materials science / writing / oral histories
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Never thought I'd author 3 books when I became a writer. It's Pub Day for Through Two Doors at Once. Please share/re-tweet--it's much appreciated. Available at local indie booksellers and at amazon.com/Through-Two-Doors… @DuttonBooks @penguinrandom @PenguinRH_News @EmilyCanders
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The NCBS Archives is all set to present yet another fabulous public lecture.
BLOCK YOUR CALENDAR for 4pm, tomorrow; Haapus Lecture Hall, NCBS campus. – at Bengaluru, India
The NCBS #Archives Public Lecture series returns with a talk by Tarangini Sriraman of @azimpremjiuniv.
“In Pursuit of Proof: A History of Identification Documents in India” tells the story of how proof of identity & entitlement is sought & made in the urban margins of #India.
Here’s a timely follow up to the #decolonizetheInternet conference, @WhoseKnowledge ! chronicle.com/article/Archiv…
Venkat Srinivasan retweeted
The NCBS #Archives Public Lecture series returns with a talk by Tarangini Sriraman of @azimpremjiuniv.
“In Pursuit of Proof: A History of Identification Documents in India” tells the story of how proof of identity & entitlement is sought & made in the urban margins of #India.
Venkat Srinivasan retweeted
“The act of telling the truth is an act of freedom, but it’s also an act of great risk.” Marginalized communities face huge challenges in sharing their knowledge online - including the threat of hostility and violence both online and offline. #DecolonizetheInternet #Wikimania2018
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When Ireland legalised gay marriage in the referendum, people commented on the radical social shift in the course of a generation: conservative, Catholic country opening up.
Our Supreme Court's shift on 377 is even more remarkable. Koushal was 2013. Merely five years ago. (1/3)
Venkat Srinivasan retweeted
IIITB is hosting a workshop on Fairwork in the Gig Economy at IIIT-Bangalore with the Fairwork Foundation on July 5, 2018. Will be discussing the challenges of making work fair for platform workers in India with diverse stakeholders. @IIITB_official @TowardsFairWork @preetimdlr
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Counting down to our Decolonizing the Internet conference in Cape Town July 18! We’re putting our heads together w/ 100 incredible change makers - 55% are women, 60% are from the global South, 60% are people of color. Find out more! whoseknowledge.org/decoloniz… #DecolonizeTheInternet
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#Bangalore - head to @NCBS_Bangalore tomorrow after the #KarnatakaElections2018 result to hear #IndiraChowdhury on why postcolonial archive must be different from colonial archive at 4pm. #archives #History
The democracy is many things—bewildering, inspiring, chaotic, empowering, frustrating, meaningful. Occasionally, it’s also cute. Karnataka, 2018.
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Major kudos to Usha Ramanathan, Shyam Divan, Gopal Subramanian, Arvind Datar, Meenakshi Arora & the strong legal team, for challenging this at the highest bar, the right to life. @gautambhatia88 @prasanna_s @SFLCin for opening up justice & those who trended what needed trending. xitter.cf/gautambhatia88/status/…
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Everything is terrible but my cousin’s 9-year old daughter Alice has been quietly and masterfully slaying the @NewYorker’s caption contest and it’s pure delight.
#mitgrandchallenges keynote livestream on digital access, curation & preservation by @Anasuyashh of @WhoseKnowledge starts now. Tune in! grandchallenges.mit.edu/#liv…
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BLOCK YOUR CALENDAR for 2pm Tuesday 20th March, when the NCBS Archives present the first of a monthly talk series. Tomorrow we revisit the history of Bangalore’s lakes with Seema Mundoli of @azimpremjiuniv.
Don’t miss it!
Back from a two year reporting break. For @undarkmag and @dacorc I write about the team tying together the pieces of the Parkinson’s puzzle: undark.org/article/decoding-…
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#Bangalore’s #WaterCrisis looms large and it is critical to understand the history of #water in this landlocked city in order to better prepare for the future.
NCBS Archives present "Tracing Bengaluru’s Water History" - a public lecture by Seema Mundoli. 20 March, 2018 | 2pm
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This should count among the most brazenly dishonest decisions by this government. The foundation of sensible political funding anywhere in the world is transparency: the public should know WHO funds WHOM and by HOW much 1/ xitter.cf/htTweets/status/948375…
The bearer instrument will not carry the name of the payee and can be bought for any value, reports @suchetanaray hindustantimes.com/business-…
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So much respect for Dushyant Dave.
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After a hiatus, The Intersection is back with new episodes! This week: memories of the recent Mumbai stampede, & the science of crowd management.
(Shows like this live & die by listenership. So if you like the Intersection, share it, tell your friends!)
audiomatic.in/show/the-scien…