all people working in political economics in India, I am looking for data on financial disclosures of political candidates, particularly data on sources of assets. Any advice will be very helpful. @rfisman.bsky.social

We should have some unprecedented events that are good for once

“Every Rose Has Its Porn: Optical Character Recognition and the Middle English Problem” is a title for an article that I don’t even need to write. Please cite this post.

Zakir Hussain's 1987 documentary for the Indian Films Division is a masterpiece that explains the history and structure of Hindustani classical music. With his expertise and narrative style, he guides viewers while visiting many of India’s most beautiful historical sites. youtu.be/Yj3XjNxCO5I?...