PhD-ing in Comparative Asian Studies at National University of Singapore & King’s College London (joint candidate) | formerly with CPR & IPCS, New Delhi | Northeast India, Myanmar, borders & identity | from Assamhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lcemnzk73c2f🧵 Why do “Indian concerns” on the situation in Bangladesh sound more like “Hindu concerns”? Is India’s South Asia policy now based on Hindu homeland politics? Why are most Indian foreign policy analysts not bothered about this precipitous shift? Are they ok with this? (1/n)03 Dec 2024 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcemnzk73c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbtevyasbc27Shared some of my (rough) ideas on how to do better collaborative borderland research in #SoutheastAsia at ANU Southeast Asia Student Research Symposium, ANU, Canberra.26 Nov 2024 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbtevyasbc27https://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbszcotezk2iProf Evelyn Goh opening the SE Asia Student Research Symposium at ANU, Canberra. This year’s iteration is centred around country vs regional scholarship in #SoutheastAsia.26 Nov 2024 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbszcotezk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lblqbmjj6k2eKenyan senator Richard Onyonka accuses #Adani group of 'state capture' in #Kenya. Interesting term, most recently rooted in the South African experience with the Gupta family & Jacob Zuma. Also, an apt term for India today, where agencies seem to be acting at the behest of specific corporates.23 Nov 2024 05:13 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lblqbmjj6k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbhhb7dj622xInternational Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, former defence minister Yoav Gallant & Hamas leader, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri. Technically, if any of them land up in an ICC Member State, they should be arrested & handed to The Hague. https://www.reuters.com/world/icc-issues-arrest-warrants-israels-netanyahu-gallant-hamas-leader-2024-11-21/21 Nov 2024 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhhb7dj622xhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbhb5pifuc2xWhat are the chances that modi will steadily abandon adani if latter becomes too much of a liability? Rebuking the Canadians is one thing, but America is a different ball game.21 Nov 2024 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhb5pifuc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbglgs5iqs2x“orchestrated an elaborate scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure contracts worth billions of dollars & Gautam S. Adani, Sagar R. Adani & Vneet S. Jaain lied about the bribery scheme as they sought to raise capital from U.S. & international investors.” https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/billionaire-chairman-conglomerate-and-seven-other-senior-business-executives-indicted21 Nov 2024 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbglgs5iqs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbfh7qs2sc2yCriminal behaviour tbh [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Nov 2024 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfh7qs2sc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lberr22lts2zMonsoons have arrived in #Singapore. Finally, it’ll rain all 7 days of the week instead of 6.5.20 Nov 2024 10:51 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lberr22lts2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbe3djnxj22hFree speech warrior Elon Musk joining forces with Ancient Democracy Bharat 👍🏽20 Nov 2024 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbe3djnxj22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbbq737fc22tDon’t forget who has been at the forefront of BJP’s toxic electoral campaign in #Jharkhand – Assam CM, Himanta Biswa Sarma. He went out of his way to graft #Assam’s anti-minority, anti-“foreigner” discourse into Jharkhand. Hence, you see toxic ads like that. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/infiltration-poses-threat-jharkhand-society-assam-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-9675297/lite/19 Nov 2024 05:45 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbq737fc22thttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbbojpepys2tTwitter has lost its plot so hard that people are just casually calling on the Indian government to bomb their own country from the air19 Nov 2024 05:15 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbojpepys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3lbbl4xiy7l22Annual pilgrimage trip to this app has been made. Looks much cleaner than last year. 👍🏽19 Nov 2024 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbbl4xiy7l22https://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kkddt5ezzh2hAs the coup in Myanmar completes three years, my deep dive into the various systemic and ideological factors that continue to shape India’s pro-junta position: https://barbedwires.substack.com/p/three-years-of-coup-in-myanmar-what01 Feb 2024 04:29 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkddt5ezzh2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kipeifse7k27Nearly 2 years ago, The Gambia, a small west African country, dragged Myanmar to the ICJ for its genocidal campaign against the Rohingya (& successfully secured provisional measures). Today, South Africa is doing the same to Israel for its mass murder of Palestinians. Africa 🙌🏽11 Jan 2024 12:23 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kipeifse7k27https://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kii7grbdwn2eWe’re seeing a new kind of political capitalism in India today where willing corporates are able to use the rhetoric produced by the regime on social media to generate new profit cycles. Low cost, high output model of crony capitalism fed by a radicalised consumer base.08 Jan 2024 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kii7grbdwn2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kifsbi6xks2fYet again, the #Myanmar junta bombs its own civilians – this time a Church in Kanan village near Khampat (Sagaing Region), right next to the India-Myanmar border. 11 reported killed, incl children. India calls itself a “Vishwa-Mitra” (global friend), but won’t use its leverage to stop these crimes.07 Jan 2024 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kifsbi6xks2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kifjdfiuae2eQuick roundup of all my pieces from 2023 (subscribe to my Substack on barbedwires.substack.com for more): Read here: https://barbedwires.substack.com/p/year-in-review-what-i-wrote-typed07 Jan 2024 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kifjdfiuae2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kheatqipnm2iMerry Christmas to one and all! May the land where Christ was born, today occupied and tormented by a marauding army, be free forever. May the light shine upon Gaza, West Bank, Manipur, Myanmar, and everywhere else. ✨25 Dec 2023 08:53 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kheatqipnm2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3khc5gpjanh2aIn this piece, Suraj Gogoi & I analyse a recent Gauhati HC order which offers an indictment of the #ForeignersTribunals regime, but then goes on to introduce more arbitrariness in the system by asking the state gov to review past orders. #Assam #citizenship #NRC https://scroll.in/article/1060769/gauhati-high-court-echoes-assamese-ethnic-nationalist-discourse-in-order-on-foreigners-tribunal24 Dec 2023 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3khc5gpjanh2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kh5fhtclbo23#London after nine years 🥲22 Dec 2023 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kh5fhtclbo23https://bsky.app/profile/angshuman.bsky.social/post/3kgzxk44fmd2zHere to announce that X is down, but hoping to stay for more 🤝🏽21 Dec 2023 06:40 +0000at://did:plc:fphazhr4bvmbelyohmdnxlju/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgzxk44fmd2z