Sandeep Bakshi
@sandeepbak.bsky.social
Queer vegan of colour academic. Committed to decolonial inquiry. Postcolonial, Queer Studies. Université Paris Cité. He/They.
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Sandeep Bakshi
@sandeepbak.bsky.social
· Mar 16
Hi, new followers! Welcome.
Expect queer & decolonial studies discourse, coloniality of curriculum debates, commentary on current events esp. India, UK, France, Aus - origin/fam/residence. And US.
My reads, food & scarves.
Receive flak from several constituencies. No hate-follows pls; I don't. Ta!
Expect queer & decolonial studies discourse, coloniality of curriculum debates, commentary on current events esp. India, UK, France, Aus - origin/fam/residence. And US.
My reads, food & scarves.
Receive flak from several constituencies. No hate-follows pls; I don't. Ta!
An excellent explanation of the current eco-crisis through the forging of the concept climate coloniality. Professor Farhana Sultana addresses the question of decolonisation in its current alignment with climate change.
Do fin time to watch it👇🏽
youtu.be/clqJAuyLcfs
Do fin time to watch it👇🏽
youtu.be/clqJAuyLcfs
From Coloniality to Decolonisation | Farhana Sultana
YouTube video by Planet: Critical
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January 24, 2026 at 8:20 AM
An excellent explanation of the current eco-crisis through the forging of the concept climate coloniality. Professor Farhana Sultana addresses the question of decolonisation in its current alignment with climate change.
Do fin time to watch it👇🏽
youtu.be/clqJAuyLcfs
Do fin time to watch it👇🏽
youtu.be/clqJAuyLcfs
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La police française a raflé un de mes élèves l’an dernier pour l’enfermer dans un CRA avant de l’envoyer, avec sa sœur en bas âge & sa mère isolée, dans une dictature du Caucase dont il ne parle même pas la langue.
Un enfant de 5 ans placé en détention par la police de l'immigration américaine à Minneapolis
Un enfant de 5 ans placé en détention par la police de l'immigration américaine à Minneapolis
Après l'arrestation, largement diffusée sur les réseaux sociaux, d'un enfant de 5 ans en compagnie de son père par la police de l'immigration à Minneapolis, le vice-président américain, JD Vance, s'est rendu dans le Minnesota, où les manifestations contre la politique migratoire de Donald Trump continuent depuis la mort de Renee Good.
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January 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM
La police française a raflé un de mes élèves l’an dernier pour l’enfermer dans un CRA avant de l’envoyer, avec sa sœur en bas âge & sa mère isolée, dans une dictature du Caucase dont il ne parle même pas la langue.
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Je crois que j'ai déjà raconté ici qu'on a du changer d'itinéraire et entrer dans une boutique faire du "shopping" avec une élève parce que les 1312 étaient devant le bahut, attendant qu'on rentre de la sortie ciné pour l'embarquer.
C'était il y a 22 ans. Rien n'est neuf, vous voulez juste pas voir.
C'était il y a 22 ans. Rien n'est neuf, vous voulez juste pas voir.
La police française a raflé un de mes élèves l’an dernier pour l’enfermer dans un CRA avant de l’envoyer, avec sa sœur en bas âge & sa mère isolée, dans une dictature du Caucase dont il ne parle même pas la langue.
Un enfant de 5 ans placé en détention par la police de l'immigration américaine à Minneapolis
January 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Je crois que j'ai déjà raconté ici qu'on a du changer d'itinéraire et entrer dans une boutique faire du "shopping" avec une élève parce que les 1312 étaient devant le bahut, attendant qu'on rentre de la sortie ciné pour l'embarquer.
C'était il y a 22 ans. Rien n'est neuf, vous voulez juste pas voir.
C'était il y a 22 ans. Rien n'est neuf, vous voulez juste pas voir.
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Euro-US colonial brokering. We all thought Denmark had signed 'wide-ranging autonomy' for Greenland and the Indigenous peoples of Greenland in 2009.
Nah, they'd rather underwrite US takeover of 'small pockets of land' which were never theirs to begin with. Why not relinquish Copenhagen? All of it.
Nah, they'd rather underwrite US takeover of 'small pockets of land' which were never theirs to begin with. Why not relinquish Copenhagen? All of it.
“.. Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small pockets of Greenlandic land where the United States could build military bases, according to three senior officials ..”
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January 23, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Euro-US colonial brokering. We all thought Denmark had signed 'wide-ranging autonomy' for Greenland and the Indigenous peoples of Greenland in 2009.
Nah, they'd rather underwrite US takeover of 'small pockets of land' which were never theirs to begin with. Why not relinquish Copenhagen? All of it.
Nah, they'd rather underwrite US takeover of 'small pockets of land' which were never theirs to begin with. Why not relinquish Copenhagen? All of it.
“.. Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small pockets of Greenlandic land where the United States could build military bases, according to three senior officials ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Euro-US colonial brokering. We all thought Denmark had signed 'wide-ranging autonomy' for Greenland and the Indigenous peoples of Greenland in 2009.
Nah, they'd rather underwrite US takeover of 'small pockets of land' which were never theirs to begin with. Why not relinquish Copenhagen? All of it.
Nah, they'd rather underwrite US takeover of 'small pockets of land' which were never theirs to begin with. Why not relinquish Copenhagen? All of it.
Phew I survived today. Class on campus, South Paris, meeting, North Paris! Tomorrow begins pending marking tunnel.
The world is what it is, but tonight winding down to this sweetie from the Isle of Jura, Scotland.
The world is what it is, but tonight winding down to this sweetie from the Isle of Jura, Scotland.
January 22, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Phew I survived today. Class on campus, South Paris, meeting, North Paris! Tomorrow begins pending marking tunnel.
The world is what it is, but tonight winding down to this sweetie from the Isle of Jura, Scotland.
The world is what it is, but tonight winding down to this sweetie from the Isle of Jura, Scotland.
At Campus Condorcet for the editorial meeting of Genre, Sexualité et Société. The building is an architectural novelty and the metro station has Aïssa Maiga’s new film posters. The film releases 28th Jan.
January 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
At Campus Condorcet for the editorial meeting of Genre, Sexualité et Société. The building is an architectural novelty and the metro station has Aïssa Maiga’s new film posters. The film releases 28th Jan.
Sp Issue of Women, Gender & Research titled ‘Decolonisation’ will be regularly cited for decolonial politics in the Nordics.
The intro, in English, is lit. I can’t read the essays in Danish! Someone pls translate the one on Inuit solidarity w/ Palestine. Have a look👇🏽
tidsskrift.dk/KKF/issue/vi...
The intro, in English, is lit. I can’t read the essays in Danish! Someone pls translate the one on Inuit solidarity w/ Palestine. Have a look👇🏽
tidsskrift.dk/KKF/issue/vi...
Nr. 1 (2025): Decolonisation
| Kvinder, Køn & Forskning
tidsskrift.dk
January 22, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Sp Issue of Women, Gender & Research titled ‘Decolonisation’ will be regularly cited for decolonial politics in the Nordics.
The intro, in English, is lit. I can’t read the essays in Danish! Someone pls translate the one on Inuit solidarity w/ Palestine. Have a look👇🏽
tidsskrift.dk/KKF/issue/vi...
The intro, in English, is lit. I can’t read the essays in Danish! Someone pls translate the one on Inuit solidarity w/ Palestine. Have a look👇🏽
tidsskrift.dk/KKF/issue/vi...
The ever-so astute Harsha Walia — author of *Border and Rule
Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism* — on Carney (applicable to other Euro-leaders as well, shamefully passing as ‘resisters’). Reminder - there’s a well-established hierarchy in the imperial core.
Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism* — on Carney (applicable to other Euro-leaders as well, shamefully passing as ‘resisters’). Reminder - there’s a well-established hierarchy in the imperial core.
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The ever-so astute Harsha Walia — author of *Border and Rule
Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism* — on Carney (applicable to other Euro-leaders as well, shamefully passing as ‘resisters’). Reminder - there’s a well-established hierarchy in the imperial core.
Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism* — on Carney (applicable to other Euro-leaders as well, shamefully passing as ‘resisters’). Reminder - there’s a well-established hierarchy in the imperial core.
What we wished for was more south-south discussions. All we ever hear is a constant north-north warring babble. They’ve always been melodramatic even after extracting resources, plundering & murdering. They’re still holding the majority world to ransom. It’s the permanent calcified world order.
January 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
What we wished for was more south-south discussions. All we ever hear is a constant north-north warring babble. They’ve always been melodramatic even after extracting resources, plundering & murdering. They’re still holding the majority world to ransom. It’s the permanent calcified world order.
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There is a difference between something which is right to do, and something one has a right to do.
January 21, 2026 at 3:55 PM
There is a difference between something which is right to do, and something one has a right to do.
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I put on my batik shirt and frolicked over to Warwick today to talk about my book.
January 21, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I put on my batik shirt and frolicked over to Warwick today to talk about my book.
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It is undeniable that colonial-capitalist exploitation of resources and hoarding of wealth are both key variables in understanding how we got here.
The general consensus in the geopol west underscores ethic of hard work narrative as preamble for its current global position. It completely occludes colonial-capitalist exploitation & hoarding of resources that is in a large proportion responsible for planetary destruction.+
January 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It is undeniable that colonial-capitalist exploitation of resources and hoarding of wealth are both key variables in understanding how we got here.
Come join the fun. Some great folks on this list (and I didn’t mean myself😂). If you’d like to connect with other queer academics, it’s over here👇🏽
For those of you looking to follow some more queer scholar-activists in 2026, check out this starter pack with many fabulous folks.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Come join the fun. Some great folks on this list (and I didn’t mean myself😂). If you’d like to connect with other queer academics, it’s over here👇🏽
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One conversation I don't think the world is ready for is how rooted in Christianity white supremacy actually is. It's a large pillar in the foundation that built white nationalism. Purity of mind. Purity of being. Purity of body. Purity of culture and society. And missionaries went everywhere.
You don't have to be white to uphold white supremacy.
You can be a woman & a conduit of patriarchy.
You can be gay & still promote homophobia.
Several folks have done it before & it will continue. Usha Vance, Kemi Badenoch et al are where they wish to be. Power/proximity to power is a helluva drug.
You can be a woman & a conduit of patriarchy.
You can be gay & still promote homophobia.
Several folks have done it before & it will continue. Usha Vance, Kemi Badenoch et al are where they wish to be. Power/proximity to power is a helluva drug.
January 20, 2026 at 10:47 PM
One conversation I don't think the world is ready for is how rooted in Christianity white supremacy actually is. It's a large pillar in the foundation that built white nationalism. Purity of mind. Purity of being. Purity of body. Purity of culture and society. And missionaries went everywhere.
You don't have to be white to uphold white supremacy.
You can be a woman & a conduit of patriarchy.
You can be gay & still promote homophobia.
Several folks have done it before & it will continue. Usha Vance, Kemi Badenoch et al are where they wish to be. Power/proximity to power is a helluva drug.
You can be a woman & a conduit of patriarchy.
You can be gay & still promote homophobia.
Several folks have done it before & it will continue. Usha Vance, Kemi Badenoch et al are where they wish to be. Power/proximity to power is a helluva drug.
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
You don't have to be white to uphold white supremacy.
You can be a woman & a conduit of patriarchy.
You can be gay & still promote homophobia.
Several folks have done it before & it will continue. Usha Vance, Kemi Badenoch et al are where they wish to be. Power/proximity to power is a helluva drug.
You can be a woman & a conduit of patriarchy.
You can be gay & still promote homophobia.
Several folks have done it before & it will continue. Usha Vance, Kemi Badenoch et al are where they wish to be. Power/proximity to power is a helluva drug.
Such a captivating screen presence. Neeru Bajwa, a 45 y/o mum, is so pretty.
Born in Surrey, Canada to Punjabi migrant parents. School dropout & living her dream of becoming an actress in India. One of the most successful actresses in Punjabi cinema. Reverse migration?
youtube.com/shorts/XyA5o...
Born in Surrey, Canada to Punjabi migrant parents. School dropout & living her dream of becoming an actress in India. One of the most successful actresses in Punjabi cinema. Reverse migration?
youtube.com/shorts/XyA5o...
Laung Laachi Dance Performance Neeru Bajwa | Satinder Sartaaj | LPU Jalandhar
YouTube video by Bade bhaiya sidhi wale
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January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Such a captivating screen presence. Neeru Bajwa, a 45 y/o mum, is so pretty.
Born in Surrey, Canada to Punjabi migrant parents. School dropout & living her dream of becoming an actress in India. One of the most successful actresses in Punjabi cinema. Reverse migration?
youtube.com/shorts/XyA5o...
Born in Surrey, Canada to Punjabi migrant parents. School dropout & living her dream of becoming an actress in India. One of the most successful actresses in Punjabi cinema. Reverse migration?
youtube.com/shorts/XyA5o...
Noor Hindi's poem on poetry and craft.
Metaphors about death are for poets who think ghosts care about sound.
- Noor Hindi
Metaphors about death are for poets who think ghosts care about sound.
- Noor Hindi
January 20, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Noor Hindi's poem on poetry and craft.
Metaphors about death are for poets who think ghosts care about sound.
- Noor Hindi
Metaphors about death are for poets who think ghosts care about sound.
- Noor Hindi
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German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
German Jews were citizens of Germany at the start of 1933. By the end of 1933, the Nazis had
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
removed citizenship from naturalized citizen Jews.
In 1935, all German Jews were fully stripped of their German citizenship.
Citizenship under dictatorships is contingent for targeted minorities.
Can spring be far?
January 20, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Can spring be far?
Term begins today. Last polishing touches to the work ahead. Let’s not forget the punctuation.
January 19, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Term begins today. Last polishing touches to the work ahead. Let’s not forget the punctuation.
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As a Canadian, I am not proud that it was a Canadian, Colonel Jean Berthiaume, who identified Lumumba's whereabouts for capture, torture, and execution.
How the UN and Canada colluded to kill Lumumba | Pambazuka News
www.pambazuka.org
January 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
As a Canadian, I am not proud that it was a Canadian, Colonel Jean Berthiaume, who identified Lumumba's whereabouts for capture, torture, and execution.
On 17 January 2016, Rohith Vemula, an oppressed caste PhD student, died by suicide.
10 years on his letter still burns through our flesh.
My birth is my fatal accident. I can never recover from my childhood loneliness. The unappreciated child from my past.
sabrangindia.in/article/my-b...
10 years on his letter still burns through our flesh.
My birth is my fatal accident. I can never recover from my childhood loneliness. The unappreciated child from my past.
sabrangindia.in/article/my-b...
My birth is my fatal accident, remembering Rohith Vemula’s last letter | SabrangIndia
His letter is a searing reminder of how little has changed when it comes to offering an unconditional opportunity to bright marginalised students in prejudiced and casteist democracies. It has been ...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:13 PM
On 17 January 2016, Rohith Vemula, an oppressed caste PhD student, died by suicide.
10 years on his letter still burns through our flesh.
My birth is my fatal accident. I can never recover from my childhood loneliness. The unappreciated child from my past.
sabrangindia.in/article/my-b...
10 years on his letter still burns through our flesh.
My birth is my fatal accident. I can never recover from my childhood loneliness. The unappreciated child from my past.
sabrangindia.in/article/my-b...
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Warm-up work for the course includes watching this critical documentary before the first class. It’s available here, archive.org/details/conc...
Lauryn Hill is great at recounting colonial pasts & reading Fanon!
Sankara is fabulous at the end. It’s not just on violence, it’s about making our world.
Lauryn Hill is great at recounting colonial pasts & reading Fanon!
Sankara is fabulous at the end. It’s not just on violence, it’s about making our world.
January 18, 2026 at 8:12 AM