travels through troubled times
In order to be listened to, respected and get paid for it, the many institutions of campaigning culture prefer those who are not “different”. When access needs are asked for, a lack of funds is immediately cited. When a more inclusive way of organising is asked for, empty promises ensue. And through all of this, disabled people are just expected to adapt or remove themselves from the space.
On 26th May 2019, I ran a small workshop on Climate Colonialism. These are the workshop slides, notes and reading list.
As part of Scottish Book Week and Lighthouse Books, I ran a small workshop on how climate change was the result of the colonial legacy. This workshop went into depth…
Jain values taught me compassion, solidarity and anti-capitalism. They drove my need to seek social justice and challenge the way in which we live today.
When reading a book, sometimes a new chapter begins a few years later. I last wrote in a blog in 2015. Back then, it was under “nishmadoshi.net”, a site which…
The most beautiful people in the world are authentic. People can call them names – like hipster or hippie or geek – but does that all really define them? What…
Do we all have our moments of brightness? Our single point at which we have reached our peak? But if life is endless set of moments, until The End of…
Corbyn’s rise is a rise towards a less established and more grassroots way of doing politics.
I have succumbed. I’ve had a lot of discussions with people I respect over the last few weeks, and through that process, it has become more evident that joining the…
At the Spark, I gave a workshop entitled “History is the narrative of the victors” or “Challenging possession and colonialism”. It was the first time I’d run this workshop –…
