A new poster w/ the #CoverArt of my 26 #books: 7 authored, 2 coauthored, 6 edited & 11 coedited. Funny thing is I feel I’m only starting to get the hang of #writing now. Number 27 — the sequel to the #Ambedkar #biography — will be coming out soon from @HarperCollinsIN. #amwriting

“Ambedkar worked towards the emancipation of the 'Scheduled Castes' from dehumanising Brahminism. His interrogation of caste led him to the structural mechanism, with the moral foundation supported by religion—its texts and traditions…” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

“When I consider the condition of democratic peoples in this century, I am arrested not by the turbulence of their politics, but by their threat to dissolve an equality that no democratic agitation has previously been required to demand…” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

“This chapter focuses on the intersection of Rushdie's novels with the discourse of Hindu nationalism in India. From Midnight's Children to The Moor's Last Sigh, Rushdie often draws attention to the imbrication of the ideology of the Hindu Right…” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

"Ambedkar's Pragmatist Feminism: Beyond Rorty and Dewey," an important and insightful piece by Kanchana Mahadevan from Univ of Mumbai philo dept. From, ‘Dewey Studies’: Vol. 9: Iss. 1, Article 4. Available at: opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dewey-s…

Special issue on John Dewey's Pragmatism and India released! Articles on pragmatism's engagement with Ambedkar, Phule, Vivekananda, Iqbal, feminism, education, caste, democracy, and more. Open access link in next comment, check the whole issue out. #India #Ambedkar #pragmatism

“The paper investigates how Dalit women's autobiographies operate as forms of testimony that recount historical trauma while reconfiguring autobiography as a mode of resistance within caste society. Through close textual analysis, it examines Karukku …” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

“This paper argues that caste-based violence exposes the core structure of castes' modernity: schizophrenic modernity refers to the gap between the official scene of constitutional discourses that disavow caste and the obscene realm of caste practices.” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

The writings of Ananta K Giri have always taught me something, though he is a wonderfully odd character. Here’s some new work from him. “Social Thought as Conversations; A New Upanishad of Life and an Ecology of Hope” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Marjane Satrapi. Author of the internationally acclaimed Persepolis, translated into Hindi by Vani Prakashan and into Kannada by Chanda Pustaka, she leaves behind a body of work that has profoundly shaped our understanding of contemporary Iran, women's lives, and the power of graphic storytelling. Through her singular voice and unmistakable visual language, she opened a window onto history, memory, exile, and resistance for readers across the world. We will always remember her generosity in joining us for the launch of the Hindi translation of Persepolis on 11 June 2021, at a time when the world was confined to its homes. She gave us her time, her warmth, and the opportunity to revisit a story that had touched so many lives.

I’ve been working on and off on a novel on early Buddhism, set in Gandhara. For the last month, I’m writing much more consistently, daily. This has led me to talking occasionally with one of my characters, aloud. I thought I might be going mad, but apparently this is “normal”:

These days one of my favourite places on earth.

“As a rationalist thinker, Ambedkar took a critical look at the conventional social structure of the Hindus in order to facilitate the development of a society that was simple and equal. Ambedkar's worldview centred on achieving …” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

My #oped on the CJP and especially on the $CJP — the memecoin. With help from Pink Floyd… @DeccanHerald deccanherald.com/amp/story/o…

Absolutely crazy find! Dozens of Foucault lectures freely available on the website of the College de France! All I think from after 1968, his transformative period living in Tunis. I’m starting the #Foucault chapter of my #Tunis book today, #writing in the cafe where he worked.

It was just the Pahalgam anniversary. One year since April 22, 2025, when 26 innocent people were killed in a valley that has seen too much blood. Dan Qayyum's recent essay in The Pakistan Playbook, marking that grim milestone, is quite engaging—but also cynical. @DeccanHerald

“The Aggañña Sutta, one of the highly significant discourses of the Pāli Buddhist tradition, provides a robust criticism of caste and class hierarchies and further envisions a society based on ethical values and equality.” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

“Since there is a need to represent social psychology of the voiceless, oppressed, and marginalized, the need is also to redefine metatheory, models, and methodologies to bring their voice to the …” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

“यह शोध-पत्र लखनऊ के दलित समुदाय में नव बौद्ध आन्दोलन, अम्बेडकरवादी चेतना और आर्थिक स्वावलंबन के परस्पर संबंधों का समाजशास्त्रीय विश्लेषण प्रस्तुत करता है। अध्ययन का केंद्रीय तर्क यह है कि नव बौद्ध आन्दोलन केवल धार्मिक परिवर्तन का प्रश्न नहीं है…” scholar.google.com/scholar_u…

Kind of cocky for what, maybe top 800 in the world? Sprinters are cocky though, maybe it’s what helps them reach these extremes. But still, maybe don’t throw shoes til top 50 I’d say?

Pretty confident that I’m in Paris whereas GPS has me in the ocean off equatorial Africa.