Unbelievable but true, signed a book contract today on #AmbedkarJayanti2025 proposing to discuss how Dr A confronted the complexity of competing societal interests over access to resources, thus offering distinctive lessons for charting a climate-just future. #JaiBhim

what a great city

The evidence keeps piling up. According to the review, the essays show how colonial and post colonial Bengali bhadralok deployed this crucial ideological mechanism: systematic cultivation of anti-Muslim sentiment, rendering “Hindu” identity primary and “caste” secondary.

Very true. You really saw this with the Mamdani scavenger hunt last summer. Many Millennial and Generation Z New Yorkers have a really passionate civic pride in NYC – even though (or maybe because) they're much less patriotic about the U.S. in the Trump era.

Been saying for a while B’manism is like Z-ism, but the latter is withering away in the US. India when, if at all?

15% of Mumbai's new 130-acre Coastal Road seafront will have ticketed attractions. Why should a corporation profit from public space created with public money? indianexpress.com/article/ci…

Yes! For all the posts about the players of DR and PR heritage and chants of Mayor Muslim-Bagel Jewish, it’s not identity politics it’s public goods, the commons: our shared streets, parks, subways 💙🧡

More aerial footage of the celebration in New York: You see people out on their fire escapes, on their balconies, clinging on the side

Far-right agitator Elon Musk will be richer than 46% of the world’s population combined if he becomes the first trillionaire, according to new analysis thenational.scot/news/261902…

“Societies can survive economic crises. What is far harder to survive is the convergence of economic decline, institutional decay, and unchecked political dominance. - Anand Teletumbde incisive as ever on the deadly convergence. scroll.in/article/1093109/an…

First ILO standards for gig economy workers….and the US votes against, while India and the UK abstain. reuters.com/business/world-a…

Opinion: You might have thought the world’s richest man had enough on his plate teeing up history’s biggest IPO. Yet he has been devoting many of his waking hours to stoking up racial hatred in Britain on his social media site. ft.trib.al/wsenHsI

“It is in cities that voters most routinely encounter, and thereby come to value, public goods.” More than any ideology, ie left, liberal etc, it’s the commons that city dwellers are voting to protect & improve.

The world will soon have its first trillionaire. It has never been more important to talk details about oligarchy/wealth taxes in India and the US. Many good ideas for this, including @cfa_ind proposed 2-6% tax on the 1,600 richest Indians and California's 5% tax on billionaires.

"We are in extreme danger," says climate scientist Peter Kalmus (@ClimateHuman), who warns that this summer "could be the hottest summer we've ever experienced in our lives, but it could also be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives." Kalmus says he was forced to resign his job at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, where he worked for 15 years but faced growing pressure and censorship over his activism.

If a person changes their religion... Does caste disappear too? A major debate on caste and constitutional rights has resurfaced in India. A political party from Telangana has asked a government-appointed commission to consider extending Scheduled Caste (SC) status to Dalits who converted to religions such as Christianity and Islam. The argument is simple: If caste-based discrimination continues even after conversion, should constitutional protections end? Supporters say social exclusion, discrimination, and economic marginalisation often persist despite a change in religion. They argue that public policy should be guided by lived reality, not religious identity alone. The commission examining the issue is expected to study whether Dalits who converted to other religions continue to face caste-based disadvantages and whether existing laws adequately address those realities. For generations, oppressed communities have fought not only for legal rights, but for dignity, equality, and representation. The question remains: Can a change of faith erase a system that has shaped lives for centuries? What do you think? Source: Times of India #JaiBhim #BabasahebAmbedkar #SocialJustice #DalitRights

For what it’s worth, glad to see relatively privileged, not-radical students not only grasp the symbolism of Jai Bhim but wear it on their sleeve. (A noticeable shift from my generation of Savarna liberal)

RT @AudreyTruschke: Thoughtful article by an Indian returning home, after years in the U.S., and confronting pervasive caste discrimination…

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

Never thought watching sports would be one of the cool things about NYC but here we go….

A record-shattering drought has racked much of the United States. But the artificial intelligence industry is pushing ahead regardless, with the majority of planned data centers set to be built in drought-ridden locations, @guardian analysis has found. motherjones.com/politics/202…