Sushmita Pati @PostitAcademic Twitter profile

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Sushmita Pati

5 months

Super grateful and honoured to be awarded the BASAS book prize this year, jointly with the excellent @ollyakkerman . Congratulations!

BASAS

@BASASofficial

5 months

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!

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Announcement- My book 'Properties of Rent' is going to be out from @cambridgeindia soon. Currently, available only on pre-order abroad, but hoping it's available soon in India! Thanks @qudsiya_Ah , @RanaAnwesha for all the support!

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

11 months

This happened! And I am absolutely thrilled. I wish I could go back in time and show this post to the bumbling PhD student who started this work 12 years ago.

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@bisa_ipeg

11 months

📕🏆📢 The IPEG Book Prize Committee is delighted to announce that Properties of Rent is the 2023 winner of the award 📢🏆📕 Congratulations to Sushmita Pati ( @PostitAcademic ) on this richly deserved accomplishment!

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Friends in Bangalore. Many of you probably know of Goobes Book Republic, a lovely, warm and political bookshop on Church Street. Got to know that the lockdown has hit them pretty hard. So if you have books you want, buy it from them?

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

So thrilling to see your book in your favourite bookstore! Head over to @bookworm_Kris at Church Street if you would like to get yourself a copy. They also deliver outside Bangalore. Support independent bookstores!

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

5 months

We are super thrilled to kickstart our talk series on the city with @bengawalk who would be talking "Overengineered and Underdesigned: Space for Public in Indian Cities" this Friday at 5PM at NLSIU! (1/n)

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

1 year

I am beyond thrilled that Properties of Rent is now shortlisted for the BISA IPEG Book Prize for this year! Thanks so much! @NLSIUofficial @CUPAcademic @RanaAnwesha

IPEG

@bisa_ipeg

1 year

📢📚🏆 We are delighted to announce the shortlist for this year's BISA IPEG Book Prize:

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Hello Bangalore people! Meet Pazham. Pazham is around 6 months old. She is vaccinated, dewormed and spayed. She has the pinkest nose possible and is the sweetest cat ever. We cannot keep her because our older one has declared war on her. Please help her find a home? Please RT

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

4 months

If you are in Bangalore this Saturday, come and listen to @maliniranga speak about her new co-authored book "Corruption Plots" at BIC with me! It is a riveting account of corruption, urban development and how it shapes a contemporary public. Sign up!

The City and the Scam - Bangalore International Centre

Corruption Politics and Stories of Urban Space in Bengaluru and Mumbai

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

8 months

Thrilled to find my book amongst the shortlists for the 2024 BASAS Book Prize! Thanks to @CUPAcademic , @RanaAnwesha for seeing the process through. Also a huge shoutout to @arpitayodapress for such skilled editing!

BASAS

@BASASofficial

8 months

*We are pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2024 BASAS Book Prize* The Book Prize aims to encourage and recognise outstanding and bold scholarship on the region of South Asia and its diasporas. Congratulations to the shortlisted authors!

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

This book has been a long time in the making. And I am so glad it is finally here! @Ritajyoti_B takes us to the Streets of 19th Century Calcutta and tells us what makes "streets" more than just infrastructure. They are at the heart of political struggles. (1/2)

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Spoke to the really talented @Saumya_Kalia for her fantastic piece at @TheSwaddle about how the Design of Our Cities Reflects Caste, Class Anxieties. Really good. Do read.

How the Design of Our Cities Reflects Caste, Class Anxieties

Cities have always been a reflection of the prejudice and exclusion of those who create them.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

The 'legallity/illegality' of Jahangirpuri colonies is not the point. Demolitions have been central to a settler colonial state like Israel. The Indian state has just found new inspiration.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 months

This one has been in the making for quite a long time. But so glad that it is finally out. Thanks @IJURResearch and especially @lizaweinstein for seeing this through!

DID INDIA EVER HAVE A RIGHT TO THE CITY MOVEMENT? Rethinking Housing Justice in Violent Times

In this article I look into the weakening state of housing justice in India, especially in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and increased state violence. I ask how and why housing rights in...

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Friends in academia, Ambedkar University of Delhi has several openings across departments, including some for SC/ST/OBC posts. Do spread the word.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

10 months

That campuses are to be kept "free from politics" is slowly becoming the new normal. But how do you teach and learn the world without engaging with it?

In JNU today, the price for free speech is Rs 20,000

From Niyamgiri to Palestine, from workers’ rights to women’s freedom, from Marx to Ambedkar, from Savitribai Phule to Rosa Luxemburg — our walls had a space for all shades of opinion. The current...

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Spoke to a very keen audience at IIM-Ahmedabad this week about my book 'Properties of Rent'! The questions I got were amazing. Also, thank you @ChinmayTumbe and @divyarrs for being such amazing hosts!

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

1 year

Wrote something on housing justice in India and why it needs to be claimed by social movements.

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@CASIPenn

1 year

In "A New Language for Housing Justice?" Sushmita Pati ( @PostitAcademic ) discusses why the housing question has barely found a political foothold in India.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

1 year

A bit of a latepost. But do read @akash_falaq 's moving recollection of his friendship with Umar. Umar's release will indeed give us back a friend.

Umar Khalid's Release Will Give Us Back a Friend

Umar has refused to be quiet even after his arrest. He has spoken on behalf of all Indian dissenters across caste, creed and religion; carrying his community identity as a symbol of empowerment,...

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

I will be speaking at the HSS weekly seminar, IIT Delhi this coming Tuesday, 3:30pm. Do drop in and say hello?

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Aaand it begins! On Thursday I speak of Delhi (1950s to 1990s) that was governed by licenses and permits and how the erstwhile ‘villagers’ worked their way around. I will also speak about the process of writing it. Thanks CWS @JindalGlobalUNI ! @shii_vani . Also such a cool poster!

Shivani Kapoor

@shii_vani

2 years

Please join the Centre of Writing Studies, @JindalGlobalUNI and Dr. Sushmita Pati @PostitAcademic at our Research Majlis on April 28, 2022 from 3 p.m through Zoom - Password: JGU

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

11 months

Thanks @TheIndiaForum for your wishes as well as for giving me the platform.

The India Forum

@TheIndiaForum

11 months

Congratulations to @PostitAcademic on winning the @bisa_ipeg 2023 prize for her book 'Properties of Rent' published @CambridgeUP ! Sharing two pieces she wrote for us. On the ecological crises in Delhi: On the Bangalore floods:

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Hello Bangalore Twitter. If you are not out of town for the long weekend, see you on the 13th at Bangalore International Centre at 6pm? I will be in conversation with @CarolUpadhya , Mathew Idiculla and @twitatreyee on my book Properties of Rent!

How Rent Shapes Our Cities - Bangalore International Centre

Cartels, Control and the Making of a Housing Market

bangaloreinternationalcentre.org

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Vacancies at @NLSIUofficial across law and social sciences. Spread the word!

NLSIU

@NLSIUofficial

2 years

The University invites applications from accomplished committed, and dynamic legal minds for five full-time faculty positions based out of the NLSIU campus in Bangalore. For more details, please visit

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

A book review forum on Properties of Rent is now out on @SocietyandSpace ! A shoutout to @BenFTeresa , @maliniranga and @gggrrrurani for engaging with my work with so much care. Also special thank you to @maliniranga for putting this together!

Society & Space

@SocietyandSpace

2 years

Today's review forum of @postitacademic 's Properties of Rent highlights that rent is more than an economic relation denoting the temporary use of property. Rent is also a social, political & emotional relation woven together by caste, kinship & community

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

4 years

Well, he does have a point here.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Wrote something on the ongoing ITI workers' strike and why all of us need to pay attention. Today, they enter 50th day of their sit-in. More power to them! @aicctukar @akash_musafir @maliniranga @clifroz

Not bothered by ITI workers’ plight? One day soon, it could be yours, too

This story has not received much attention from media and the broader civil society

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Filled with gratitude that my book is finally going to reach our home- Delhi on 15th Sept. Discovering Delhi was a huge part of discovering myself. The book is probably a testimony of that(1/n)

Qudsiya Ahmed

@qudsiya_Ah

2 years

Another day another event! Very pleased to invite you to a discussion of @PostitAcademic 's #PropertiesofRent on 15th September! More details in the invite. @CambridgeUP @icas_mp @RanaAnwesha

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Speaking today at the colloquium series of Ashoka University's Sociology and Anthropology department at 6:30pm! Zoom link is on the poster.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 months

Thanks @SnehaAnnavarapu for such an engaged and unconventional talk on potholes of Hyderabad! If you are in Bangalore and interested in urban questions, do keep a lookout for our monthly talks. We promise to bring exciting people to talk to us!

Sneha Annavarapu

@SnehaAnnavarapu

3 months

Presenting in front of a highly engaged, sharp, & curious audience is always a thrill! So happy to have had the chance to experience that at @NLSIUofficial as part of their amazing Urban Poor & The Law seminar series. Thanks @onneshaghosh & @PostitAcademic for make it happen 🫶🏽

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

My book is now available at @Pagdandiworld in Pune! They have a lovely website and deliver across the country. Do check them out!

Pagdandi Bookstore & Coffee

@Pagdandiworld

2 years

Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi (Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches) : Sushmita Pati We live in cities whose borders have always been subject to expansion. What does such transformation …

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

We haven't acknowledged the presence of caste in urban studies for so long. I am so glad works like that of Juned Sheikh, @maliniranga and @asher_ghertner are changing that now!

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

5 months

Do come by today to hear @sahanagee speak about her new book 'A Thousand Tiny Cuts – Mobility and Security across the Bangladesh-India Borderlands’ today at 5pm!

The NLS Public Lecture Series | Book Discussion: 'A Thousand Tiny Cuts - Mobility and Security...

In our upcoming public lecture on May 6, 2024, NLSIU will host a book discussion with Sahana Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the National University of Singapore. The discussion is on...

www.nls.ac.in

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

What a thread. Also, deep appreciation for journalists who are reporting from the ground in these times.

Jyoti Yadav

@jyotiyadaav

3 years

Before I start travelling to the remotest districts in bihar amid the strict lockdown and bring you the stories from second Covid wave. Sharing the links of my reports from UP where we covered the cities and villages. Here is the thread-

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

If you are a PhD student thinking about the city, then apply!

Economic & Political Weekly

@epw_in

2 years

#Thread | We are announcing a five-day residential "Writing to Publish" workshop in Goa in the second week of June 2023. Deadline for the initial application: 10th April, 2023. Apply here:

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

We live in cities whose borders have always been subject to expansion. What does such transformation of rural spaces mean for cities and vice-versa? This book looks at the spatial transformation of villages brought into the Delhi's urban fray in the 1950s.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Reading today. Disclaimer: All the characters and events depicted are fictitious. Any resemblance to a person living or dead is purely coincidental

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Thank you @jyotiyadaav for bringing out these stories. The real violence is not being committed by the virus, but by the state.

Jyoti Yadav

@jyotiyadaav

3 years

27 yr old Kalyani Agrahari, did not want to do the panchayat election duty on 15 April. She was eight months pregnant and it would not have been easy for her to sit at one place for so long. Her last days were full of anxieties. My report-

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Sushmita Pati

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1 year

New funds should mean setting up of new libraries and centres. Not shutting down existing ones. And what kind of university ever shuts down any library?

Saib Bilaval

@SaibBilaval

1 year

The #JNU admin has decided to shut down the History department library & turn it into the Special Centre for Tamil Studies. DESPITE having received 5 (delivered)/10 crore rupees from Tamil Nadu Govt to establish & construct mentioned Centre somewhere on campus. #SaveCHSLibrary

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

4 years

It is the same bloody strategy. We saw them do this with Shaheen Bagh. They did it again with Farmer's protests. First, they tire the protestors out, then send their own lumpens, then accuse protestors of violence, and finally slap FIRs and UAPAs.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Properties of Rent is a study of how vernacular form of capitalism and its various affects shape up in opposition to both state, finance capital and the city in contemporary urban Delhi.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

7 months

Speaking about my work and beyond at UCL IIPP tomorrow. Find details ⬇️

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

7 months

Happening tomorrow! 🗓️ Dr. Sushmita Pati ( @PostitAcademic ) joins us online to discuss her book “Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi” w/ @2biavas as chair & @ZaqoutMariam & Rahul Jain as discussants. Register here ➡️

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

The villagers transform into dabblers in real estate. A study of two villages - Munirka and Shahpur Jat - both in the heart of bustling urban economies of Delhi, reveal that it is 'rent' that could define this suburbanisation.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

My two cents on the Bangalore floods. I write how incompetence of local governance is being papered over by spectacles by a populist state. The middle class cheers them on, not knowing where to look for real solutions. (1/2)

What the Bangalore Floods tell us about our Democracy

Urban floods as in Bangalore are not just a result of failed governance. They also reflect a failure of our democracy, where the citizen does not participate in decision-making and later sees...

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Hello Bangalore Twitter, I will be in conversation with @CarolUpadhya , Mathew Idiculla and @twitatreyee today at 6PM at Bangalore International Centre on my book Properties of Rent.(1/n)

How Rent Shapes Our Cities - Bangalore International Centre

Cartels, Control and the Making of a Housing Market

bangaloreinternationalcentre.org

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

1 year

Thank you Anish Vanaik for this generous and absolutely astute review! Also thanks to Society and Culture in South Asia and @deyspecial for making space.

Book review: Sushmita Pati, Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising...

Sushmita Pati, Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022), ISBN: 978-1-316-51727-7 (...

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

5 months

The book could only be written because of the generous 7 month long fellowship I had with ICAS-MP. Cannot thank you enough for the lovely office and great company during my writing time!

ICAS:MP

@icas_mp

5 months

Big news! 🎉 We are pleased to announce that our ICAS:MP - @CUPAcademic series book 'Properties of Rent' by @PostitAcademic has been awarded the 2024 BASAS Book Prize @BASASofficial . @qudsiya_Ah @RanaAnwesha @DebjaniMaz0307 @CambridgeUP

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

They tried to lure the farmers with small crumbs, then demonised them and finally also ran cars over them. Today, as they stand defeated, they are still claiming they "saved" the farmers. But make no mistake. This is a massive victory. Not an electoral sop.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

7 months

Read @shii_vani 's fantastic piece on how caste hierarchies are maintained through perceptions of smells and other senses. Better still, read her journal article here-

6 Words That Smell: Caste and Odors in Hindi Dalit Autobiographies

6 Words That Smell: Caste and Odors in Hindi Dalit Autobiographies was published in Aromas of Asia on page 134.

www.degruyter.com

Shivani Kapoor

@shii_vani

7 months

On the spills and stinks of caste @IndianExpress .

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@PostitAcademic

3 months

Come listen to @SnehaAnnavarapu talk about potholes in Hyderabad tomorrow at NLS at 5pm! Its open for all.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 months

We are very excited to host @SanjeevRoutray8 on the 25th July, Thursday at 5PM to speak to us about his latest book "The Right to be Counted". The talk is open to public so do drop in!

NLSIU

@NLSIUofficial

3 months

NLSIU’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) Chair on Urban Poor and the Law is organising a book talk by Dr. Sanjeev Routray. The author will be in conversation with Dr. Sushmita Pati and Dr. Anwesha Ghosh. Read more at:

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

5 months

Thanks @HeritageWalks for the shoutout!

Delhi Heritage Walks

@HeritageWalks

5 months

The terms urban and village seem to lie on opposite ends of a spectrum and are likely to strike a dissonance when put together. After all, how can a village be urban? Is the urbanity observed in villages different from other parts of the city? (1/8)

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@PostitAcademic

5 months

Thank you! But what can I say? This book is as much yours as it is mine! 🥰🥰

Shivani Kapoor

@shii_vani

5 months

Congratulations @PostitAcademic ! They could not have made a better choice ❤️

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@PostitAcademic

3 years

They are on Dunzo in the gifts and lifestyle category. I usually just write to them on goobesbookrepublic @gmail .com.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

1 year

Thank you Sai Balakrishnan for this thoughtful review of Properties of Rent. Also @Peasant_Journal for publishing the review!

Properties of rent: community, capital and politics in globalizing Delhi

Published in The Journal of Peasant Studies (Vol. 50, No. 6, 2023)

www.tandfonline.com

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Excited to be in conversation with @GautamBhan80 on my book Properties of Rent (CUP, 2022) this Friday! Though on Delhi, the book reflects on issues common to several cities across India. (1/2)

Indian Institute for Human Settlements

@iihsin

2 years

#IIHSin welcomes @PostitAcademic to read and discuss her book, 'Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi' at IIHS City Scripts with @GautamBhan80 Join us 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟲:𝟯𝟬 𝗽𝗺 at the IIHS, Bengaluru City Campus (1/2)

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@PostitAcademic

2 years

What a beautifully written piece on the ugliness of urban ‘development’ in Bangalore. Read ‘An Unequal Monsoon’, by Anshul Sharma, a Public Policy student of @NLSIUofficial .

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

What a powerfully moving piece. Do yourself a favour today and read this.

Visiting Umar Khalid: A Manual for the Undertaking of Visits to Political Prisoners by Those Still...

If you have a friend in prison because they refused to acquiesce to the bitter denial of freedom and dignity in the country that is currently underway, please go and see them.

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@PostitAcademic

4 years

A social security contingent on the "number of trips". Speaks volumes.

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@PostitAcademic

7 months

A must read if you know what’s happening in Bangalore. Explains why some RWAs are still planning holi rain dance parties with water tankers.

Praveen Gopal Krishnan

@peegeekay

7 months

A lot has been written about Bangalore's water crisis, so here's a story. In January 2018, I found myself in Cape Town, and while waiting for my bags at the conveyor belt, this sign stared back at me.

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1 year

Thanks @termcern for this review that takes such great care to situate my arguments in the global frame! Also @southasiajsas for publishing this review. Here is the link-

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

3 years

Please do join us on the 24th Nov to hear @DollyKikon and @DuncanMcDuieRa speak about their fascinating new book Ceasefire City: Militarism, Capitalism, and Urbanism in Dimapur!

NLSIU

@NLSIUofficial

3 years

The NLS Public Lecture Series invites you to a talk on ‘Dimapur Matters’ by Dolly Kikon and Duncan McDuie-Ra on November 24, 2021, at 3 pm. For event details and registration, visit:

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1 year

What a lovely afternoon spent with old friends and colleagues. Thanks so much @CUPAcademic , @RanaAnwesha , @qudsiya_Ah !

Qudsiya Ahmed

@qudsiya_Ah

1 year

Session 2: An India Then, An India Now @PostitAcademic asking the right questions #citizenship #belonging #Indianpolitics #markets #democracy @adilhossain @KRManoharan @RanaAnwesha

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@PostitAcademic

7 months

Thank you @icas_mp for supporting the work and giving me those precious seven months where this book shaped up.

ICAS:MP

@icas_mp

7 months

Thrilled to share that two books from our ICAS:MP - @CUPAcademic series have been selected for the 2024 BASAS Book Prize shortlist!🎉 Congratulations to the authors of 'Properties of Rent' ( @PostitAcademic ) & 'Evacuee Cinema' ( @Shesmercury ) @BASASofficial @RanaAnwesha @qudsiya_Ah

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3 years

“Few people have to pay the larger price for the fight to freedom. And that’s Umar for me,” smiles Lahiri.

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Sushmita Pati

@PostitAcademic

2 years

Leaving this here without comments for those of us who teach in the trimester system😞

Sandhya Devesan

@asalmonofdoubt

2 years

Just putting it out there again that semesterisation in universities is some kind of evil. It produces the most mediocre forms of pedagogical relations between students and teachers, and of course stunted thinking all around. 1/

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2 years

Thank you for this one @iihsin ! I could not have asked for a better interlocutor than @GautamBhan80 . There was a little banter, some laughter and a lot of good conversation. This one was special.

City Scripts | Author in Conversation | Sushmita Pati with Gautam Bhan

This conversation featured political scientist and author Sushmita Pati discussing her book Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalisin...

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Why the academic work done by women, especially in political economy is seen as 'case study' and not 'theory'. And why there is a need to collectively think about our own writing praxis.

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Very excited to be part of a panel at AAG23 with scholars who have shaped my thinking on cities! So looking forward :)

Sergio Montero

@sergemont

2 years

Looking forward to this #AAG2023 panel on Juridical Urbanism with @asher_ghertner , @mona_fawaz and @PostitAcademic . Excited to share ideas with scholars who have influenced my own thinking on the role of the law in urban politics & planning.

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So excited to be invited to IIIT D by @research_urban tomorrow! Do come by 😊

Urban Research Lab

@research_urban

2 years

Join us tomorrow for a book talk on Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi by @PostitAcademic . Time: 4 pm, 9th Dec 2022. Venue: A-220, R&D Building, IIIT-Delhi.

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So excited to see that the review forum on Properties of Rent was one of the most read pieces in @SocietyandSpace this year! @RanaAnwesha

Society & Space

@SocietyandSpace

2 years

#13 Review forum on 'Properties of Rent: Community, Capital, and Politics in Globalising Delhi' by @PostitAcademic - w contributions by @maliniranga @gggrrrurani @BenFTeresa

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I first met @sebanti18 in Goa when she was doing her fieldwork. Have learnt so much about Goa, Meghalaya and the practice of choir music! So excited to see this in a book form. Congratulations! 😍

Sebanti_Labelle18

@sebanti18

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Really stoked that my first book is finally out! I am yet to receive my soft copies. Thankful to @DuncanMcDuieRa @tajmahalfoxtrot @moniquei and Vidya Rao for their kind and encouraging words! @moore_rache Please use this link to place your order :D

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Just a Monday reminder for the book launch at CSDS happening this Thursday (15th September) at 6pm! Please do drop an email to Sukriti Manocha at manocha @mwsindia .org if you are coming? See you!

Qudsiya Ahmed

@qudsiya_Ah

2 years

Another day another event! Very pleased to invite you to a discussion of @PostitAcademic 's #PropertiesofRent on 15th September! More details in the invite. @CambridgeUP @icas_mp @RanaAnwesha

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Just adding to the list of cool things my friends are up to, follow @Anwesha_sg 's work at IDSK on setting up Salt Lake Archives. They have curated a whole range of documents and oral history on the making of Salt Lake. Check their work out!

Collecting anecdotal history on Salt Lake from its residents

A DD Block institute has been working on a project started on completion of the 50th year since the first residents settled in 1970

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@PostitAcademic

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I have been a @Akshayamukul fan since his first book on The Gita Press. This book takes us much deeper into the Hindi literary world. Congratulations and thank you for the work you do!

New India Foundation

@newindiafndtion

10 months

The Winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2023 is Akshaya Mukul for his magisterial biography of Agyeya – congratulations to the author and the publishers! @Akshayamukul @PenguinIndia @mileeashwarya

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“The book may be read as a treatise on urban activism, trade unionism and social movements. It is a deeply political reading of 20th century Calcutta” What lovely stuff to hear about your first book! Congratulations @Ritajyoti_B !

Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay

@Ritajyoti_B

2 years

The first review of my book () has come out in Frontier Weekly's Annual Issue:

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Please send in nominations for articles on South Asian politics that you really enjoyed reading (including your own!) for the Rajni Kothari Best Article Prize this year. Looking forward to the discussions with @rikhilb and @NiloSiddiqui !

Alex Lee

@AlexanderMkLee

9 months

Reupping a post that got lost in the holidays: The South Asian politics section of APSA now has prizes for best book and best article on South Asia. Please nominate work you admire (even your own).

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The utter thoughtless ways in which our public universities are being dismantled today. The rise of private universities is not incidental in all of this but is at the heart of the story.

In memoriam

The moment the middle class feels it has no access to a public good, it does everything it can to devalue it. The systematic destruction of Delhi University is a case study in elite secession

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@PostitAcademic

8 months

Thank you @TheDaak_Books and Ishan Shahi for this lovely review!

Theडाक (thedaak.in)

@TheDaak_Books

8 months

For TheDaak's sixth issue, Ishan Sahi reviews Sushmita Pati's ( @PostitAcademic ) Properties of Rent: Community, Capital and Politics in Globalizing Delhi. Follow the link to read:

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"Father Stan could have been saved. But the state left him to die. I am scared they might do the same to my mother.”

Suchitra Vijayan 🇵🇸

@suchitrav

3 years

‘The State Has Left My Mother To Die,’ Says Sudha Bharadwaj’s Daughter As Sudha’s health deteriorates inside prison, her friends and family speak to Outlook about her incarceration and work among the tribals in Chhattisgarh.

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my only wish is that this prize comes as a reassurance to students in public universities in India, who face a much more uphill battle than I ever did, that our collective work stands its ground, and that it speaks for itself.

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Speaking at the University of Hyderabad online forum about my book 'Properties of Rent' and why rent is important to understand contemporary urbanism. Look forward to @aniketalam 's comments! Also thanks so much @BanerjeeSne for putting this together! @CUPAcademic @RanaAnwesha

Sneha Banerjee

@BanerjeeSne

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Join us online @HydUniv next Wednesday, 3pm as @PostitAcademic talks about her book, with @aniketalam as discussant. Looking forward to conversations on globalising cities with a focus on Delhi's urban 'villages'. @kksuanh @kailashkk @i_anagha @bhimeas

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Thanks so much @bengawalk for that lovely talk on the nature of urban design in Bangalore yesterday! Also thank you Divya for these photographs because we totally forgot to click any.

Divya 🍪🐀 | 🇵🇸

@divcookie

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“Overengineered & Underdesigned” A lively talk and discussion on forced car dependency wrecking Indian cities. Thank you for doing this @bengawalk 😮‍💨

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Join us tomorrow!

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@RanaAnwesha

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🎙29 August, Bangalore! @CUPAcademic will be with colleagues from @azimpremjiuniv @nlsiu & NIAS discussing #Politics #society #SouthAsia Hope to see you! Details here, with a change in panel 1 @PostitAcademic @vikasprithvipur @adilhossain @KRManoharan @twitatreyee @SaniyaPuri007

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@SnehaAnnavarapu For me it would be David Graeber's Utopia of Rules and Joao Biehl's Vita: A Zone of Social Abandonment.

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Thank you @AhdUniv for the opportunity and such lovely, engaged audience! Had a great time.

Ahmedabad University

@AhdUniv

2 years

Assistant Professor of Political Science, National Law School of India University, Sushmita Pati delivered a lecture organised by the Social Sciences division, School of Arts and Sciences, on How Rent Shapes Our Cities: Cartels, Control and the Making of a Housing Market.

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Deeply honoured to be speaking about the housing question alongside two deeply committed housing activists! Thank you @altlawforum and @vinaysreeni for organising this. Look forward!

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@altlawforum

1 year

ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ವಸತಿ ಹಕ್ಕಿನ ಸ್ವರೂಪವೇನು? ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಸತಿ ಹೋರಾಟದ ಮುಂದಿರುವ ಸವಾಲುಗಳೇನು? ಜುಲೈ 21ರಂದು ಈ ಸಂವಾದದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಳ್ಳಿ! Where do struggles for equitable housing stand? What are the challenges to land/housing rights in Ktaka? Join us 21 July for this imp conversation!

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So excited to see this timely and important book! Looking forward to read this now. Congratulations @adam_m_auerbach and @tariqthachil !

Adam Auerbach

@adam_m_auerbach

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Very excited to share that my book with @tariqthachil , Migrants and Machine Politics: How India’s Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness, will be out with @PrincetonUPress in January 2023: 🧵

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A review of Amita Baviskar's collection of essays 'Uncivil City: Ecology, Equity and the Commons in Delhi appeared today on India Forum.' Also thanks to @CheriChe for being a great editor!

A Disaster Foretold

Delhi's rapidly changing relationship with its ecology has privileged the middle class. The city's transformation into an inequitable and exclusive place increasingly makes it a harder place, an...

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Looking forward to speaking about my book Properties of Rent at the @AU_SIS virtual talk on the 20th!

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@shagunrgupta

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Join us @AU_SIS for a virtual book talk and discussion with Dr. Sushmita Pati ( @PostitAcademic ) on Thursday, April 20th 10:30am ET. In her new book she traces the social history of urban villages around Delhi. Register here: @phd_sis @research_sis

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Thank you so very much for the opportunity @icas_mp ! Special thanks to the panelists Prem Chowdhry, Amita Baviskar, Rajarshi Dasgupta and Ravi Sundaram who took so much care discussing the book.

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@icas_mp

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We were delighted by the response to our book discussion on 'Properties of Rent' by @PostitAcademic , under the @CambridgeUP series. Thank you to all for joining us. Stay tuned for the event recording to understand the importance of rent in the bustling city of #Delhi .

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Hello y'all in Bangalore! How is the workday going?

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Thank you for the opportunity @BanerjeeSne , @aniketalam @kksuanh and @i_anagha to speak at Hyderabad University! It was such a privilege to present my work amongst colleagues whose work I have admired for long.

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@i_anagha

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The recording of the book talk by Sushmita Pati on Properties of Rent Community, Capital and Politics in Globalising Delhi is now up on YouTube. @PostitAcademic @aniketalam @BanerjeeSne @kksuanh

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Speaking about my work at UCL's IIPP coming Tuesday on the 19th! To register, find the link below.

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

@IIPP_UCL

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Interested in urban transformation in cities of global south?🌆 Dr. Sushmita Pati ( @PostitAcademic ) joins us to discuss her book “Properties of Rent” with @2biavas as chair & @ZaqoutMariam & Rahul Jain as discussants. Register for IIPP’s online event ➡️

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Do drop in today at 5! Also please note a change in venue. We will now be in the Training Centre Conference Room.

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@PostitAcademic

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We are super thrilled to kickstart our talk series on the city with @bengawalk who would be talking "Overengineered and Underdesigned: Space for Public in Indian Cities" this Friday at 5PM at NLSIU! (1/n)

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@SnehaAnnavarapu You have probably never lived with a cat.

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@PostitAcademic

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This collectively written piece with colleagues across the world was the basis of both new thought as well as friendships! Cheers @a8junea , Ricardo Cardoso, @shreyashi_dg , @RPlueckhahn , @TanzilShafique , @ShaunSKTeo , Junjia Ye, @Yimin_Zhao and most of all @XazaarAdjame !

Tanzil Shafique

@TanzilShafique

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Glad to share a new paper in Transactions of @RGS_IBG Published after 2 years of working together.... 10 of us across the globe working on tangents of Asia/Urbanism, mentored and led by @XazaarAdjame Re-arranging the urban: Forms, rhythms, politics

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Suspensions and demand for better compliance may all be fine to prevent fire mishaps. But we may be barking up the wrong tree. Wrote something for the Indian Express.

Why more strict compliance is not enough to avoid tragedies like Rajkot and Delhi fires

The resolution does not lie in pulling down all unauthorised, illegal structures ever built and replacing them with 'proper' housing and commercial establishments. Fire safety is just one more...

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@PostitAcademic

2 years

Happening today! Do drop by Bangalore?

Indian Institute for Human Settlements

@iihsin

2 years

Gautam Bhan, Associate Dean, IIHS School of Human Development will be in conversation with Sushmita Pati. They will discuss her book, 'Properties of Rent'. Join the conversation on 22 July 2022 , 6:30 pm onwards at IIHS Bengaluru City Campus @GautamBhan80 @PostitAcademic

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Super thankful to all the friends and colleagues who have been on this journey with me, to @CUPAcademic and @RanaAnwesha for giving the book a home. Also thank you @arpitayodapress for making this book read infinitely better!

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