Arpan Bhandari
@arpandholi.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at UNC - Chapel Hill where I study South Asian Islam, Embodied Sufism, engendered Sufism, Qawwali and Sufi Poetry, and Sufi Metaphysics.
Currently on the job market and on track to complete my dissertation by Spring/summer 2025.
Currently on the job market and on track to complete my dissertation by Spring/summer 2025.
Hey yall, my wife’s insta was hacked. They’ve blocked my main account but we have mutuals who are reporting it rn.
Any advice on what we can do? The hackers have managed to completely take over the acct and replaced the password, phone number, and email. They’re post G wagons and BTC scams now 🙃
Any advice on what we can do? The hackers have managed to completely take over the acct and replaced the password, phone number, and email. They’re post G wagons and BTC scams now 🙃
August 19, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Hey yall, my wife’s insta was hacked. They’ve blocked my main account but we have mutuals who are reporting it rn.
Any advice on what we can do? The hackers have managed to completely take over the acct and replaced the password, phone number, and email. They’re post G wagons and BTC scams now 🙃
Any advice on what we can do? The hackers have managed to completely take over the acct and replaced the password, phone number, and email. They’re post G wagons and BTC scams now 🙃
I’m teaching “asynchronous” and it’s the worst method of teaching I’ve ever experienced. It literally only works for memorization based courses.
June 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’m teaching “asynchronous” and it’s the worst method of teaching I’ve ever experienced. It literally only works for memorization based courses.
Dropping this here because I like how I look.
At the home of Frida Kahlo in Mexico City.
At the home of Frida Kahlo in Mexico City.
June 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Dropping this here because I like how I look.
At the home of Frida Kahlo in Mexico City.
At the home of Frida Kahlo in Mexico City.
I am on the lookout for academic jobs in Religion. I intend to finish my PhD and defend sometime this year and am currently sitting at 4/4 body chapters drafted.
I work on Islamic Studies, South Asian Islam, and Sufism.
#academicjobs #academia #religiousstudies
I work on Islamic Studies, South Asian Islam, and Sufism.
#academicjobs #academia #religiousstudies
May 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I am on the lookout for academic jobs in Religion. I intend to finish my PhD and defend sometime this year and am currently sitting at 4/4 body chapters drafted.
I work on Islamic Studies, South Asian Islam, and Sufism.
#academicjobs #academia #religiousstudies
I work on Islamic Studies, South Asian Islam, and Sufism.
#academicjobs #academia #religiousstudies
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"Why won't Ms. Rachel state that she cares, specifically, for my children, who are fed and safe and not being bombed? I guess she's just a bigot."
May 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Why won't Ms. Rachel state that she cares, specifically, for my children, who are fed and safe and not being bombed? I guess she's just a bigot."
Always difficult to come back to writing after not having touched it in a while. Like what am I doing? Why am I here?!
May 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Always difficult to come back to writing after not having touched it in a while. Like what am I doing? Why am I here?!
Quinta Brunson is in the same place as Shah Rukh Khan and Diljit Dosanjh tonight. This timeline is so…peculiar.
May 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Quinta Brunson is in the same place as Shah Rukh Khan and Diljit Dosanjh tonight. This timeline is so…peculiar.
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i love that we got 4 new hubble images today and we still continue to get more after 35 years 🥹
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
April 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
i love that we got 4 new hubble images today and we still continue to get more after 35 years 🥹
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
Me: *explains really weird messed up thing to my therapist. Not sure if I’m being irrational.”
Therapist: huh. Man. That’s some really weird af stuff that happened to you.
Me: 😃
Therapist: huh. Man. That’s some really weird af stuff that happened to you.
Me: 😃
April 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Me: *explains really weird messed up thing to my therapist. Not sure if I’m being irrational.”
Therapist: huh. Man. That’s some really weird af stuff that happened to you.
Me: 😃
Therapist: huh. Man. That’s some really weird af stuff that happened to you.
Me: 😃
Needed to have my pain taken seriously at the dentist today and man, I had to drop the “my dad is a doctor” thing so they start listening. Healthcare is such a hack of a business sometimes.
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Needed to have my pain taken seriously at the dentist today and man, I had to drop the “my dad is a doctor” thing so they start listening. Healthcare is such a hack of a business sometimes.
Me: can u plz give me more pain meds. I can’t function or work without them rn.
The dentist: buddy. Just take a Tylenol and an Advil and make a lil sandwich out of em!! You’ll be all good to go in no time. Here’s a sticker!!!!!
I’m done with American healthcare. Give me the meds so I can write.
The dentist: buddy. Just take a Tylenol and an Advil and make a lil sandwich out of em!! You’ll be all good to go in no time. Here’s a sticker!!!!!
I’m done with American healthcare. Give me the meds so I can write.
March 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Me: can u plz give me more pain meds. I can’t function or work without them rn.
The dentist: buddy. Just take a Tylenol and an Advil and make a lil sandwich out of em!! You’ll be all good to go in no time. Here’s a sticker!!!!!
I’m done with American healthcare. Give me the meds so I can write.
The dentist: buddy. Just take a Tylenol and an Advil and make a lil sandwich out of em!! You’ll be all good to go in no time. Here’s a sticker!!!!!
I’m done with American healthcare. Give me the meds so I can write.
The whole "lonely masculinity" thing is really odd to me. It's perpetuated by grifters. Most men I know, secure in their self-worth and confidence, are thriving. They have an education, jobs, natural curiosity, a steady partner, etc. This whole "men are lonely!" thing really just stems from
March 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The whole "lonely masculinity" thing is really odd to me. It's perpetuated by grifters. Most men I know, secure in their self-worth and confidence, are thriving. They have an education, jobs, natural curiosity, a steady partner, etc. This whole "men are lonely!" thing really just stems from
Anyone have advice for post-wisdom tooth removal headaches? This is awful. I’ve even had my pain meds and it’s still exhausting me.
March 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Anyone have advice for post-wisdom tooth removal headaches? This is awful. I’ve even had my pain meds and it’s still exhausting me.
It’s hard to explain but I’m still mad at her for dying. It’s been 9 months. It still sucks. It’s still a void. I still wish I could smush her face one more time.
March 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It’s hard to explain but I’m still mad at her for dying. It’s been 9 months. It still sucks. It’s still a void. I still wish I could smush her face one more time.
Turns out, whenever I leave America, all of my mental exhaustion disappears and I become the old passionate me.
Cool. America is ruining my life.
Cool. America is ruining my life.
March 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Turns out, whenever I leave America, all of my mental exhaustion disappears and I become the old passionate me.
Cool. America is ruining my life.
Cool. America is ruining my life.
Just finished Mo. what an amazing show. It might be the first time a show has made me every spectrum of emotions.
Long live Palestine. May we live to see a free Palestine.
Long live Palestine. May we live to see a free Palestine.
March 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Just finished Mo. what an amazing show. It might be the first time a show has made me every spectrum of emotions.
Long live Palestine. May we live to see a free Palestine.
Long live Palestine. May we live to see a free Palestine.
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Men's current "gender panic" is really just the realization that women, for the first time in history, have actual legal and material freedom to live independently from them.
And this means that the unpaid domestic and sexual labor their entire identities rely on, is vanishing before their eyes.
And this means that the unpaid domestic and sexual labor their entire identities rely on, is vanishing before their eyes.
Men seem to be under the mistaken impression that women need them more than they need women, and the rage at childless cat ladies and women in the workplace is because it gives lie to that idea.
Yeah...nah
February 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Men's current "gender panic" is really just the realization that women, for the first time in history, have actual legal and material freedom to live independently from them.
And this means that the unpaid domestic and sexual labor their entire identities rely on, is vanishing before their eyes.
And this means that the unpaid domestic and sexual labor their entire identities rely on, is vanishing before their eyes.
I had planned a whole trip to Uzbekistan. My visa wasn’t delivered and my flight from delhi is tomorrow.
Had to cancel everything in order to get some refunds. :/ big bummed.
Had to cancel everything in order to get some refunds. :/ big bummed.
February 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I had planned a whole trip to Uzbekistan. My visa wasn’t delivered and my flight from delhi is tomorrow.
Had to cancel everything in order to get some refunds. :/ big bummed.
Had to cancel everything in order to get some refunds. :/ big bummed.
Met Pir Zia Inayat Khan of the Inayat order this week and attended a 2 hour qawwali session for the Urs of Hazrat Inayat.
It was a surreal day and I have never met someone with such an awe-inspiring energy. I was only able to able to sit with him for a few minutes and we discussed our time at Duke
It was a surreal day and I have never met someone with such an awe-inspiring energy. I was only able to able to sit with him for a few minutes and we discussed our time at Duke
February 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Met Pir Zia Inayat Khan of the Inayat order this week and attended a 2 hour qawwali session for the Urs of Hazrat Inayat.
It was a surreal day and I have never met someone with such an awe-inspiring energy. I was only able to able to sit with him for a few minutes and we discussed our time at Duke
It was a surreal day and I have never met someone with such an awe-inspiring energy. I was only able to able to sit with him for a few minutes and we discussed our time at Duke
Made it to Nizamuddin Dargah for Basant yesterday. What a day! It was absolutely unreal to see the yellow decorations and flowers all over the place.
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Made it to Nizamuddin Dargah for Basant yesterday. What a day! It was absolutely unreal to see the yellow decorations and flowers all over the place.
Back in Nizamuddin Dargah. One of my favorite places to be. There were cats there now which was a welcome change!
January 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Back in Nizamuddin Dargah. One of my favorite places to be. There were cats there now which was a welcome change!
I have learned the magic that is airport lounges.
January 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have learned the magic that is airport lounges.
Bye America! I’m out :)
January 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Bye America! I’m out :)
Nosferatu was wild.
January 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Nosferatu was wild.