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Kanchan
@kanchan.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Deakin University, Melbourne. RA at University of Adelaide.
India-diaspora-Australia-victimhood-social media-virtual ethnography
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Do memes facilitate intimacy? How evolution of knowledge and information has brought us to memes? I have tried to muzzle with some of these questions here :

#communication #memes #intimacy

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meme intimacy
the reason we share memes with others
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Queer South Asians and their stories of sexual and racial belonging in Britain. I wrote a review for @lseblogs.bsky.social .
August 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Do memes facilitate intimacy? How evolution of knowledge and information has brought us to memes? I have tried to muzzle with some of these questions here :

#communication #memes #intimacy

open.substack.com/pub/fuzzynot...
meme intimacy
the reason we share memes with others
open.substack.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I argue for the Australian Outlook that the #USforeignpolicy, once defined by its messianic zeal to make the world safe for #democracy, under Donald Trump has embraced an inward-looking 'America First' doctrine.

www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianou...
Reflections on Messianic Rhetoric in US Foreign Policy - Australian Institute of International Affairs
Once defined by its missionary zeal to “make the world safe for democracy,” US foreign policy has increasingly shifted away from messianic rhetoric. The rise and decline of America’s interventionist i...
www.internationalaffairs.org.au
June 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Review of @tca_raghavan's “The People Next Door”

one of the brilliant books on #IndiaPakistan relations.
compelling narration, laced with anecdotes!

if you are someone interested in India-Pakistan, this is an essential read.

Polisky Polisci
adarshbadri.me/book-review/...
Review of T.C.A. Raghavan’s “The People Next Door”: A Compelling Narration of India-Pakistan R...
The book seeks to tell the story of India-Pakistan relations in its deeply wrought context and is more objective in its approach.
adarshbadri.me
November 20, 2023 at 2:28 PM
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thrilled that my review of Nicholas Onuf's book "International Theory at the Margins: Neglected Essay, Recurring Themes" has been published with
the International Affairs journal.

polisky, polsci, internationalrelations, international studies

check here: academic.oup.com/ia/article/1...
International theory at the margins: neglected essays, recurring themes
Nicholas Onuf's new book brings together a collection of 13 essays, written over several decades, with the aim of modestly ‘disclos[ing] a point of view’ (p. 7)
https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/100/1/407/7506719/…
January 9, 2024 at 12:29 AM
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Not many terms in societies have gained as much prominence as the term #polycrisis has done in the past few years.

Wrote this blog after a little bit of thinking--do check out :)

polycrisis academia philosophy politics blogging Polisky Philisky Sociology

adarshbadri.me/moral-philos...
We Have Always Been in "Polycrisis"— And Now We Know It! – Adarsh Badri
Not many terms in societies have gained as much prominence as the term “polycrisis” has done in the past few years. The term “polycrisis” has been used,
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December 21, 2023 at 5:27 AM
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Check out my review of Kathrin Bachleitner's Collective Memory in International Relations for the #InternationalStudiesReview.

A fascinating theoretical attempt at how memories shape global politics! Kudos 🥂

polisky polisci

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Collective Memory, Contestations, and Global Politics
Germany and Austria share a common history of National Socialism (Nazism), which caused the extermination of over six million Jews. After the Second World War e
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October 11, 2023 at 3:19 PM
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Let me tell you a story of Rashomon!

Say a man – specifically a samurai – is killed in the woods in a seemingly remote village forest in Japan.

Read the essay below to understand the IR nuances of the movie #Rashomon | #Polisky #PolScience #Philosophy
What can IR students learn from the Movie "Rashomon"? – Adarsh Badri
As one listens to oft-contradictory narrations in Rashomon, the careful audience can easily decipher what each character values the most.
adarshbadri.me
September 22, 2023 at 2:47 AM
First post! Hello Blue Sky🥳
Enjoy reading!!
Polisky
#Gender #RuralIndia

www.kcl.ac.uk/the-precario...
The Precarious Lives of Barren Women in Rural India
Exploring the social stigma and discrimination faced by women around infertility and the systematic subjugation through the purdah practice (veiling).
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 25, 2023 at 6:57 AM