Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️

Operation Epic Diversion.
Release ALL the Epstein files.

Operation Epic Diversion.
Release ALL the Epstein files.

Operation Epic Denial.
Release ALL the Epstein files.

Operation Epic Denial.
Release ALL the Epstein files.

Operation Epic Denial.
Release ALL the Epstein files.

May you be the change you want to see in the world. 🙏
#Losar
#LosarTashiDelek
#TibetanNewYear
#Bhutan
#Tibet
#BuddhistNewYear
#FireHorse

This Tibetan Year of the Fire Horse, is the year 2153 in the Buddhist calendar. The Year of the Fire Horse only happens once every 60 years. The horse embodies movement and independence, fire amplifies energy, creativity, and change - signaling a year of forward motion and meaningful action.

Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Losar to family, friends, colleagues in Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, India and all over the world! May the New Year bring you happiness, peace and blessings. This Tibetan Year of the Fire Horse coincides with ongoing celebrations of the 90th birthday of His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

Hi Wikipedia, Having regular problems connecting to your site, no matter what device or search platform. When I try to go to Wikipedia (Safari or chrome) the message is: This site can’t be reached, or Safari can't find the server. The problem is intermittent, but frustrating. Wanted to let you know!

It’s not about immigration.

One main argument for Canada not trading with China was (and continues) to be it’s gross human rights violations and genocide. The current US administration is not only committing human rights violations and genocide, but tearing up international norms and rule of law. Which devil to trade with?

As we bring in a new year filled with fast-paced news that is often disturbing and stressful, I am elated to share a slight deviation to ease the current trend: my article "Going Slow in Bhutan" in the latest issue of Tashi Delek Magazine, the inflight magazine of Drukair. Stay tuned for the book!

🧵 These humble Buddhist monks are being met and supported by thousands as they make their journey. Some are walking barefoot. For those who took my class on this subject, this is Socially Engaged Buddhism at work! It can literally change the world, and move mountains. May peace prevail on earth! 🙏

Happy New Year! May it bring peace, contentment & kindness! I ended 2026 by handing out "Packets of Hope" to unhoused people with a good friend - an amazing experience - more on this soon! As 2026 begins, I feel humbled to follow the #WalkforPeace, as Buddhist monks walk to bring peace to our world.

🧵 Wonderful to catch up with UN Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Olivier De Schutter, François Denuit and others on #degrowth, as well as to make new connections. Also, lovely to reconnect with fellow past Board of Governor of the Land Portal Foundation Magdalena Anna Kropiwnicka.

2.5 years after the EU Beyond Growth Conference, it was great to attend the smaller meeting on Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth in Europe. Questions remain about the inter-relation between moving beyond growth in Europe and colonial/neocolonial relations with the global south. More on this soon!

🧵It also changed Canada forever. December 6th would become a national day to recognize our fight to end all forms of violence against women. Today, ceremonies and vigils are taking place all across our country. Never forgotten. We will always remember.
#endGBV #endviolenceagainstwomen #genderjustice

🧵It also became a turning point for me, as it changed the way I viewed things forever. It laid the ground for my life in student politics including co-founding POWE McGill, and later my career in development and academia, as the struggle for gender equality across the world became a central drive.

Never forgotten.
On December 6, 1989, a lone gunman walked into the engineering school Ecole Polytechnique. He separated the young women students from the men, and murdered 14 women point blank with a semi-automatic machine gun. This event utterly shattered many people's lives. #ecolepolytechnique 🧵

It was great to give a talk on Decolonial Degrowth at the @icta-uab.bsky.social for The Real Project in Barcelona. Enjoyed giving the lecture and responding to the insightful questions in the Q&A.

#degrowth
#postgrowth
#decolonial
#beyondGDP
#beyondgrowth
#globalsouth
#colonialjustice

Delighted to be speaking at the NGO Interest Group roundtable "Things Fall Apart: A Roundtable on the Seen and Unseen in the NGO/NPO World" at the annual meetings of the American Anthropological Association. The session take place tomorrow, November 20 from 10:15-11:45 am, Marriott Room Galerie 2.

🧵 Looking forward to an exciting panel, with ethnographic papers on Tibet by Dr. Nancy Levine and Tsehua Caihuajia, Bhutan by Dr. David Hecht and Gyempo Wangchuk, and northern Bhutan by Dr. Ritu Verma, with discussant Dr. Lisa Gezon.
#anthropology
#AAA2025
#ethnography
#himalayas
#tibet
#bhutan

Check out our panel "Himalayan panel, "When the Past Collides with the Present: Historical Legacies, Cultural-Ecological Landscapes and the Spirit(s) of Resistance", taking place this Friday, at the annual meetings of the @americananthro.bsky.social:
10:15-11:45 am, Marriott Room Studio 7.

Canadians are not allowed to read or post newspaper articles from outside of Canada. What are they trying to hide? In the meantime, most Canadians are oblivious about climate change. They lead high carbon emitting lives, with little recognition or info about impacts of their choices on the world.

@georgemonbiot.bsky.social such an important piece that everyone should read. I would add, part of the problem is the critical omission/exclusion of climate change information, data, research and stories. In Canada, it's business as usual - 14th highest high carbon emissions/capita in the world!

The darkest force underlying the climate emergency, is the systematic, funded and coordinated propagation of a "storm of lies" by corporate-supported media - @George Monbiot‬ in an important piece in @theguardian.com. "We cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis".

The piece discusses the history and lineage of Bhutan's 5 Kings, and their legacy on the nation of Bhutan. Stay tuned for the book (I promise, it's coming soon 😅)! I add my humble wishes to thousands of Bhutanese across the country and around the world in wishing His Majesty a very Happy Birthday! 🙏

In celebration of the 70th Birth Anniversary of the 4th King of Bhutan, His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, I dedicate my latest travel article on "Bhutan's Lineage of Dragon Kings" in the November-December issue of Tashi Delek Magazine, the inflight travel magazine of Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines.

Happy Thanksgiving to friends, colleagues and everyone in Canada, and to all Canadians friends in Nepal, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Philippines, Bhutan, England, South Africa, the Pacific and around the world. Thankful for peace, abundance and kindness. May all sentient beings be happy. 🙏🏻🍁

A hero of our planet Jane Goodall has passed away. We share this planet with other sentient beings, but human capacity for inflicting pain, violence and cruelty on them is perhaps our greatest failing as a species. Imagine if human action instead came from a place of peace, compassion and kindness?