Keshav Bansal (he/him)
@keshavbansal.bsky.social
‘I took a breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.’ // Reader/Student @University of Delhi & Indira Gandhi National Open University // Literary/Cultural Studies | South Asian Languages/Histories
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Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial
The reading group, ‘Colonial/Postcolonial/Decolonial’, seeks to dissect the field(s) of Colonial, Postcolonial and/or Decolonial studies. Wherein we'll engage with and read through varied texts to sit...
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I'm organising a #ReadingGroup to dissect the field(s) of #Colonial, #Postcolonial and/or
#Decolonial.
We'll start next year, in January 2nd/3rd week, and meet fortnightly or monthly.
To Join, respond with short bio and statement of interest.
🔗 forms.gle/DULZnPUXGr8k...
#Decolonial.
We'll start next year, in January 2nd/3rd week, and meet fortnightly or monthly.
To Join, respond with short bio and statement of interest.
🔗 forms.gle/DULZnPUXGr8k...
Reading Independence 🇮🇳 ✊🏽
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Reading Independence 🇮🇳 ✊🏽
"...At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom."
~ Jawaharlal Nehru, August 15, 1947
🇮🇳 ✊🏽 ✌🏽
~ Jawaharlal Nehru, August 15, 1947
🇮🇳 ✊🏽 ✌🏽
August 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"...At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom."
~ Jawaharlal Nehru, August 15, 1947
🇮🇳 ✊🏽 ✌🏽
~ Jawaharlal Nehru, August 15, 1947
🇮🇳 ✊🏽 ✌🏽
July 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
July 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Came across this at a kabaadi wale ki dukaan and brought it home for a princely sum of ₹ 10 after some haggling. 😁🤓😋🤗
June 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Came across this at a kabaadi wale ki dukaan and brought it home for a princely sum of ₹ 10 after some haggling. 😁🤓😋🤗
Book haul... 🤓😋🤗
May 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Book haul... 🤓😋🤗
📚 An Introduction to Indian Literary Theory
🎓 Prof. Sreenath V.S, IIT Madras
🗓️ Mon, Jul 21 - Fri, Sep 12 2025
🔗 onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_hs132/...
🎓 Prof. Sreenath V.S, IIT Madras
🗓️ Mon, Jul 21 - Fri, Sep 12 2025
🔗 onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_hs132/...
An Introduction to Indian Literary Theory -
Course
onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in
May 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📚 An Introduction to Indian Literary Theory
🎓 Prof. Sreenath V.S, IIT Madras
🗓️ Mon, Jul 21 - Fri, Sep 12 2025
🔗 onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_hs132/...
🎓 Prof. Sreenath V.S, IIT Madras
🗓️ Mon, Jul 21 - Fri, Sep 12 2025
🔗 onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc25_hs132/...
Flowers only… and the sunlight coloured May. 🌹+ ☀️ = ❤️
May 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Flowers only… and the sunlight coloured May. 🌹+ ☀️ = ❤️
“…wasted the brilliant first of May… can’t read, & can’t write, & can’t think.”
~ Virginia Woolf, May 1, 1930
🙄😒😞😶
~ Virginia Woolf, May 1, 1930
🙄😒😞😶
May 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
“…wasted the brilliant first of May… can’t read, & can’t write, & can’t think.”
~ Virginia Woolf, May 1, 1930
🙄😒😞😶
~ Virginia Woolf, May 1, 1930
🙄😒😞😶
#thekashmirsyllabus
A comprehensive teaching and learning resource on #Kashmir.
Academic scholarship, literature, memoirs, journalistic pieces, poetry, and art.
Presenting the voices, histories, struggles, and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
🔗 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A comprehensive teaching and learning resource on #Kashmir.
Academic scholarship, literature, memoirs, journalistic pieces, poetry, and art.
Presenting the voices, histories, struggles, and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
🔗 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
#thekashmirsyllabus
#thekashmirsyllabus Revised February 4, 2020 COURSE DESCRIPTION #TheKashmirSyllabus compiles a list of sources for teaching and learning about Kashmir. It foregrounds voices, histories, and aspirat...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#thekashmirsyllabus
A comprehensive teaching and learning resource on #Kashmir.
Academic scholarship, literature, memoirs, journalistic pieces, poetry, and art.
Presenting the voices, histories, struggles, and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
🔗 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A comprehensive teaching and learning resource on #Kashmir.
Academic scholarship, literature, memoirs, journalistic pieces, poetry, and art.
Presenting the voices, histories, struggles, and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.
🔗 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I like my body when it’s with your body 🫦🔥
March 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I like my body when it’s with your body 🫦🔥
It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
Women who were seen as
Too beautiful
Too outspoken
Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously)
Too loud
Too quiet
Women who danced,
Women who sang
or anything else, really.
It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
— Fia Forsström
#Holika
It was women.
Women who were seen as
Too beautiful
Too outspoken
Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously)
Too loud
Too quiet
Women who danced,
Women who sang
or anything else, really.
It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
— Fia Forsström
#Holika
March 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
Women who were seen as
Too beautiful
Too outspoken
Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously)
Too loud
Too quiet
Women who danced,
Women who sang
or anything else, really.
It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
— Fia Forsström
#Holika
It was women.
Women who were seen as
Too beautiful
Too outspoken
Had too much water in the well (yes, seriously)
Too loud
Too quiet
Women who danced,
Women who sang
or anything else, really.
It was not witches who burned.
It was women.
— Fia Forsström
#Holika
~ Franz Kafka, The Diaries 😞😔😣😖
March 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
~ Franz Kafka, The Diaries 😞😔😣😖
On Women's Day, the iconic feminist poem ‘Hum Gunahgar Aurtein’ by Kishwar Naheed.
March 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
On Women's Day, the iconic feminist poem ‘Hum Gunahgar Aurtein’ by Kishwar Naheed.
Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Open University, offers Online Basic Courses in Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, and Punjabi.
Duration: 12 Weeks
Credit Point: 4
Duration: 12 Weeks
Credit Point: 4
January 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Open University, offers Online Basic Courses in Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, and Punjabi.
Duration: 12 Weeks
Credit Point: 4
Duration: 12 Weeks
Credit Point: 4
✊🏽+🔥 = 📖 #BhagatSingh #KarlMarx 🤓 ❤️
January 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
✊🏽+🔥 = 📖 #BhagatSingh #KarlMarx 🤓 ❤️