Vidya Subramanian
@vidyasubramanian.bsky.social
Reader-Writer-Overthinker.
Work in STS-media-sport and all things digital. Teach at Jindal Global University
Author, Speeding Up Sport
Work in STS-media-sport and all things digital. Teach at Jindal Global University
Author, Speeding Up Sport
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We are excited to announce that the preliminary program for the first STS India Network Conference has been uploaded on our website! There is also a provision to attend the conference even if you are not presenting. Please register if you are interested!
stsin.org/cp/
stsin.org/cp/
CP
Visit the post for more.
stsin.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
We are excited to announce that the preliminary program for the first STS India Network Conference has been uploaded on our website! There is also a provision to attend the conference even if you are not presenting. Please register if you are interested!
stsin.org/cp/
stsin.org/cp/
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We are pleased to share the preliminary schedule for the upcoming STS-IN Winter School, 12-14th December at IIT Sonepat.
PS: This is only a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.
PS: This is only a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We are pleased to share the preliminary schedule for the upcoming STS-IN Winter School, 12-14th December at IIT Sonepat.
PS: This is only a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.
PS: This is only a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.
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To seed or not to seed?
Here’s a piece Shahzad Gani @shahzadgani.bsky.social and I wrote for The Hindu newspaper.
Here’s a piece Shahzad Gani @shahzadgani.bsky.social and I wrote for The Hindu newspaper.
October 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
To seed or not to seed?
Here’s a piece Shahzad Gani @shahzadgani.bsky.social and I wrote for The Hindu newspaper.
Here’s a piece Shahzad Gani @shahzadgani.bsky.social and I wrote for The Hindu newspaper.
Zahra Nader is right.
"Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not separate from women’s rights elsewhere, we are part of the same global struggle. Democracies like India must align their foreign policy with their own professed commitment to gender equality."
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
"Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not separate from women’s rights elsewhere, we are part of the same global struggle. Democracies like India must align their foreign policy with their own professed commitment to gender equality."
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
Taliban leader in India: It’s complicity, not diplomacy
The world cannot claim to stand for women’s rights while shaking hands with those who silence them. The first step toward justice for Afghan women is refusing to make their oppressors respectable or t...
indianexpress.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Zahra Nader is right.
"Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not separate from women’s rights elsewhere, we are part of the same global struggle. Democracies like India must align their foreign policy with their own professed commitment to gender equality."
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
"Women’s rights in Afghanistan are not separate from women’s rights elsewhere, we are part of the same global struggle. Democracies like India must align their foreign policy with their own professed commitment to gender equality."
indianexpress.com/article/opin...
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The Science and Technology Studies India Network (STS-IN) blog 'Nexus' is now accepting submissions.
Vist stsin.org/nexus/
Vist stsin.org/nexus/
July 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Science and Technology Studies India Network (STS-IN) blog 'Nexus' is now accepting submissions.
Vist stsin.org/nexus/
Vist stsin.org/nexus/
Posting this a bit late, but a few days ago, I wrote for the Deccan Herald about what the internet has become and what it used to be...
Would appreciate any thoughts and feedback
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/inte...
Would appreciate any thoughts and feedback
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/inte...
Digital Freedom Lost: How Algorithms Turned the Internet Into a Prison Cell
Online Reality: Once a place for serendipity and discovery, the Internet is now ruled by algorithms that isolate and manipulate users, writes Vidya Subramanian.
www.deccanherald.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Posting this a bit late, but a few days ago, I wrote for the Deccan Herald about what the internet has become and what it used to be...
Would appreciate any thoughts and feedback
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/inte...
Would appreciate any thoughts and feedback
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/inte...
20?! How old am I?!
It’s a Happy Fuckiversary to #TheThickOfIt, 20 today!
May 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
20?! How old am I?!
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It’s a Happy Fuckiversary to #TheThickOfIt, 20 today!
May 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It’s a Happy Fuckiversary to #TheThickOfIt, 20 today!
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Thanks to my friend Harriet for pointing out that the women went to Christ's tomb and saw he was not there, the angels showed up to describe what happened, & the women then told the apostles, who dismissed them. A Biblical account of women not being believed.
April 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Thanks to my friend Harriet for pointing out that the women went to Christ's tomb and saw he was not there, the angels showed up to describe what happened, & the women then told the apostles, who dismissed them. A Biblical account of women not being believed.
Why was a Delhi batsman from Bangalore invoking Kantara in the IPL?
I wrote for the Deccan Herald 👇🏾
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/cric...
I wrote for the Deccan Herald 👇🏾
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/cric...
Cricket meets 'Kantara' — only in IPL
K L Rahul invoking 'Kantara' made for a perfect IPL moment — cinematic, emotive, probably calculated, and utterly confusing.
www.deccanherald.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Why was a Delhi batsman from Bangalore invoking Kantara in the IPL?
I wrote for the Deccan Herald 👇🏾
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/cric...
I wrote for the Deccan Herald 👇🏾
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/cric...
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“Scholars of racism face a peculiar accusation: that studying racism causes racism. As facile as this criticism is—no one thinks that agriculture professors cause world hunger, or that cardiology professors cause heart attacks…this sort of ignorant bullying comes with the territory.”
Am I Still Allowed to Tell the Truth in My Class?
Recent orders from the Trump administration run a real risk of muzzling professors like me who teach about the racism of the country’s past.
www.theatlantic.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“Scholars of racism face a peculiar accusation: that studying racism causes racism. As facile as this criticism is—no one thinks that agriculture professors cause world hunger, or that cardiology professors cause heart attacks…this sort of ignorant bullying comes with the territory.”
"That Mr. Musk has come to hold so many of the same beliefs about social engineering and economic planning as his grandfather is a testament to his profound lack of political imagination, to the tenacity of technocracy and to the hubris of Silicon Valley."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
Opinion | The Rise and Fall of Elon Musk
His belief that liberal democracy has failed and that technologists should lead can be traced to the unusual life of his grandfather.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"That Mr. Musk has come to hold so many of the same beliefs about social engineering and economic planning as his grandfather is a testament to his profound lack of political imagination, to the tenacity of technocracy and to the hubris of Silicon Valley."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
The state of the three language formula in North India.
कैसे हारे महादेव?
कैसे हारे महादेव?
March 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The state of the three language formula in North India.
कैसे हारे महादेव?
कैसे हारे महादेव?
So sad to find out today about the passing of Sandra Harding
Next year is the 40th anniversary of Sandra's Science Question in Feminism @cornellupress.bsky.social, which prompted Donna Haraway's essay on situated knowledges. I sure hope @4sonline.bsky.social will celebrate Sandra's radical legacies in #STS and feminist science studies in Seattle this year!
March 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So sad to find out today about the passing of Sandra Harding
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Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
I write a monthly thing for The Deccan Herald about science/tech and society.
This was the last one about why non-users are important.
#sts
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/stop...
This was the last one about why non-users are important.
#sts
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/stop...
Stop assuming a one-size-fits-all digital future
India’s tech policies can either chase the mirage of 100% digital adoption or embrace the messy, complicated reality of its diverse population
www.deccanherald.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I write a monthly thing for The Deccan Herald about science/tech and society.
This was the last one about why non-users are important.
#sts
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/stop...
This was the last one about why non-users are important.
#sts
www.deccanherald.com/opinion/stop...
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March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Well that’s a new one on me. Fabricated plagiarism! 😳 Unbelievable… #academicsky
March 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Well that’s a new one on me. Fabricated plagiarism! 😳 Unbelievable… #academicsky
Well then. This was always going to happen, no?
What's up, then?
What's up, then?
March 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Well then. This was always going to happen, no?
What's up, then?
What's up, then?