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Sohini Kar
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Associate Professor of International Development | LSE | Economic Anthropologist
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Well played, London Underground.
Photo of a Poem on the Underground piece on the tube in London titled Epitaph on a Tyrant by W.H. Auden. Poem: "Pefection, of a kind, was what he was after. And the poetry he invented was easy to understand; He knew human folly like the back of his hand. And was greatly interested in armies and fleets; When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter; And when he cried the little children died in the streets." January 1939
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Solidarity to international students and scholars at Harvard and beyond. Photo from my time there as an international postdoc on campus.
Photo with engraving of sentence "And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche" from the Canterbury Tales.
May 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Satire is dead.
Screenshot from Columbia College, Columbia University social media page with the text "Thank you to everyone who participated in Integrity Week!"
March 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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In a nutshell. on.ft.com/4kHbw0H
Screenshot from linked FT article.
March 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Time to stop playing politics with international students in the UK? www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Screenshot from article reporting survey that 61% prefer current levels of international students.
February 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Yep, this title… Self-styled ‘Tariff Man’ shocks Wall Street with tariffs on.ft.com/40YqOX5
Screenshot of title from article in the Financial Times saying Self-styled ‘Tariff Man’ shocks Wall Street with tariffs.’
February 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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An apt day to read these lines in Samantha Harvey’s Orbital.
Screenshot of text. “The future of humanity? Pietro says. Yep. How are we writing it? With the gilded pens of billionaires, I guess.”
January 20, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Highly recommend The Ghost Map for “untreated water enthusiasts.”
Ghost Map: A street, a city, an epidemic and the hidden power of urban networks by Steven Johnson.
January 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky

#Books

#BookChallenge
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No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
December 12, 2024 at 8:21 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky

#Books

#BookChallenge
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The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
December 11, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky

#Books

#BookChallenge
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Soldier, Sailor by Claire Kilroy
December 10, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky

#Books

#BookChallenge
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
December 9, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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How does one report a delivery that delivered nothing?
Empty box with packaging
November 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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Trying hard to not be that mum when I hear they’ve been making poppies at nursery.
November 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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This immigrant has just learned that “waffles and beans” is a thing courtesy of my child’s nursery.
Photograph of waffles and beans on a plate.
October 18, 2023 at 12:38 PM