Vidya Subramanian

From memes to movements | The politics of justice in virtual spaces The youth are politicised, organised, and online, and they’re not waiting for permission

Am I really optimistic about GenZ's politics? I guess I am!

www.deccanherald.com/opinion/from...

The Science and Technology Studies India Network (STS-IN) blog 'Nexus' is now accepting submissions.
Vist stsin.org/nexus/

Digital Freedom Lost: How Algorithms Turned the Internet Into a Prison Cell Online Reality: Once a place for serendipity and discovery, the Internet is now ruled by algorithms that isolate and manipulate users, writes Vidya Subramanian.

Posting this a bit late, but a few days ago, I wrote for the Deccan Herald about what the internet has become and what it used to be...
Would appreciate any thoughts and feedback
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/inte...

20?! How old am I?!

It’s a Happy Fuckiversary to #TheThickOfIt, 20 today!

The Women going to the Sepulchre, 1912, Robert Anning Bell Painting of women in blue garments walking leftward, one woman, and then five behind her, on a flat plain, hazy sky ....

Thanks to my friend Harriet for pointing out that the women went to Christ's tomb and saw he was not there, the angels showed up to describe what happened, & the women then told the apostles, who dismissed them. A Biblical account of women not being believed.

Cricket meets 'Kantara' — only in IPL K L Rahul invoking 'Kantara' made for a perfect IPL moment — cinematic, emotive, probably calculated, and utterly confusing.

Why was a Delhi batsman from Bangalore invoking Kantara in the IPL?
I wrote for the Deccan Herald 👇🏾
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/cric...

Am I Still Allowed to Tell the Truth in My Class? Recent orders from the Trump administration run a real risk of muzzling professors like me who teach about the racism of the country’s past.

“Scholars of racism face a peculiar accusation: that studying racism causes racism. As facile as this criticism is—no one thinks that agriculture professors cause world hunger, or that cardiology professors cause heart attacks…this sort of ignorant bullying comes with the territory.”

Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.

"That Mr. Musk has come to hold so many of the same beliefs about social engineering and economic planning as his grandfather is a testament to his profound lack of political imagination, to the tenacity of technocracy and to the hubris of Silicon Valley."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

True!

The state of the three language formula in North India.
कैसे हारे महादेव?

So sad to find out today about the passing of Sandra Harding

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.

Stop assuming a one-size-fits-all digital future India’s tech policies can either chase the mirage of 100% digital adoption or embrace the messy, complicated reality of its diverse population

I write a monthly thing for The Deccan Herald about science/tech and society.
This was the last one about why non-users are important.
#sts
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/stop...

Beware.

Here's a crazy idea: what if universities focused on teaching?

#academicsky #highered #education

Well that’s a new one on me. Fabricated plagiarism! 😳 Unbelievable… #academicsky

Well then. This was always going to happen, no?
What's up, then?