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Irreverence is the Only Cure to Traditionalism
All challenges to progressive change come from an unwillingness to question and rewrite traditions. Power — capitalism, caste, patriarchy, etc — is kept alive by traditions around who does what kind of labor, whose opinions count, whose solutions are considered useful, and who is considered capable of doing what. While traditions like gender roles and…
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No Matter How Rich You Are, You Won’t Be Able to Afford a Hospital Visit in 2030 — Here’s How It Will Play Out
From 1947 till 2025, the government healthcare system has constantly been hollowed out, albeit slowly. But in the next 5 years, there is going to be a sudden shift towards extremely expensive, insurance-based healthcare system (like the horrible system of USA) in India. And it is going to make it impossible for you to afford…
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Stop Fixing Problems
I read the book “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus” long ago. There’s one chapter or so in the book that talks about how women talk about problems and how men try to “fix” them immediately, and how, often, it is not a solution that’s needed, but just space to talk. Many feminists…
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Visualizing Annotated Bibliographies — Story of Kaanu
Last year in August, Kaanu was launched in BR Hills. Kaanu is a South Indian Adivasi Knowledge Centre. The people behind Kaanu has been collecting and annotating relevant publications for many years now. This had to come online and that’s how I got involved. Obsidian Prashanth and Werner had already been curating and annotating a…