Abhilasha
@abhilasha.bsky.social
Historical Sociologist in training @CeMIS Göttingen. Interested in migration and transnational labour markets.
Formerly: Aam Aadmi Party (Bangalore) & Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General Chennai
More active on Instagram @abhilashasgill
Formerly: Aam Aadmi Party (Bangalore) & Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General Chennai
More active on Instagram @abhilashasgill
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Abhilasha
@abhilasha.bsky.social
· Mar 18
The Marital Rape Exception: Notes from India
The Marital Rape Exception: Notes from India · Episode
open.spotify.com
For my coursework looking at Gender&Development in #India, I discuss the marital rape exception, violence intervention, and the restitution of conjugal rights w/Taranga, a feminist social worker in SGBV intervention, & Vasudha, a lawyer with the Bombay HC. Do listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/3LDV...
open.spotify.com/episode/3LDV...
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As Hindu nationalism pushes Muslims to the margins, Owaisi plays a high-stakes political game. Beyond the headlines — what does this movement actually represent?
#NowScreening
Crescent in the Saffron Sky
Discussant: Felix Pal (UWA)
🗓️28 May 2026
📍Méliès, Bürgerstraße 13, Göttingen
⏰ 20:00 hrs
#NowScreening
Crescent in the Saffron Sky
Discussant: Felix Pal (UWA)
🗓️28 May 2026
📍Méliès, Bürgerstraße 13, Göttingen
⏰ 20:00 hrs
May 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
As Hindu nationalism pushes Muslims to the margins, Owaisi plays a high-stakes political game. Beyond the headlines — what does this movement actually represent?
#NowScreening
Crescent in the Saffron Sky
Discussant: Felix Pal (UWA)
🗓️28 May 2026
📍Méliès, Bürgerstraße 13, Göttingen
⏰ 20:00 hrs
#NowScreening
Crescent in the Saffron Sky
Discussant: Felix Pal (UWA)
🗓️28 May 2026
📍Méliès, Bürgerstraße 13, Göttingen
⏰ 20:00 hrs
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Presenting the Summer Semester 2026 Colloquium, & Modern South Asian History Research Seminar.
From partition, labour, & migration to capitalism, caste, & political campaigns — we have an incredible lineup of scholars unpacking modern South Asia in all its complexity.
🗓️ May - July
CeMIS, Göttingen
From partition, labour, & migration to capitalism, caste, & political campaigns — we have an incredible lineup of scholars unpacking modern South Asia in all its complexity.
🗓️ May - July
CeMIS, Göttingen
May 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Presenting the Summer Semester 2026 Colloquium, & Modern South Asian History Research Seminar.
From partition, labour, & migration to capitalism, caste, & political campaigns — we have an incredible lineup of scholars unpacking modern South Asia in all its complexity.
🗓️ May - July
CeMIS, Göttingen
From partition, labour, & migration to capitalism, caste, & political campaigns — we have an incredible lineup of scholars unpacking modern South Asia in all its complexity.
🗓️ May - July
CeMIS, Göttingen
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Bangalore International Centre is set to screen The Battle Royale by Director & CeMIS faculty member, Lalit Vachani. The film tracks Mahua Moitra's re-election campaign as she fought for political survival & redemption post allegations of accepting cash for queries in Parliament.
Details are below!
Details are below!
March 11, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Bangalore International Centre is set to screen The Battle Royale by Director & CeMIS faculty member, Lalit Vachani. The film tracks Mahua Moitra's re-election campaign as she fought for political survival & redemption post allegations of accepting cash for queries in Parliament.
Details are below!
Details are below!
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Folks in South Asian/Islamic Studies: if you happen to be in Göttingen this weekend, please join us for this workshop I'm co-organizing with Mohammad Nabeel Jafri! (5-7th February)
Detailed abstract and program here: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/workshop%...
Detailed abstract and program here: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/workshop%...
February 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Folks in South Asian/Islamic Studies: if you happen to be in Göttingen this weekend, please join us for this workshop I'm co-organizing with Mohammad Nabeel Jafri! (5-7th February)
Detailed abstract and program here: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/workshop%...
Detailed abstract and program here: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/workshop%...
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Marx's Capital, Vol. 1 is now complete! Congrats to the comrades who've been listening along with the posts. Here's a link to all 35.5 hours of it: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#politics #economy #economics #history #capitalism #socialism #communism #marxism #capital #politicaleconomy #karlmarx
#politics #economy #economics #history #capitalism #socialism #communism #marxism #capital #politicaleconomy #karlmarx
Karl Marx's Capital (Das Kapital), All Volumes - YouTube
playlist begun in November 2024, videos still being added
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Marx's Capital, Vol. 1 is now complete! Congrats to the comrades who've been listening along with the posts. Here's a link to all 35.5 hours of it: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#politics #economy #economics #history #capitalism #socialism #communism #marxism #capital #politicaleconomy #karlmarx
#politics #economy #economics #history #capitalism #socialism #communism #marxism #capital #politicaleconomy #karlmarx
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Applications now invited for the Society's two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26 to support PhD students complete a doctorate in #history.
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
May 14, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Applications now invited for the Society's two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26 to support PhD students complete a doctorate in #history.
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
The Fellowships are held in conjunction with @ihr.bsky.social and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians
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This pic could become iconic on the latest unrest in Turkey:
Last night, at the campus of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara (my old school), snapshot of a student reading Rousseau’s “The Social Contract” in front of of the armoured police vehicles.
Last night, at the campus of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara (my old school), snapshot of a student reading Rousseau’s “The Social Contract” in front of of the armoured police vehicles.
March 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This pic could become iconic on the latest unrest in Turkey:
Last night, at the campus of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara (my old school), snapshot of a student reading Rousseau’s “The Social Contract” in front of of the armoured police vehicles.
Last night, at the campus of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara (my old school), snapshot of a student reading Rousseau’s “The Social Contract” in front of of the armoured police vehicles.
For my coursework looking at Gender&Development in #India, I discuss the marital rape exception, violence intervention, and the restitution of conjugal rights w/Taranga, a feminist social worker in SGBV intervention, & Vasudha, a lawyer with the Bombay HC. Do listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/3LDV...
open.spotify.com/episode/3LDV...
The Marital Rape Exception: Notes from India
The Marital Rape Exception: Notes from India · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
For my coursework looking at Gender&Development in #India, I discuss the marital rape exception, violence intervention, and the restitution of conjugal rights w/Taranga, a feminist social worker in SGBV intervention, & Vasudha, a lawyer with the Bombay HC. Do listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/3LDV...
open.spotify.com/episode/3LDV...
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CSS job alert, Computational Social Scientist for Tenure Track faculty position in AI Media at Penn State: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Computational Social Scientist for Tenure Track faculty position in AI Media
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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March 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
CSS job alert, Computational Social Scientist for Tenure Track faculty position in AI Media at Penn State: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
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If you want to watch this doco - seems like in ANZ anyway it is available on Doc play out of Melbourne
www.docplay.com/shows/no-oth...
www.docplay.com/shows/no-oth...
Watch No Other Land on DocPlay
A stark portrait of the daily struggles of Palestinian communities subjected to Israeli home demolitions, forced displacement, and restrictions on movement.
www.docplay.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If you want to watch this doco - seems like in ANZ anyway it is available on Doc play out of Melbourne
www.docplay.com/shows/no-oth...
www.docplay.com/shows/no-oth...
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University folks - anybody see good handouts about rights vs ICE, police, etc floating around that would be good to share?
February 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
University folks - anybody see good handouts about rights vs ICE, police, etc floating around that would be good to share?
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January 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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like please god can we kill that Twitterpilled reply mode where anyone being happy about ANYTHING is a credulous moron who’s taken their eye off the ball who needs you personally to correct them
December 28, 2024 at 5:00 AM
like please god can we kill that Twitterpilled reply mode where anyone being happy about ANYTHING is a credulous moron who’s taken their eye off the ball who needs you personally to correct them
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Time spent reading books this year was time not spent doomscrolling. It was time spent getting to grips with the world anew, amid the shock, the incredulity provoked by Gaza.
Among the books I read this year, here are the most memorable ones.
Among the books I read this year, here are the most memorable ones.
December 16, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Time spent reading books this year was time not spent doomscrolling. It was time spent getting to grips with the world anew, amid the shock, the incredulity provoked by Gaza.
Among the books I read this year, here are the most memorable ones.
Among the books I read this year, here are the most memorable ones.
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It was a massive celebration in the German capital, Berlin. Everyone was crying with joy.
December 8, 2024 at 5:26 PM
It was a massive celebration in the German capital, Berlin. Everyone was crying with joy.
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Reducing all the Syrians pouring out of prisons right now to al qaeda affiliates is actually a racist thing to say just fyi! Hope that's clear!
December 8, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Reducing all the Syrians pouring out of prisons right now to al qaeda affiliates is actually a racist thing to say just fyi! Hope that's clear!
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What Ta-Nehisi Coates is doing, using his standing in the liberal mainstream to enter rarefied mainstream spaces to speak out on behalf of Palestinians, even though those spaces will be invariably hostile and even perhaps subsequently foreclosed to him, is incredible
October 3, 2024 at 1:01 AM
What Ta-Nehisi Coates is doing, using his standing in the liberal mainstream to enter rarefied mainstream spaces to speak out on behalf of Palestinians, even though those spaces will be invariably hostile and even perhaps subsequently foreclosed to him, is incredible
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I do want to force catholic hospitals to perform abortions against their will, actually. If you can't offer full maternal care don't be a hospital. Fuck off.
October 2, 2024 at 1:54 AM
I do want to force catholic hospitals to perform abortions against their will, actually. If you can't offer full maternal care don't be a hospital. Fuck off.
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In Edinburgh for a few days and popped by Spottiswoode Street, where the Indian revolutionary Pandurang Mahadev Bapat lived in 1904. Briefly involved with India House in London, Bapat moved to Paris in 1906 and was involved with the Russian revolutionary Nicolas Safranski.
September 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
In Edinburgh for a few days and popped by Spottiswoode Street, where the Indian revolutionary Pandurang Mahadev Bapat lived in 1904. Briefly involved with India House in London, Bapat moved to Paris in 1906 and was involved with the Russian revolutionary Nicolas Safranski.
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At UN, China slams US Sanctions on Iran, Accuses Israel of ‘Indiscriminate attacks on Civilians’
At UN, China slams US Sanctions on Iran, Accuses Israel of ‘Indiscriminate attacks on Civilians’
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, during his first appearance at the annual UN General Assembly meeting, met on the margins of the conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. He elicited from the Chinese one of the…
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September 26, 2024 at 6:12 AM
At UN, China slams US Sanctions on Iran, Accuses Israel of ‘Indiscriminate attacks on Civilians’
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Come work with me! We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of Early Islam (until ca. 1250). Please share widely!
September 25, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Come work with me! We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of Early Islam (until ca. 1250). Please share widely!
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It'd be nice to have the opposite of an intrusive thought once in a while. Just a really sudden calming thought
July 11, 2024 at 12:51 AM
It'd be nice to have the opposite of an intrusive thought once in a while. Just a really sudden calming thought
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Disgusting scenes at amstedam encampemnt - people waking up to bulldozers, riot police, pepper spray, unhinged arrests en masse. Hearing ambulances literally refusing to take injured people. Seems the dutch have been studying the tactics of US and israeli police. Many colleagues arested.
May 7, 2024 at 3:43 AM
Disgusting scenes at amstedam encampemnt - people waking up to bulldozers, riot police, pepper spray, unhinged arrests en masse. Hearing ambulances literally refusing to take injured people. Seems the dutch have been studying the tactics of US and israeli police. Many colleagues arested.