Mental and Emotional Geographies of Belonging are different from present physical cartographic reality.

My talk at the Global Migrant Festival 2020 where I speak on the design of a migrant counter archive where the hopes and frustrations of a migrant can be housed with dignity.

The Link: https://youtu.be/FB7qOKybNmU

Singapore-India ties via Tamil Nadu are strategic and from the cabinet. DBS gives Lakshmi to expand its footprint in India.

My session at the Global Migrant Festival is on today evening at 5:30pm IST on FB and YouTube!

Dhows, Mausam, Akhar, Vahan and Kutchi Labour. Such an insightful peek in to the lives that man the waves with the wife at home operating the backend by Prof Nidhi Mahajan.

Low tech regional globalisation, that is under the radar which mobility conversations that are on the margins.

The Jamia-Wits Remote Conference on Indian Ocean Circulations has been quite phenomenal in the overkill of webinaritis.

The Le Thinnai Kreyol Founders Prof Ananya and Ari Anna, introducing the epistemic foundations of this globally ground up research project on Creole Circulations for Prof Toral Gajarawala’s class at NYU Abu Dhabi.

This was a deep dive into the varied understanding of the initiative which is a glorious illustration of what it means to create a ‘safe space for refugees from the hegemonic narrative’.

The academic analycal rigor of deciphering the text was refreshing given the ivory tower audience.

Ari Anna explained how he writes his stories and the why behind his words.