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Review of Amia Srinivasan’s The Right to Sex – Adarsh Badri In this exceptional debut book, The Right to Sex, Amia Srinivasan argues that sexual entitlement is a symptom of patriarchal ideology.

In an exceptional debut book published in 2021, The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century, Amia Srinivasan argues that sexual entitlement is a symptom of patriarchal ideology.

#IRsky #booksky #Polisky Polisky IRsky #feminism

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We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite by Musa al-Gharbi. Now in paperback with a new preface. How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged.

How a new “woke” elite uses the language of social justice to gain more power and status—without helping the marginalized and disadvantaged.

@musaalgharbi.bsky.social's We Have Never Been Woke arrives in #paperback on Oct. 7. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

#Sociology

Review of Amia Srinivasan’s The Right to Sex – Adarsh Badri In this exceptional debut book, The Right to Sex, Amia Srinivasan argues that sexual entitlement is a symptom of patriarchal ideology.

In an exceptional debut book published in 2021, The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century, Amia Srinivasan argues that sexual entitlement is a symptom of patriarchal ideology.

#IRsky #booksky #Polisky Polisky IRsky #feminism

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A Day in the Life of Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya (Museum on Indian Prime Ministers) – Adarsh Badri The Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya is a triangular-like structure newly constructed in recent years, just behind Nehru’s Prime Ministerial house.

But, this last week, before leaving for Brisbane, Australia, I wanted to do something extraordinary and go see Pradhanmatri Sangrahalaya. And see for myself what I was missing out on for all these days. And feel what it was like to be inside Nehru’s house.

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#India

Review of Han Kang’s The Vegetarian – Adarsh Badri The Vegetarian by Han Kang defies all forms of social taboos and tackles social realities, expectations and choices, opening us up to a new future.

Han Kang’s novel The Vegetarian begins as follows: “Before my wife turned vegetarian, I had always thought of her as completely unremarkable in every way”.

This sentence was enough to hook me on this book.

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Notes: E.H. Carr on What is History? – Adarsh Badri E.H. Carr's lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?, which discussed and debated historical theories of his time.

E.H. Carr writes: “The reading is guided and directed and made fruitful by the writing: the more I write, the more I know what I am looking for, the better I understand the significance and relevance of what I find”

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Notes: E.H. Carr on What is History? – Adarsh Badri E.H. Carr's lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?, which discussed and debated historical theories of his time.

Between January and March 1961, a former diplomat and historian, Edward Hallett Carr, delivered six lectures as part of the George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures at the University of Cambridge.

Carr’s lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?

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Notes: E.H. Carr on What is History? – Adarsh Badri E.H. Carr's lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?, which discussed and debated historical theories of his time.

Between January and March 1961, a former diplomat and historian, Edward Hallett Carr, delivered six lectures as part of the George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures at the University of Cambridge.

Carr’s lectures soon became published as a famous book, What is History?

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Review of Devika Rege’s Quarterlife – Adarsh Badri In this tense, slow-burning storytelling, there are no villains. There are just multitudes that shape social relations. Rege’s characters are all deeply

#DevikaRege’s debut novel, Quarterlife, opens up and provides a chorus to the multitude of ideological perspectives—and their impending fault lines—that make up the new India.

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Review of Devika Rege’s Quarterlife – Adarsh Badri In this tense, slow-burning storytelling, there are no villains. There are just multitudes that shape social relations. Rege’s characters are all deeply

#DevikaRege’s debut novel, Quarterlife, opens up and provides a chorus to the multitude of ideological perspectives—and their impending fault lines—that make up the new India.

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Two of the novels I read this summer, Süskind’s 'Perfume' and Yuzuki’s 'Butter' both tell stories of murder and revolve around intense sensory experiences. That got me thinking about how little philosophy seems to care about smell and taste
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Notes on Ashis Nandy’s Essay on the Politics of the Assassination of Gandhi – Adarsh Badri In his essay, “The Politics of Assassination of Gandhi”, Ashis Nandy argues that Gandhian ideas posed a threat to the traditional Indian society.

In his essay, “Final Encounter: The Politics of the Assassination of Gandhi”, Nandy argues that Gandhian thought and ideas posed a threat to the traditional society that persisted in India. adarshbadri.me/notes/ashis-...

#polisky #politicalscience #gandhi #india

Notes on Ashis Nandy’s Essay on the Politics of the Assassination of Gandhi – Adarsh Badri In his essay, “The Politics of Assassination of Gandhi”, Ashis Nandy argues that Gandhian ideas posed a threat to the traditional Indian society.

In his essay, “Final Encounter: The Politics of the Assassination of Gandhi”, Nandy argues that Gandhian thought and ideas posed a threat to the traditional society that persisted in India. adarshbadri.me/notes/ashis-...

#polisky #politicalscience #gandhi #india

reading/thinking on the subtleties of doing archival work

For most of June and July, I have engaged myself in archives.

In this newsletter, I write about conducting archival research in the last two months, along with a brief background on some other writing I was able to get done in these months.

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Something I found in the CJH papers a few years ago.

Imagined Weakness: The peaceful riser identity and Beijing’s policy overcorrection in the South China Sea Abstract. This article investigates why Beijing’s South China Sea (SCS) policy has become predominantly coercive under Xi Jinping. It argues that an identi

academic.oup.com/irap/article... I’m very pleased to share my latest publication, co-authored with Edward Sing Yue Chan, in which we examine why Beijing’s South China Sea policy has become increasingly coercive.

Review of Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp – Adarsh Badri In Banu Mushtaq’s "Heart Lamp", one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs.

In #BanuMushtaq’s “Heart Lamp”, one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs that, in many ways, curtail a woman’s—and particularly, Muslim women’s—abilities to navigate society.

#heartlamp #kannada #bookerprize

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Review of Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp – Adarsh Badri In Banu Mushtaq’s "Heart Lamp", one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs.

In #BanuMushtaq’s “Heart Lamp”, one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs that, in many ways, curtail a woman’s—and particularly, Muslim women’s—abilities to navigate society.

#heartlamp #kannada #bookerprize

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Review of Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp – Adarsh Badri In Banu Mushtaq’s "Heart Lamp", one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs.

In #BanuMushtaq’s “Heart Lamp”, one encounters experiences of patriarchy, tradition, misogyny, and age-old customs that, in many ways, curtail a woman’s—and particularly, Muslim women’s—abilities to navigate society.

#heartlamp #kannada #bookerprize

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Reflections on Messianic Rhetoric in US Foreign Policy - Australian Institute of International Affairs Once defined by its missionary zeal to “make the world safe for democracy,” US foreign policy has increasingly shifted away from messianic rhetoric. The rise and decline of America’s interventionist i...

I argue for the Australian Outlook that the #USforeignpolicy, once defined by its messianic zeal to make the world safe for #democracy, under Donald Trump has embraced an inward-looking 'America First' doctrine.

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To Lead the Global South, India Must Get Its Own House in Order Under Modi, India wants to be the leader of the Global South. But its domestic challenges are an obstacle to its foreign policy ambition.

🚨 New in @wpr.bsky.social

To Lead the Global South, India Must Get Its Own House in Order

This essay deals with the contradictions between India’s foreign policy ambitions and its domestic contradictions.

IRsky Polisky

@judah-grunstein.bsky.social

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To Lead the Global South, India Must Get Its Own House in Order Under Modi, India wants to be the leader of the Global South. But its domestic challenges are an obstacle to its foreign policy ambition.

Modi’s global aspirations are out of sync with New Delhi’s capacity to shape international outcomes, while India’s domestic conditions are often difficult to reconcile with its aspirations as the leader of the Global South, @adarshbadri.bsky.social‬ writes.

To Lead the Global South, India Must Get Its Own House in Order Under Modi, India wants to be the leader of the Global South. But its domestic challenges are an obstacle to its foreign policy ambition.

Modi has sought to position India as the leader of the Global South. But as @adarshbadri.bsky.social‬ writes, the country has struggled to match its foreign policy ambition with achievements.

To Lead the Global South, India Must Get Its Own House in Order Under Modi, India wants to be the leader of the Global South. But its domestic challenges are an obstacle to its foreign policy ambition.

🚨 New in @wpr.bsky.social

To Lead the Global South, India Must Get Its Own House in Order

This essay deals with the contradictions between India’s foreign policy ambitions and its domestic contradictions.

IRsky Polisky

@judah-grunstein.bsky.social

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An advance look at “On Parade,” David Plunkert’s cover for next week's issue. #NewYorkerCovers

Why Indian Parents Want Their Children Become Civil Servants Mimetic Desires and Social Expectations of Cracking IAS.

Why Indian Parents Want Their Children to Become Civil Servants

Are we merely trying to escape subjecthood through our becoming a state, through IAS?

Why is there a constant urge to do UPSC in our societies? What does it say about our societies?

#India

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Reflections on Messianic Rhetoric in US Foreign Policy - Australian Institute of International Affairs Once defined by its missionary zeal to “make the world safe for democracy,” US foreign policy has increasingly shifted away from messianic rhetoric. The rise and decline of America’s interventionist i...

I argue for the Australian Outlook that the #USforeignpolicy, once defined by its messianic zeal to make the world safe for #democracy, under Donald Trump has embraced an inward-looking 'America First' doctrine.

www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...

what is it like to read archives of politics a month into doing archival research in politics

Lately, I have been in India’s capital city, New Delhi, scouring through archival materials.

And here is my Substack on what it has been like this :)

#PhD #AcademicChatter #AcademicSubstack #Politics #archivalwork #history #archive #writing #politics

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Announcing the winners of the 2024 Jacqui Briggs EPS Prize European Consortium for Political Research

I am delighted that @linushagstrom.bsky.social and I have been awarded the Jacqui Briggs Prize for best article published last year in the @ecpr.bsky.social journal European Political Science. The statements by the jury and the editor can be read here: ecpr.eu/News/News/De...