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Tamil. Queer. NB. Literature nerd. Sometimes writer. English PhD student Joined August 2010-
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People who are successful in finance mistakenly make the assumption that they are smart people when 95% of the times they are stupid people who are successful at one crucial thing that rewards them under capitalism - looking at the world through numbers and pie charts.
It's that week where I'm regretting taking on the PhD. I'm stressed and tired all the time. Why did I decide to put myself into this voluntarily?
Trying to follow news about Indian politics every day without raising my blood pressure. Impossible task.
Ocean Vuong does something very critical at this moment - invoking Palestine to talk about why it's bad to make fun of diaspora poets.
Ocean Vuong does something very critical at this moment - invoking Palestine to talk about why it's bad to make fun of diaspora poets.
"When we see that the campus is a fantasy, we can begin to resist the pull of panic. The Gaza Solidarity Encampment itself demonstrates this lesson. The students involved in the protest refused to be cast as the Child in a national fantasy." What a fantastic essay.
"When we see that the campus is a fantasy, we can begin to resist the pull of panic. The Gaza Solidarity Encampment itself demonstrates this lesson. The students involved in the protest refused to be cast as the Child in a national fantasy." What a fantastic essay.
Completely missing in this narrative is the fact that these students were waving Israeli flags near the protests for Palestine. If you support a military state that has murdered over 30,000 Palestinians you deserve to be called a coloniser.
Completely missing in this narrative is the fact that these students were waving Israeli flags near the protests for Palestine. If you support a military state that has murdered over 30,000 Palestinians you deserve to be called a coloniser.
Does anyone have a copy of Agha Shahid Ali's The Country Without a Post Office? Need a picture/scan of a few pages (and yes I know it's available online but the copy on Proquest and Libgen both have formatting/layout issues (which is terrible for a book of poetry).
What a disgusting disgusting man. Modi has nothing in that head of his but hatred.
What a disgusting disgusting man. Modi has nothing in that head of his but hatred.
These are 18-year-olds. What sickness possesses Columbia university administrators to do this? Minouche Shafik, your days are numbered.
These are 18-year-olds. What sickness possesses Columbia university administrators to do this? Minouche Shafik, your days are numbered.
She'll speak up when she has to defend the real subalterns (tenured professors accused of sexual harassment).
She'll speak up when she has to defend the real subalterns (tenured professors accused of sexual harassment).
Disgusting piece of sh-t and he can keep getting away with this while students protesting for Palestine get suspended and arrested.
Disgusting piece of sh-t and he can keep getting away with this while students protesting for Palestine get suspended and arrested.
This was my favourite Taylor song from the The Tortured Poets Department.
Straight men will never understand the charisma Shahrukh Khan has on screen as a loverboy and the fact that he's hotter than almost everyone else because he pines so beautifully. Sorry!
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guys do any of you remember this one time ages ago when aaron bastani came onto this app and said we should start charging foreigners for museum entry (how? passport checks? 😭) because "well, Italy does it" or was it just a fever dream I had?
As a Jewish Columbia student, it is perfectly safe for Jews on campus—if we are talking about student protesters. As Jewish student protesters learned on Thursday, however, they may not be safe from CU admin calling the NYPD to arrest them.
In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus:
i love being a ‘transmed’ Binary Man who could never understand the struggles of not passing (lmao) to transmascs mad that i think hrt is good, while also being a degendered abject 🚬 to others bc i grew my hair out and sometimes dress androgynously lol
@kookykarthik Also Amir was very popular what do they mean 😭
@kookykarthik here's a scholarship opportunity (prioritizes asian and pacific islander and/or LGBTQ+ folks but all can apply) instagram.com/p/C5rNMR6OB9m/
I'm thrilled to announce that the Dow Jones News Fund @DJNF has chosen me as one of the 86 students across America for the summer internship program 🥳 I'll be the Audience Engagement intern for @IndiaCurrents! So grateful for the opportunity!
Meet the @DJNF Class of 2024! Eighty-six talented students from 55 schools selected to intern in 62 newsrooms as multiplatform editors, data journalists, digital producers, business reporters and audience engagement specialists. dowjonesnewsfund.org/news/djnf-anno…
@kookykarthik sounds like a fuller life than mine yenno 🧐
@sadelokeshi @kookykarthik Can't relate y'all but so happy for you guys
@kookykarthik Reviving these is a crucial project we must work on it
@kookykarthik The quotes are driving me crazy as someone who grew up there 😭😭
@kookykarthik absolutely need my marble penstand for writing.
ok I know it's getting silly now but last one, I promise: so THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS is! also! nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel. this has been a bizarre month and I have expired vajra.me/2024/03/29/the…