Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him)
@dranindyar.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer @staenglish, TU Rep @ucustandrews, EDI Lead @sgsah, @ahrcpress/@BBCRadio3 New Gen Thinker, Author @OUPAcademic + @RowmanInternat
Critical Theory, Marxism, empire, medical humanities.
Critical Theory, Marxism, empire, medical humanities.
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Well-known Marxist agitator Andrew Carnegie would like a word.
I can’t remember who said it, but like 10 years ago someone said “if public libraries didn’t already exist, the concept would be treated today as preposterous left-wing gobbledygook,” and I think about that a lot
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Well-known Marxist agitator Andrew Carnegie would like a word.
Anyone interested in #creativewriting and #vertigo, there are still places on this brilliant workshop!
There are still spots available in this workshop! Vertigo peeps take note! No writing experience needed, but also since it's writing prompts it should be fine for people with loads of writing experience.
Do you suffer from vertigo? Or do you care for someone who does? Would you like to explore your experiences through creative writing? If so, please sign up for this online workshop with the wonderful @marissalingen.bsky.social 5pm GMT, 23rd November. Email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk to register.
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Anyone interested in #creativewriting and #vertigo, there are still places on this brilliant workshop!
Reposted by Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him)
There are still spots available in this workshop! Vertigo peeps take note! No writing experience needed, but also since it's writing prompts it should be fine for people with loads of writing experience.
Do you suffer from vertigo? Or do you care for someone who does? Would you like to explore your experiences through creative writing? If so, please sign up for this online workshop with the wonderful @marissalingen.bsky.social 5pm GMT, 23rd November. Email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk to register.
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
There are still spots available in this workshop! Vertigo peeps take note! No writing experience needed, but also since it's writing prompts it should be fine for people with loads of writing experience.
Are you a current or recently completed doctoral reseacher, supervisor or examiner, or do you work in professional or student services? If so, we would love to hear your thoughts about how PhD assessment can be made fairer and more inclusive.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Are you a current or recently completed doctoral reseacher, supervisor or examiner, or do you work in professional or student services? If so, we would love to hear your thoughts about how PhD assessment can be made fairer and more inclusive.
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Do you suffer from vertigo? Or do you care for someone who does? Would you like to explore your experiences through creative writing? If so, please sign up for this online workshop with the wonderful @marissalingen.bsky.social 5pm GMT, 23rd November. Email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk to register.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Do you suffer from vertigo? Or do you care for someone who does? Would you like to explore your experiences through creative writing? If so, please sign up for this online workshop with the wonderful @marissalingen.bsky.social 5pm GMT, 23rd November. Email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk to register.
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I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
November 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.
Are you a current or recently completed doctoral reseacher, PhD supervisor or examiner, or do you work in professional services or student services in the PG sector? If so, we would love to hear your thoughts about #EDI and #PhD assessment.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Are you a current or recently completed doctoral reseacher, PhD supervisor or examiner, or do you work in professional services or student services in the PG sector? If so, we would love to hear your thoughts about #EDI and #PhD assessment.
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There are worse ways to spend a Sunday afternoon.
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There are worse ways to spend a Sunday afternoon.
Reposted by Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him)
There's lots of brilliant research internships & artist residencies here from @sgsah.bsky.social (nb only for current PhD researchers in Arts & Hums in Scotland, due to our funding source), but I'll highlight some of the publishing & literary ones, nb deadline 31 Oct ... 1/ bsky.app/profile/sgsa...
⭐️ Our 2026 internship opportunities are live! ⭐️
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
Check out 30+ paid internships & artist residencies for Arts & Humanities PhD researchers in Scotland.
Gain real-world experience, build skills & grow your networks with diverse partners.
🕔 Apply by 31 Oct 2025
👉 www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
There's lots of brilliant research internships & artist residencies here from @sgsah.bsky.social (nb only for current PhD researchers in Arts & Hums in Scotland, due to our funding source), but I'll highlight some of the publishing & literary ones, nb deadline 31 Oct ... 1/ bsky.app/profile/sgsa...
Need a word to describe the compulsion of white people to start talking about India as soon as they see me. Like, thank you for trying to make me feel welcome, but I am capable of talking about other things.
October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Need a word to describe the compulsion of white people to start talking about India as soon as they see me. Like, thank you for trying to make me feel welcome, but I am capable of talking about other things.
Nico, in a supermarket: "Do you need to scan things if you don't have money?"
Me: "No, Nico. You need money to buy things. It's called capitalism. It's not very nice but it's what we have."
Nico: "If it's not very nice we should throw it in the bin."
Out of the mouths of babes...
Me: "No, Nico. You need money to buy things. It's called capitalism. It's not very nice but it's what we have."
Nico: "If it's not very nice we should throw it in the bin."
Out of the mouths of babes...
October 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Nico, in a supermarket: "Do you need to scan things if you don't have money?"
Me: "No, Nico. You need money to buy things. It's called capitalism. It's not very nice but it's what we have."
Nico: "If it's not very nice we should throw it in the bin."
Out of the mouths of babes...
Me: "No, Nico. You need money to buy things. It's called capitalism. It's not very nice but it's what we have."
Nico: "If it's not very nice we should throw it in the bin."
Out of the mouths of babes...
In earth-shattering news, I agree with Lord Michael Heseltine.
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
“Because that’s what they are”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.
#Newsnight
October 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In earth-shattering news, I agree with Lord Michael Heseltine.
Reposted by Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him)
It really is just relentless the constant dehumanisation in this country. Prove you deserve to be here. Prove you deserve to be cared for. Prove your gender. Prove you deserve to have human rights. Prove you deserve to stay after a whole decade. It just chisels away at your humanity
Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system!
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.
September 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It really is just relentless the constant dehumanisation in this country. Prove you deserve to be here. Prove you deserve to be cared for. Prove your gender. Prove you deserve to have human rights. Prove you deserve to stay after a whole decade. It just chisels away at your humanity
Do you, or does someone you know, live with vertigo? Are you in, or near Edinburgh? If so, you might be interested in this
@ustaresearchimpact.bsky.social
funded puppetry workshop to explore life with dizziness and vertigo. For questions get in touch here or ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk
@ustaresearchimpact.bsky.social
funded puppetry workshop to explore life with dizziness and vertigo. For questions get in touch here or ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk
September 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Do you, or does someone you know, live with vertigo? Are you in, or near Edinburgh? If so, you might be interested in this
@ustaresearchimpact.bsky.social
funded puppetry workshop to explore life with dizziness and vertigo. For questions get in touch here or ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk
@ustaresearchimpact.bsky.social
funded puppetry workshop to explore life with dizziness and vertigo. For questions get in touch here or ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk
How out of touch does @bbcnews.bsky.social have to be to think it is news that maintenance loans do not cover living costs for 'a growing number of students'? When was the last time the maintenance loan did cover anyone's living costs?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
My student loan doesn't cover my bills - so I wear my work uniform to lectures
As students struggle to cover the cost of university, the BBC speaks to young people to find out how they make it work.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
How out of touch does @bbcnews.bsky.social have to be to think it is news that maintenance loans do not cover living costs for 'a growing number of students'? When was the last time the maintenance loan did cover anyone's living costs?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Minister has identified the biggest problem in our Higher Education:
"Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge. I want people to go to university to start businesses in our country.”
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
So glad we got rid of those right-wing Tories...
"Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge. I want people to go to university to start businesses in our country.”
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
So glad we got rid of those right-wing Tories...
British students lack ‘drive’ of their American peers, says Business Secretary | LBC
The Business Secretary has defended comments he made at a meeting with investors where he said British students lack the ‘drive’ and ‘vigour’ of their American peers.
www.lbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Minister has identified the biggest problem in our Higher Education:
"Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge. I want people to go to university to start businesses in our country.”
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
So glad we got rid of those right-wing Tories...
"Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge. I want people to go to university to start businesses in our country.”
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
So glad we got rid of those right-wing Tories...
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Well done, colleagues!
UCU Bangor pass a motion of no confidence in the VC and CFO of @bangoruniversity.bsky.social over sweeping cuts
Members are now balloting for industrial action with staff at "breaking point" over 200 potential job losses
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Members are now balloting for industrial action with staff at "breaking point" over 200 potential job losses
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bangor University staff in vice chancellor vote of no confidence
UCU union members at Bangor University passed a motion of no confidence due to staff and budget cuts.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Well done, colleagues!
No, big name international publisher, it is not reasonable to expect someone to review a monograph proposal (with complete manuscript) in two weeks. Even if you offer £250 worth of book vouchers.
September 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
No, big name international publisher, it is not reasonable to expect someone to review a monograph proposal (with complete manuscript) in two weeks. Even if you offer £250 worth of book vouchers.
Reposted by Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him)
People who aren’t paying attention don’t think anti-trans stuff matters, as they don’t know any, & think of caricatures of trans ppl on sitcoms etc. To the far right yobs it does matter. This happened in Dublin, which doesn’t have the anti-trans culture of Britain. You should care:
Woman, 86, shoved headfirst into wheelie bin by man who thought she was trans
'I really thought I was going to be dead.'
metro.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
People who aren’t paying attention don’t think anti-trans stuff matters, as they don’t know any, & think of caricatures of trans ppl on sitcoms etc. To the far right yobs it does matter. This happened in Dublin, which doesn’t have the anti-trans culture of Britain. You should care:
Reposted by Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him)
I am a trans woman in the UK. My most influential enemies are the guy who co-created a sitcom about Catholic priests back in the 90s, a woman who wrote some children’s books about wizards, and the prime minister.
Sometimes I feel a little crazy about this.
Sometimes I feel a little crazy about this.
September 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I am a trans woman in the UK. My most influential enemies are the guy who co-created a sitcom about Catholic priests back in the 90s, a woman who wrote some children’s books about wizards, and the prime minister.
Sometimes I feel a little crazy about this.
Sometimes I feel a little crazy about this.
In the end, I managed to complete 100 miles in 7 hours and 38 minutes. Given my primary goal was to avoid embarrassing myself, I am very happy with the time.
Much more importantly, we managed to raise more than £2700 to support Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Much more importantly, we managed to raise more than £2700 to support Medical Aid for Palestinians.
September 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In the end, I managed to complete 100 miles in 7 hours and 38 minutes. Given my primary goal was to avoid embarrassing myself, I am very happy with the time.
Much more importantly, we managed to raise more than £2700 to support Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Much more importantly, we managed to raise more than £2700 to support Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Just under 3 weeks to go now for my 100 mile bike ride in support of Medical Aid for Palesitinians, and it is starting to feel real.
Thank you to everyone for your support. It means more than you can know.
Please donate, if you can. The need is getting more urgent by the hour.
Thank you to everyone for your support. It means more than you can know.
Please donate, if you can. The need is getting more urgent by the hour.
I'm fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Check out my
@JustGiving
page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/anindya...
@JustGiving
page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/anindya...
Anindya's fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Help Anindya Raychaudhuri raise money to support Medical Aid for Palestinians
www.justgiving.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Just under 3 weeks to go now for my 100 mile bike ride in support of Medical Aid for Palesitinians, and it is starting to feel real.
Thank you to everyone for your support. It means more than you can know.
Please donate, if you can. The need is getting more urgent by the hour.
Thank you to everyone for your support. It means more than you can know.
Please donate, if you can. The need is getting more urgent by the hour.
Reposted by Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him)
There are so many things here.
I pay taxes. I contribute. I’ve contributed to this country for fifteen years.
I also get child benefit for my *British* children - that’s not for me; it’s for them.
But maybe most important: PEOPLE’S WORTH IS NOT DEFINED BY THEIR TAX BILL.
I pay taxes. I contribute. I’ve contributed to this country for fifteen years.
I also get child benefit for my *British* children - that’s not for me; it’s for them.
But maybe most important: PEOPLE’S WORTH IS NOT DEFINED BY THEIR TAX BILL.
This really is not getting the attention it should. The Tories' latest proposal is to exclude *any household that includes any foreign national from any benefit*.
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
July 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
There are so many things here.
I pay taxes. I contribute. I’ve contributed to this country for fifteen years.
I also get child benefit for my *British* children - that’s not for me; it’s for them.
But maybe most important: PEOPLE’S WORTH IS NOT DEFINED BY THEIR TAX BILL.
I pay taxes. I contribute. I’ve contributed to this country for fifteen years.
I also get child benefit for my *British* children - that’s not for me; it’s for them.
But maybe most important: PEOPLE’S WORTH IS NOT DEFINED BY THEIR TAX BILL.
Thanks to everyone's generosity, we have managed to raise >£1000 in less than a week. Please donate anything you can spare and/or signal boost. It will make such a difference to a wonderful organisation doing stellar work.
I'm fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Check out my
@JustGiving
page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/anindya...
@JustGiving
page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving
www.justgiving.com/page/anindya...
Anindya's fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Help Anindya Raychaudhuri raise money to support Medical Aid for Palestinians
www.justgiving.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Thanks to everyone's generosity, we have managed to raise >£1000 in less than a week. Please donate anything you can spare and/or signal boost. It will make such a difference to a wonderful organisation doing stellar work.
Am trying out the drone to make films of public art. Today’s attempt is 6 Times by Antony Gormley.
If you see something you like, leave a note to let me know.
youtu.be/g5jUsxQeGIE
If you see something you like, leave a note to let me know.
youtu.be/g5jUsxQeGIE
6 Times by Antony Gormley, Water of Leith, Edinburgh
YouTube video by Droning On - Here, There and Everywhere
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July 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Am trying out the drone to make films of public art. Today’s attempt is 6 Times by Antony Gormley.
If you see something you like, leave a note to let me know.
youtu.be/g5jUsxQeGIE
If you see something you like, leave a note to let me know.
youtu.be/g5jUsxQeGIE