Human geographer | Political ecologist | From #Majuli river island | Teach Anthropology & Env. Studies @AshokaUniv | Animals first | Love cooking & storytelling
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This just arrived - the author’s copy! The official release date is Sep 9.
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Read this.
#ManufacturingConsent
If you’ve questioned the state's oppression of indigenous resistance against the Upper Siang Mega Project or supported the Gen Z protests, you’ve likely been attacked by pro-Modi and pro-Pema right-wingers. small dick energy labeling everyone a Chinese agent. Read this report and see why they’re dancing to the state's tune: ₹10 crore has been funneled purely into pro-SUMP publicity.
Such a small state/people. And we fight over Upper vs Lower, Brahmaputra valley vs Barak valley! And then we sing:
“মহাবাহু ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ মহামিলনৰ তীৰ্থ
কতযুগ ধৰি আহিছে প্ৰকাশী
সমন্বয়ৰ অৰ্থ….”
Wish my সহজ-সৰল fellow ordinary Assamese could see how the leaders are fooling them!
Meanwhile, getting lost in the absolutely amazing Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria! Such impressive diversity!
Viva #Lula!!!! Viva Brasil!!! ✊🏽
Back in the 1980s/90s, India’s #NorthEast was often associated with militancy and violence. Today, militancy is mostly gone but state repression and #violence, as a means of #resource grabbing, has intensified. “India against itself” marches on!
#Pasighat
#Manipur
#Kaziranga
Mitul Baruah retweeted
BJP govt in Arunachal has taken a set of extraordinary measures to shut down the protests against Siang dam
It has detained activists under APUAPA, arrested protestors, flooded with paramilitary personnel & blocked Facebook accounts
reporting @scroll_in
scroll.in/article/1096598/th…
Ok, Prof. Ambani, fair enough. But please clarify this:
“Jo mein khata hoon, woh gai khata hai” — does this mean you eat fodder or your cows eat ‘fafda’? Just curious!
Anant Ambani says he is taking care of 9 Lakh cows, and out those 9 Lakh cows, 7 Lakh cows are very old, and He has hundreds of Cow Ambulances to pick injured cows from across 8 states.
Now liberals will come and say in India Cows are given more importance than Humans
Why can't Ambani adopt 9 Lakh poor childern instead of 9 Lakh cows...
The taxi driver this evening in #Melbourne was Ali, a guy from #Lahore, pleasant & articulate. We had a lovely chat. Ali’s grandmother was a Sikh from Old #Delhi, pre-Partition, & he so wants to visit India. We connected quickly & effortlessly — over our shared history & culture!
The more I read and think about the #GreatNicobar project, the angrier I get. This is total madness, perhaps one of the biggest ever ecological #catastrophes in the making. Read this piece to get a sense of the scale of this impending #disaster!
earth.org/the-great-nicobar-…
#VoteChori is real! Read this.
“We are staring at a staggering figure of about 14 crore “missing voters” — adult Indians eligible to vote but excluded from the final electoral rolls.”
Let’s not be in denial — disenfranchisement in real indianexpress.com/article/op… via @IndianExpress
What’s going on in #Bengal? The new regime seems to be in a rush to destroy পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, and whatever uniquenesses the state was known for. Ugh!
Another gem by Aamir Aziz — a must-listen! ❤️
“मेरी गुज़ारिश है तुमसे, इतना मत झुको तुम।
मेरी गुज़ारिश है तुमसे, इतना मत झुको तुम
वरना तुम्हारी अगली पीढ़ियों की पीठ में एक दर्द रहेगा।”
Peeth Ka Dard | A poem by Aamir Aziz youtu.be/eRsG8-n4ueQ?si=RsIm… via @YouTube
I know I sound naïve, but I genuinely wonder what some of these TV anchors (#GodiMedia) — well educated and intelligent, of course — get out of their PrimeTime lies, bootlicking, and violently polarising a society that they themselves belong. All these just for a fat salary? 🤮
