Angshuman
@angshuman.bsky.social
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 Assam
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Huh, turns out united opposition swiftly and decisively rebutting would-be authoritarians works better than taking a couple weeks and hoping it works out for the best.
December 3, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Huh, turns out united opposition swiftly and decisively rebutting would-be authoritarians works better than taking a couple weeks and hoping it works out for the best.
🧵 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)
December 3, 2024 at 2:45 AM
🧵 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)
Shared some of my (rough) ideas on how to do better collaborative borderland research in #SoutheastAsia at ANU Southeast Asia Student Research Symposium, ANU, Canberra.
November 26, 2024 at 6:11 AM
Shared some of my (rough) ideas on how to do better collaborative borderland research in #SoutheastAsia at ANU Southeast Asia Student Research Symposium, ANU, Canberra.
Prof 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.
November 26, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Prof 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.
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On the left, a progressive US newspaper
On the right, a progressive Israeli newspaper
On the right, a progressive Israeli newspaper
November 25, 2024 at 4:30 PM
On the left, a progressive US newspaper
On the right, a progressive Israeli newspaper
On the right, a progressive Israeli newspaper
Kenyan 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.
November 23, 2024 at 5:13 AM
International 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.
www.reuters.com/world/icc-is...
Technically, if any of them land up in an ICC Member State, they should be arrested & handed to The Hague.
www.reuters.com/world/icc-is...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader
The International Criminal Court in The Hague said on Thursday that it had issued warrants for the arrest of Hamas leader Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (also known as Mohammed Deif) and Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu and its former defence minister Yoav Gallant.
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:21 PM
International 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.
www.reuters.com/world/icc-is...
Technically, if any of them land up in an ICC Member State, they should be arrested & handed to The Hague.
www.reuters.com/world/icc-is...
What 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.
November 21, 2024 at 10:32 AM
What 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.
“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.”
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr...
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Billionaire Chairman of Conglomerate and Seven Other Senior Business Executives Indicted in Connection With Scheme to Pay Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Bribes and Conceal Bribery Scheme From U.S....
A five-count criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Gautam S. Adani, Sagar R. Adani and Vneet S. Jaain, executives of an Indian renewable-energy company, with con...
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November 21, 2024 at 4:03 AM
“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.”
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr...
www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr...
Criminal behaviour tbh
The US just vetoed *another* UN Security Council resolution. It demanded "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" & "immediate and unconditional release of all hostages."
14 voted in favor.
1—the US—opposed.
This is the 4th UNSC ceasefire resolution US has vetoed.
14 voted in favor.
1—the US—opposed.
This is the 4th UNSC ceasefire resolution US has vetoed.
November 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Criminal behaviour tbh
Monsoons have arrived in #Singapore. Finally, it’ll rain all 7 days of the week instead of 6.5.
November 20, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Monsoons have arrived in #Singapore. Finally, it’ll rain all 7 days of the week instead of 6.5.
Free speech warrior Elon Musk joining forces with Ancient Democracy Bharat 👍🏽
November 20, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Free speech warrior Elon Musk joining forces with Ancient Democracy Bharat 👍🏽
Don’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.
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
Infiltration poses threat to Jharkhand’s society, culture: Himanta
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma accused the JMM-led alliance government in Jharkhand of "patronising" infiltration.
indianexpress.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Don’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.
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
indianexpress.com/article/indi...
Twitter has lost its plot so hard that people are just casually calling on the Indian government to bomb their own country from the air
November 19, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Twitter has lost its plot so hard that people are just casually calling on the Indian government to bomb their own country from the air
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Israel murdered 46 people in Gaza today.
November 19, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Israel murdered 46 people in Gaza today.
Annual pilgrimage trip to this app has been made. Looks much cleaner than last year. 👍🏽
November 19, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Annual pilgrimage trip to this app has been made. Looks much cleaner than last year. 👍🏽
As 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:
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Three Years of Coup in Myanmar: What Explains India’s Pro-Junta Position?
Why won't New Delhi formally engage pro-democracy forces next door?
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February 1, 2024 at 4:29 AM
As 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:
barbedwires.substack.com/p/three-year...
barbedwires.substack.com/p/three-year...
Nearly 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 🙌🏽
Africa 🙌🏽
January 11, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Nearly 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 🙌🏽
Africa 🙌🏽
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The U.S. declares that Bangladesh’s elections were “not free or fair.”
January 8, 2024 at 7:33 PM
The U.S. declares that Bangladesh’s elections were “not free or fair.”
We’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.
January 8, 2024 at 4:04 PM
We’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.
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Boeing's mid-flight blowout a big problem for company
Boeing's mid-flight blowout a big problem for company
The Alaska Airlines incident could have been much worse, but is still a major issue for the US plane-maker.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 7, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Boeing's mid-flight blowout a big problem for company
Yet 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.
India calls itself a “Vishwa-Mitra” (global friend), but won’t use its leverage to stop these crimes.
January 7, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Yet 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.
India calls itself a “Vishwa-Mitra” (global friend), but won’t use its leverage to stop these crimes.
Quick roundup of all my pieces from 2023 (subscribe to my Substack on barbedwires.substack.com for more):
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Year in Review: What I Wrote (Typed) in 2023
Here are all my pieces from the past year.
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January 7, 2024 at 2:23 PM
Quick roundup of all my pieces from 2023 (subscribe to my Substack on barbedwires.substack.com for more):
Read here: barbedwires.substack.com/p/year-in-re...
Read here: barbedwires.substack.com/p/year-in-re...
Merry 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. ✨
December 25, 2023 at 8:53 AM
Merry 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. ✨
In 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
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#Assam #citizenship #NRC
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Gauhati High Court echoes Assamese ethnic nationalist discourse in order on foreigners tribunal
Instead of simplifying the bureaucratic maze of citizenship, it reaffirmed the rhetoric of distrust around the National Register of Citizens.
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December 24, 2023 at 12:47 PM
In 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
scroll.in/article/1060...
#Assam #citizenship #NRC
scroll.in/article/1060...