Manshi Asher
@manshiash.bsky.social
Independent Researcher| Environmental Justice Activist|Political Ecology of Development & Other Disasters in W. Himalaya
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"These fires are neither isolated nor "natural" phenomena. They are expressions of a system in combustion, accelerated by climate change induced by our socioeconomic order and aggravated by land-use policies subordinated to accumulation, profit and growth." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Mediterranean wildfires are no accident
This summer’s infernos expose how climate change, land neglect and disaster capitalism turn forests into fuel.
www.aljazeera.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"These fires are neither isolated nor "natural" phenomena. They are expressions of a system in combustion, accelerated by climate change induced by our socioeconomic order and aggravated by land-use policies subordinated to accumulation, profit and growth." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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The altered landscape
National Highway 707
Western Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India
June 2025
#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #documentary #himalaya #photography
National Highway 707
Western Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India
June 2025
#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #documentary #himalaya #photography
June 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The altered landscape
National Highway 707
Western Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India
June 2025
#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #documentary #himalaya #photography
National Highway 707
Western Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh, India
June 2025
#newtopographics #manalteredlandscape #documentary #himalaya #photography
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📣 Time to get your panels and abstracts in @pollenetwork.bsky.social conf 2026 is open for submissions. @icta-uab.bsky.social is a great place to host it - and it promises to be a blast (as always!) @danbrockington.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
📣 Time to get your panels and abstracts in @pollenetwork.bsky.social conf 2026 is open for submissions. @icta-uab.bsky.social is a great place to host it - and it promises to be a blast (as always!) @danbrockington.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
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Greta Thunberg knew that something like this would happen--that she and the rest of the team would be kidnapped by Israeli forces.
But she knew that her presence would increase global awareness of the genocide in Gaza.
That is courage. Brava.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
But she knew that her presence would increase global awareness of the genocide in Gaza.
That is courage. Brava.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israeli forces take control of Gaza aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
British-flagged yacht operated by pro-Palestinian Freedom Flotilla Coalition was making symbolic attempt to deliver aid
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Greta Thunberg knew that something like this would happen--that she and the rest of the team would be kidnapped by Israeli forces.
But she knew that her presence would increase global awareness of the genocide in Gaza.
That is courage. Brava.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
But she knew that her presence would increase global awareness of the genocide in Gaza.
That is courage. Brava.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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In today’s @thehindu.com, my obituary for Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o:
A Life of Defiance —
www.thehindu.com/books/author...
A Life of Defiance —
www.thehindu.com/books/author...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | A life of defiance: the celebrated Kenyan author’s views were not without controversy but he inspired generations of African writers
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o's journey from English to Gikuyu literature, decolonisation, and legacy in African literature.
www.thehindu.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
In today’s @thehindu.com, my obituary for Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o:
A Life of Defiance —
www.thehindu.com/books/author...
A Life of Defiance —
www.thehindu.com/books/author...
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On 30 May 2025, a landslide in a quarry at Gunung Kuda in West Java, Indonesia killed 25 people. There had been long term concerns about the potential for dangerous slope instability at the site. Reports document a long history of landslides in the mine:-
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
June 2, 2025 at 5:50 AM
On 30 May 2025, a landslide in a quarry at Gunung Kuda in West Java, Indonesia killed 25 people. There had been long term concerns about the potential for dangerous slope instability at the site. Reports document a long history of landslides in the mine:-
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
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Indigenous leaders from Brazil and Malaysia recently travelled to London to urge stronger action from the UK government to protect forests and to support the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
They also called on the UK to stop its focus on carbon markets.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/indigenous...
They also called on the UK to stop its focus on carbon markets.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/indigenous...
Indigenous delegation to London demands stronger action from UK government to protect forests and support Indigenous rights
“We are being excluded from COP30 negotiations, but it is our land that has been affected.”
reddmonitor.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Indigenous leaders from Brazil and Malaysia recently travelled to London to urge stronger action from the UK government to protect forests and to support the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
They also called on the UK to stop its focus on carbon markets.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/indigenous...
They also called on the UK to stop its focus on carbon markets.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/indigenous...
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Indian Muslims have been rendered electorally dispensable and therefore politically irrelevant; some might even go further and regard them a political liability, writes Harsh Mander:
The political erasure of Indian Muslims
INDIA IS HOME to 200 million Muslim people. More Muslims live here than in any other country in the world barring Indonesia and Pakistan. Yet in 2023, the
buff.ly
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Indian Muslims have been rendered electorally dispensable and therefore politically irrelevant; some might even go further and regard them a political liability, writes Harsh Mander:
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no it’s actually because of the slavery
June 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
no it’s actually because of the slavery
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Of course Greta hasn’t forgotten about the climate. She just gets it that there is no hope for action against climate and biosphere destruction unless the world stops Israel-US-UK-EU’s genocide of the Palestinian people. She’s got courage and clarity, and is a real ally.
June 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Of course Greta hasn’t forgotten about the climate. She just gets it that there is no hope for action against climate and biosphere destruction unless the world stops Israel-US-UK-EU’s genocide of the Palestinian people. She’s got courage and clarity, and is a real ally.
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"#Development remains dominated by Savarna/oppressor #caste scholars & practitioners, reproducing caste hierarchies in teaching & research."
@ids.ac.uk colleagues on why we need anti-caste commitments in research & teaching in the UK & beyond
#Ambedkar #India
@ids.ac.uk colleagues on why we need anti-caste commitments in research & teaching in the UK & beyond
#Ambedkar #India
Today, many celebrate Ambedkar Jayanti, the birthday of Dr. B. R Ambedkar, who was a leading figure in the anti-caste struggle in India. IDS researchers are marking the day by calling for anti-caste commitments in higher education
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www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ant...
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www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ant...
Anti-caste commitments in UK higher education: A call to action - Institute of Development Studies
Calls for action to acknowledge and address caste power dynamics and prejudice based on caste in Higher Education.
www.ids.ac.uk
April 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"#Development remains dominated by Savarna/oppressor #caste scholars & practitioners, reproducing caste hierarchies in teaching & research."
@ids.ac.uk colleagues on why we need anti-caste commitments in research & teaching in the UK & beyond
#Ambedkar #India
@ids.ac.uk colleagues on why we need anti-caste commitments in research & teaching in the UK & beyond
#Ambedkar #India
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India's middle class is facing a severe debt crisis — with rising unsecured loans, stagnant wages, mounting EMIs, and deepening job insecurity. Modi is leading India down the same disastrous path that Trump took America on.
April 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
India's middle class is facing a severe debt crisis — with rising unsecured loans, stagnant wages, mounting EMIs, and deepening job insecurity. Modi is leading India down the same disastrous path that Trump took America on.
'Contaminated Legacies’ deep-dives into the Solid Waste question with a focus on landuse conflict & violations of env laws, forest rights in periurban mountain areas.I look at how courts' technomanagerialism sidelined realities & build on critiques of judicialisation of SWM tinyurl.com/35ym37s6
April 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'Contaminated Legacies’ deep-dives into the Solid Waste question with a focus on landuse conflict & violations of env laws, forest rights in periurban mountain areas.I look at how courts' technomanagerialism sidelined realities & build on critiques of judicialisation of SWM tinyurl.com/35ym37s6
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"Studying the production, management, disposal, & reuse of wastes tells us not only about wastes themselves, but also abt the political, social, & economic contexts in which they are embedded"
@hervecorvellec.bsky.social et al, Waste as a Critique.
1https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198907077.001.0001.
@hervecorvellec.bsky.social et al, Waste as a Critique.
1https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198907077.001.0001.
Waste as a Critique
Abstract. This volume shows how waste in its manifold variety provides an innovative starting point for interrogating twenty-first-century society. Waste i
doi.org
February 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"Studying the production, management, disposal, & reuse of wastes tells us not only about wastes themselves, but also abt the political, social, & economic contexts in which they are embedded"
@hervecorvellec.bsky.social et al, Waste as a Critique.
1https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198907077.001.0001.
@hervecorvellec.bsky.social et al, Waste as a Critique.
1https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198907077.001.0001.
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Days after a Nepalese female student allegedly died by suicide at an Odisha university and the college administration ordered Nepali students to vacate the hostel, 159 students have returned to the country via Raxaul border, an official has said.
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
KIIT row: As many as 159 students of Odisha university return to Nepal, claim they were treated 'inhumanly'
Nepali students return home after alleged suicide at Odisha university, sparking protests and diplomatic resolution.
www.thehindu.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Days after a Nepalese female student allegedly died by suicide at an Odisha university and the college administration ordered Nepali students to vacate the hostel, 159 students have returned to the country via Raxaul border, an official has said.
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally said the Union government was yet to wake up from its “slumber” and fully implement a nearly five-year-old law to prevent disasters related to dams and ensure their safe functioning.
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
Government yet to wake up from its slumber on Dam Safety Act: Supreme Court
Supreme Court criticises government for failing to implement Dam Safety Act, demands transparency and action.
www.thehindu.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally said the Union government was yet to wake up from its “slumber” and fully implement a nearly five-year-old law to prevent disasters related to dams and ensure their safe functioning.
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...
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Here is a nice mushroom
January 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Here is a nice mushroom
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It is 40 years since the Bhopal gas disaster - which killed at least 22,000 people as a direct result of exposure to the chemical leak, with >half a million people in Indian permanent injured. No-one from the US multinational has been held to account
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Bhopal Gas Tragedy: 40 years of Injustice
As the world marks the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy, lessons to take from what happened on the awful night of 2 December 1984.
www.amnesty.org
December 3, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It is 40 years since the Bhopal gas disaster - which killed at least 22,000 people as a direct result of exposure to the chemical leak, with >half a million people in Indian permanent injured. No-one from the US multinational has been held to account
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Observing that benefits outweigh potential drawbacks, India's Supreme Court panel backs setting up 5 hydropower projects on the Ganga river Basin, even as the Ministry of Environment & Forest, Water Resources Ministry opposed the projects on grounds of hazard risks. indianexpress.com/article/indi...
Environment, Jal Shakti ministries said no, but panel tells Supreme Court 5 hydro projects on Ganga are good to go
The top court has been examining the question of starting new HEPs on the Ganga since 2013, in a suo motu case it took up following the Kedarnath floods that killed over 5,000 people.
indianexpress.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Observing that benefits outweigh potential drawbacks, India's Supreme Court panel backs setting up 5 hydropower projects on the Ganga river Basin, even as the Ministry of Environment & Forest, Water Resources Ministry opposed the projects on grounds of hazard risks. indianexpress.com/article/indi...
Cannot wait to get my hands on this one.... Thanks @amitangshu.bsky.social for sharing! Is the lecture online?
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Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism from Summerfield Books
Buy Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism Paperback / softback by Subramaniam Banu ISBN: 9780295752464
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November 24, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Cannot wait to get my hands on this one.... Thanks @amitangshu.bsky.social for sharing! Is the lecture online?
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www.summerfieldbooks.com/product/bota...
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November 23, 2024 at 5:19 AM
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i go to twitter & there's post after post after post about israel's bombing of an 8-story apt building filled with sleeping families in the center of beirut.
i come here: nothin'
are the voices not here, or have i just not found them yet? or is this nothing but blue skies, blue skies from now on?
i come here: nothin'
are the voices not here, or have i just not found them yet? or is this nothing but blue skies, blue skies from now on?
November 23, 2024 at 4:24 AM
i go to twitter & there's post after post after post about israel's bombing of an 8-story apt building filled with sleeping families in the center of beirut.
i come here: nothin'
are the voices not here, or have i just not found them yet? or is this nothing but blue skies, blue skies from now on?
i come here: nothin'
are the voices not here, or have i just not found them yet? or is this nothing but blue skies, blue skies from now on?