Sushmita Pati
@PostitAcademic
Assoc. Prof, NLSIU, Bangalore | Studies cities and political economy | Author of Properties of Rent (CUP, 2022)| Views personal
Super grateful and honoured to be awarded the BASAS book prize this year, jointly with the excellent @ollyakkerman. Congratulations!
The 2024 BASAS Book Prize panel had an excellent field of books to evaluate. Ultimately the Book Prize panel were unanimous about the decision to award the prize jointly to Olly Akkerman and Sushmita Pati. Congratulations to the winning authors! basas.org.uk/news-events/ba…
Just a friendly reminder that this is happening tomorrow! Do drop in!
📕#BookTalkAtNLS NLSIU’s #HUPA Chair on Urban Poor and the Law is organising a book talk on 'Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India' by Dr. Hemangini Gupta, Lecturer, Gender and Global Politics, Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh.…
Watch this if you want to know the story on the ground. Thanks @akash_del06 for this important conversation that goes beyond Delhi.
Why are slums and informal colonies being demolished in Delhi? What is the politics behind this? In conversation with Kapil Sharma from AIPF. youtube.com/watch?v=LewhD4…
CFP! A workshop for scholars and activists working on the themes of #cities, #Migration, #security, #humanitarian and #solidarity to engage in sustained, interdisciplinary collaboration under the close mentorship of research faculty. Apply:forms.gle/eCMVu9CpMJju65…
We will have Dr. Hemangini Gupta at NLS on the 25th of July, 5pm to talk about her new book ‘Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India’! For more details, check out our website. nls.ac.in/news-events/ta…
Exciting lecture series by @_ISHET on the history of econ thought by Chirashree Das Gupta. Interested in concepts like rent and capital in different economic traditions? This is for you. On 14th, 21st, 28th June, and 5th July. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Many thanks to @DialoguesHG for hosting this book review forum on "Corruption Plots" featuring reviews by @joseatiles, Sushmita Pati (@PostitAcademic), and Rachel Sturman. Here was our response, which speaks to the current conjuncture of rightwing politics everywhere.…
Bit of a latepost. But what a fun and heartwarming week this was! We got to engage with new ideas on urban research and talk about writing. Thank you to all the WUI mentors and @USForg for the support.
Glimpses from the workshop hosted by the #HUPAChair for Urban Poor and the Law at NLSIU, in collaboration with Writing Urban India Collective and @USForg from April 7 to 11, 2025, as part of the Writing Urban India Fellowship 3.0. Know more: nls.ac.in/news-events/wr……
Just wanted to share this absolutely lovely message by Ali Khan @Mahmudabad s students, from his ‘Banish the Poets’ class:
What shapes and forms does communalism take in Bangalore? If you are interested to know more, then see you at 5PM for a discussion with citizen activists from @BahutvaKtka today! nls.ac.in/news-events/ta…
Bangalore cosmopolitan veneer does not let us see its growing communalism. Activists from @BahutvaKtka Anupama Hegde and Jansi will speak to us about "Communal Faultlines in Bangalore and Citizen Action" See you on Friday, 9th at 5PM? nls.ac.in/news-events/ta…
Socio Legal Review's CfP for their new special issue on Law and Culture! SLR particularly encourages multidisciplinary perspectives. Last date for submission is 31st May 2025.
We are excited to announce the Call for Papers for Volume 21(2)! We seek research articles, case comments, and Notes from the Field based on the Special Issue Theme of Law and Culture. Deadline: May 31, 2025
The Lokniti Summer School 2025 is now open for applications. This program offers a unique opportunity for students and researchers to engage with cutting-edge training in empirical research methods. Please refer to the link below for more details. lokniti.org/page/summer-sc…
Thanks @deyodditie, @Ritajyoti_B and @karencoelho12 for such thoughtful reviews! Also to @USJ_online for giving Properties of Rent the space for a book review forum.
New #BookReview forum: Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi with an author response from @PostitAcademic buff.ly/YSbFVFA @dey_oddity @Ritajyoti_B @karencoelho12 @CambridgeUP
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A friend wants to sublet one room (attached bath) at her 3bhk apartment in Alaknanda. It's a fully furnished place with equipped kitchen. The rent is 21k (20k rent + 1k for society maintenance, gas and internet), negotiable. Women flatmates preferred. DM pls
A girl in UP’s Ambedkar Nagar runs and saves her books when her house was bulldozed by the government. This picture should haunt us forever.
#URGENT A friend wants to sublet one room (attached bath) at her 3bhk apartment in Alaknanda. It's a fully furnished place with equipped kitchen. The rent is 21k (including rent+maintenance+gas+internet). Women flatmates preferred. DM me for my friend's number.
From Columbia University to Delhi, the message is clear: challenge authority, face imprisonment. Mahmoud Khalil and Umar Khalid's stories are eerily similar. Fight for their freedom. #UmarKhalidDeservesFreedom #StandWithAntiCAAProtestors
Read this very exciting new issue of @SLR_NLSIU, our student run journal!
The latest issue of SLR is now out! Vol 20(1) brings together insights from science and technology studies, legal history and writing pedagogy, empirical social sciences and philosophy, ethnographic fieldwork, queer theory, and constitutionalism. Read at: repository.nls.ac.in/slr/