Sher Ali Khan
@organicfilaments.bsky.social
Organic Filaments. Fugitive Currents.Power, politics, resistance.
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“Pakistan’s policy is reduced to bleeding India; and India’s to bleeding the Kashmiris, and to hit out at Pakistan whenever a wound can be inflicted.” Eqbal Ahmad’s words explain exactly what is happening.
April 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Pakistan’s policy is reduced to bleeding India; and India’s to bleeding the Kashmiris, and to hit out at Pakistan whenever a wound can be inflicted.” Eqbal Ahmad’s words explain exactly what is happening.
Surviving fascistic times isn’t about grand defiance. It’s about enduring the cruddy, recursive violence of the everyday. As Povinelli reminds us, power works not only in spectacular moments of repression—but in the slow grind of ordinary life.
April 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Surviving fascistic times isn’t about grand defiance. It’s about enduring the cruddy, recursive violence of the everyday. As Povinelli reminds us, power works not only in spectacular moments of repression—but in the slow grind of ordinary life.
Reposted by Sher Ali Khan
“Caste isn’t a relic. It’s infrastructure.”
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
April 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Caste isn’t a relic. It’s infrastructure.”
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
“You can strike caste from the law. But if it lives in your marriage, your mosque, your temple, it survives.”
#Ambedkar #FugitiveCurrents #CasteIsInfrastructure #SouthAsia #DalitHistory #AbolitionNow
#Ambedkar #FugitiveCurrents #CasteIsInfrastructure #SouthAsia #DalitHistory #AbolitionNow
April 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
“You can strike caste from the law. But if it lives in your marriage, your mosque, your temple, it survives.”
#Ambedkar #FugitiveCurrents #CasteIsInfrastructure #SouthAsia #DalitHistory #AbolitionNow
#Ambedkar #FugitiveCurrents #CasteIsInfrastructure #SouthAsia #DalitHistory #AbolitionNow
April 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
“You can strike caste from the law. But if it lives in your marriage, your mosque, your temple, it survives.”
#Ambedkar #FugitiveCurrents #CasteIsInfrastructure #SouthAsia #DalitHistory #AbolitionNow
#Ambedkar #FugitiveCurrents #CasteIsInfrastructure #SouthAsia #DalitHistory #AbolitionNow
“Caste isn’t a relic. It’s infrastructure.”
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
April 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
“Caste isn’t a relic. It’s infrastructure.”
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
Ambedkar saw it—
not a coup,
but the quiet violence of everyday life.
Who eats last.
Who’s never heard.
Who disappears.
Clip from the new episode of Fugitive Currents.
#Ambedkar #Caste #FugitiveCurrents #SouthAsia #DalitLives
The latest episode of Fugitive Currents is out.
It’s not my first—but it feels like a return.
A return to Ambedkar, not just as icon or anniversary post—
but as someone who named the everyday mechanics of power
long before theory caught up.
It’s not my first—but it feels like a return.
A return to Ambedkar, not just as icon or anniversary post—
but as someone who named the everyday mechanics of power
long before theory caught up.
April 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The latest episode of Fugitive Currents is out.
It’s not my first—but it feels like a return.
A return to Ambedkar, not just as icon or anniversary post—
but as someone who named the everyday mechanics of power
long before theory caught up.
It’s not my first—but it feels like a return.
A return to Ambedkar, not just as icon or anniversary post—
but as someone who named the everyday mechanics of power
long before theory caught up.
Ammar Rashid on building a real popular front — not just power games, but structural change. Land, resources, justice.
Watch the full episode on YouTube & Spotify.
#AmmarRashid #PopularFront #PakistanPolitics #OrganicFilaments #LeftUnity #BSocial
Watch the full episode on YouTube & Spotify.
#AmmarRashid #PopularFront #PakistanPolitics #OrganicFilaments #LeftUnity #BSocial
April 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Ammar Rashid on building a real popular front — not just power games, but structural change. Land, resources, justice.
Watch the full episode on YouTube & Spotify.
#AmmarRashid #PopularFront #PakistanPolitics #OrganicFilaments #LeftUnity #BSocial
Watch the full episode on YouTube & Spotify.
#AmmarRashid #PopularFront #PakistanPolitics #OrganicFilaments #LeftUnity #BSocial
Ammar Rashid was arrested for protesting in 2020.
Charged with sedition for demanding Manzoor Pashteen’s release. Watch full episode on YouTube and Spotify
Charged with sedition for demanding Manzoor Pashteen’s release. Watch full episode on YouTube and Spotify
April 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ammar Rashid was arrested for protesting in 2020.
Charged with sedition for demanding Manzoor Pashteen’s release. Watch full episode on YouTube and Spotify
Charged with sedition for demanding Manzoor Pashteen’s release. Watch full episode on YouTube and Spotify
“Resistance alone won’t win power.”
In this clip, Ammar Rashid reflects on the limits of protest in electoral politics—
Watch on the Organic Filaments Network.
#AmmarRashid #OrganicFilaments #ElectoralPolitics #PoliticalImagination #BeyondResistance
In this clip, Ammar Rashid reflects on the limits of protest in electoral politics—
Watch on the Organic Filaments Network.
#AmmarRashid #OrganicFilaments #ElectoralPolitics #PoliticalImagination #BeyondResistance
April 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Resistance alone won’t win power.”
In this clip, Ammar Rashid reflects on the limits of protest in electoral politics—
Watch on the Organic Filaments Network.
#AmmarRashid #OrganicFilaments #ElectoralPolitics #PoliticalImagination #BeyondResistance
In this clip, Ammar Rashid reflects on the limits of protest in electoral politics—
Watch on the Organic Filaments Network.
#AmmarRashid #OrganicFilaments #ElectoralPolitics #PoliticalImagination #BeyondResistance
Trying to post more regularly here. Between Substack, YouTube, Threads, and everything else, it’s hard to split posts across platforms.
I just need a space to think out loud.
No polish. No performance.
Just another broke intellectual in the hustle.
We move.
I just need a space to think out loud.
No polish. No performance.
Just another broke intellectual in the hustle.
We move.
April 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Trying to post more regularly here. Between Substack, YouTube, Threads, and everything else, it’s hard to split posts across platforms.
I just need a space to think out loud.
No polish. No performance.
Just another broke intellectual in the hustle.
We move.
I just need a space to think out loud.
No polish. No performance.
Just another broke intellectual in the hustle.
We move.
In the last year, I realized I’m done living defensively.
There’s nothing to prove.
Nothing to explain.
Only the need to build.
To tell our stories in ways that don’t beg for permission.
There’s nothing to prove.
Nothing to explain.
Only the need to build.
To tell our stories in ways that don’t beg for permission.
April 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In the last year, I realized I’m done living defensively.
There’s nothing to prove.
Nothing to explain.
Only the need to build.
To tell our stories in ways that don’t beg for permission.
There’s nothing to prove.
Nothing to explain.
Only the need to build.
To tell our stories in ways that don’t beg for permission.
The market absorbs radical art, stripping it of its edge. 🎭💰 Nandini Dhar unpacks how neoliberalism co-opts resistance while aligning with fascist and right-wing forces. Can radical poetics survive commodification?
#RadicalPoetics #Neoliberalism #ArtAsResistance #DeRadicalization #CultureAndPower
#RadicalPoetics #Neoliberalism #ArtAsResistance #DeRadicalization #CultureAndPower
February 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The market absorbs radical art, stripping it of its edge. 🎭💰 Nandini Dhar unpacks how neoliberalism co-opts resistance while aligning with fascist and right-wing forces. Can radical poetics survive commodification?
#RadicalPoetics #Neoliberalism #ArtAsResistance #DeRadicalization #CultureAndPower
#RadicalPoetics #Neoliberalism #ArtAsResistance #DeRadicalization #CultureAndPower
Can we ever truly escape corporate structures? 🏢💭
Nandini Dhar reflects on working within the corporate university while maintaining a critical distance.
#LaborAndResistance #CorporateUniversities #CapitalismAndCulture #ArtAndLabor #ReducedComplicity #PoeticsAndPolitics
Nandini Dhar reflects on working within the corporate university while maintaining a critical distance.
#LaborAndResistance #CorporateUniversities #CapitalismAndCulture #ArtAndLabor #ReducedComplicity #PoeticsAndPolitics
February 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Can we ever truly escape corporate structures? 🏢💭
Nandini Dhar reflects on working within the corporate university while maintaining a critical distance.
#LaborAndResistance #CorporateUniversities #CapitalismAndCulture #ArtAndLabor #ReducedComplicity #PoeticsAndPolitics
Nandini Dhar reflects on working within the corporate university while maintaining a critical distance.
#LaborAndResistance #CorporateUniversities #CapitalismAndCulture #ArtAndLabor #ReducedComplicity #PoeticsAndPolitics
Here is a recent clip from our conversation with Nandini Dhar - A poet and intellectual based in India. Please subscribe on YouTube and Spotify to hear the complete episode!
February 20, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here is a recent clip from our conversation with Nandini Dhar - A poet and intellectual based in India. Please subscribe on YouTube and Spotify to hear the complete episode!
#RevolutionaryPoetry #FaizAhmedFaiz #HabibJalib #PoetryAndPolitics #SocialMediaCulture #PoetryResurgence #RadicalTradition #ActivistPoetry #DigitalPoetry #OralTradition #ResistanceThroughWords #InstagramPoetry #PoliticalPoetry #PoetryRevolution #FetishizationOfPoetry #NandiniDhar
February 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Reposted by Sher Ali Khan
Women, Caste, and Domestic Labor ✊🏾
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
February 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Women, Caste, and Domestic Labor ✊🏾
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
Reposted by Sher Ali Khan
Latest episode of @organicfilaments now on YouTube and Spotify!
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Latest episode of @organicfilaments now on YouTube and Spotify!
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
Women, Caste, and Domestic Labor ✊🏾
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
February 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Women, Caste, and Domestic Labor ✊🏾
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
In this clip, Nandini Dhar explores these themes in her poetry.
🔗 Follow @organicfilaments & share your thoughts!
#Caste #GenderRoles #DomesticLabor #SouthAsia #PoetryAndResistance #OrganicFilaments #Podcast #YouTube #Intersectionality #PowerDynamics
Latest episode of @organicfilaments now on YouTube and Spotify!
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Latest episode of @organicfilaments now on YouTube and Spotify!
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
Social movements aren’t just rallies & protests—the unseen, everyday labor is just as vital. In this clip, Nandini Dhar unpacks these overlooked moments of struggle. #EverydayResistance #SocialMovements #Activism #RadicalHistories
Reposted by Sher Ali Khan
Speaking at: ‘Legacies of Hope: Peacebuilding in #SouthAsia’ – Thurs. @ The Black Hole, Islamabad, joined online by Khushi Kabir in Dhaka & Rita Manchanda in Delhi.
Saturday, two panels at #FaizFest #Lahore - on #Journalism and #PeaceBuilding in #SouthAsia, & Tribute to #KhaledAhmed. Pl join
Saturday, two panels at #FaizFest #Lahore - on #Journalism and #PeaceBuilding in #SouthAsia, & Tribute to #KhaledAhmed. Pl join
February 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Speaking at: ‘Legacies of Hope: Peacebuilding in #SouthAsia’ – Thurs. @ The Black Hole, Islamabad, joined online by Khushi Kabir in Dhaka & Rita Manchanda in Delhi.
Saturday, two panels at #FaizFest #Lahore - on #Journalism and #PeaceBuilding in #SouthAsia, & Tribute to #KhaledAhmed. Pl join
Saturday, two panels at #FaizFest #Lahore - on #Journalism and #PeaceBuilding in #SouthAsia, & Tribute to #KhaledAhmed. Pl join
Had a powerful conversation with Hassan Turi on his journey from protest photography to capturing the beauty and struggles of Pashtun life. We discussed colonial narratives, state violence, and how his lens becomes an act of resistance.
youtube.com/watch?v=zu1u...
youtube.com/watch?v=zu1u...
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February 9, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Had a powerful conversation with Hassan Turi on his journey from protest photography to capturing the beauty and struggles of Pashtun life. We discussed colonial narratives, state violence, and how his lens becomes an act of resistance.
youtube.com/watch?v=zu1u...
youtube.com/watch?v=zu1u...
In this clip from Episode 2 of Organic Filaments Network, I speak with Hassan Turi about what peace means for the people of Kurram, Pakistan. We discuss military interference, land disputes, and the daily struggles of those caught in conflict.
youtube.com/watch?v=eaMb...
youtube.com/watch?v=eaMb...
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February 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In this clip from Episode 2 of Organic Filaments Network, I speak with Hassan Turi about what peace means for the people of Kurram, Pakistan. We discuss military interference, land disputes, and the daily struggles of those caught in conflict.
youtube.com/watch?v=eaMb...
youtube.com/watch?v=eaMb...