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… the country is also facing a dire economic crisis, due in large part to the suspension of international financing and … said. At the end of his talk Adlparvar posed three big questions: (1) “Is this a new Taliban?” (2) “Was the … if the Taliban were in power for the past two decades” and how many lives would have been lost in such a scenario. …

… you’ve made from being a journalist to an academic? I really came into journalism as an activist. I was involved in … what is happening in the Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands. How does that help us rethink what we think we know about drones and digital war?” How do you see the relationship between your activism and …

… we can. We quote wise scribes such as George Orwell on how there may be a latent fascist waiting to emerge in all … and a propaganda machine capable of popularizing lies big and small. The lies have now crept into a Trumpian Lost … dangerous population on the right. Who do you know who really wants to compromise with their ideas? Who on the left …

… response to Bt cotton cultivation in Gujarat, I show how the risks of transgenics are manufactured in the … land, leasing of ‘so called’ wastelands to corporates/large farmers, contract farming and corporate farming, role … land reform? “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO “LAND REFORM”? One Big Question and Four Naive Little Answers” ROBIN JEFFREY   …

… in the Anthropocene, which “retells the story of big cats that make prey of humans in India through a … detail the example of the “divine disaster,” a major flood event in North India that took place in 2013. Mathur then … of anthropology by Bronislaw Malinowski. She then asked how anthropology could speak with the authority of climate …

… leaders across the world are facing, including climate change, human trafficking, criminal and drug cartels, the … to keep these coalitions running every day, because it is how 7.5 billion people survive in the world,” he said. … that has a great deal of credibility.” “If these are the big challenges, boy we better have good leadership in …

… What has been the most challenging part of your career? How do you remain motivated? I was very affected by the … me how unlike the rest of the country the inside of a big institution is, and how important it is to stay engaged … strategy post-Brexit, and been hosted by ESC for a great event on the topic. I intend to continue working in …

… in India: A Criminal Offense? Jyoti Puri, Svati Shah and Vivek Divan will be part of a panel discussing … Divan is a prominent activist for gay rights in India. Dr Jyoti Puri has written extensively on issues of feminism, … as well as documenting the struggle to de-criminalize it. Dr Svati Shah is an Assistant Professor of women’s studies at …

… webinar on successful stories in non-academic careers with Dr. João Monteiro, editor of Nature Magazine . Organized in a … ranging from technical, academic, and career advice to how to develop a mindful work-life balance. A series of … I was worried about all the things that could go wrong. Really, I shouldn’t have worried that much. I would have …