Researcher in Anthropology and Education. Innovator. Activist
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In this post, I reflect upon the current colonial structures and how they perpetuate violence and inequality. I especially focus on an organization that I once was part of: the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, along with some other notable non-governmental organizations, and their role in reinforcing the narrative that 'white man's burden is to civilize the rest of the world'.
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In this post, I discuss how the centralized education is meant for the convenience of governments and systems and not the students themselves and how we can try to create an equitable educational system by merely decentralizing it.
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In this post, I share about my complicated relationship with cars and private transportation and how those problems are gradually becoming a part of me.
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In this post, I raise the issues with level based learning models and how they limit the learning potential of learners. I also do some brainstorming with innovative alternative pedagogical options.
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In this post, I bring forth the serious consequences of our obsessions with certain definitions of modernity and I try to highlight why those definitions are both shallow and damaging.
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Today, I jump into the fun side of the internet culture with the lore of Larry, and discuss the collaborative storytelling nature of the internet community and try to connect it to the history of traditional literature.
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In this post, I share my frustration with the capitalistic system of profit-making with unlimited growth potential in a world with very limited resources
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In this post, I touch upon the sensitive issue of identity and belonging using my personal experiences and some of my ethnographic insights
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In this post, I share my insights into anarchism and revisit some key anthropological texts on anarchy and direct democracy
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In this post, I share my experiences of exclusion and alienation being part of the Indian diaspora in the Czech Republic and how many Indian identities are not considered Indian enough by the mainstream cultural authorities.
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