New Words for Worlds newsletter issue out, with reading recommendations, new Indian SF writing and events, and more.

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The spring 2024 issue of the ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly Quarterly is dedicated to Gaza, and produced in collaboration with Majalla 28, Gaza's premier literary magazine. There are stories, poems, essays.

You can buy a copy here, and all proceeds will go to Majalla 28:

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Rather niche science fiction quiz question: what connects the Welsh SF writer Alastair Reynolds and the English progressive rock band, King Crimson?

Transparency in judicial appointments in action.

Written submissions archive update:

The Freedom of Marriage for All Lawsuit (The High Court of Fukuoka, Japan, equal marriage case) — Amicus Brief (w/ Rosalind Dixon):

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Full archive here:

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Mahesh Raut and Sagar Gorkhe, two of the 16 accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, cleared their law school entrance exam while still in jail. They aim to offer legal aid to undertrials, similar to themselves, who are incarcerated for years on end.

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New Words for Worlds newsletter issue out, with reading recommendations, new Indian SF writing and events, and more.

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#Delhi Mark your calendars!

We are launching our first #IF title, Gigi Ganguly 🐐’s #Biopeculiar with Gautam Bhatia at Kunzum.

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Kristin Ross writes about her relationship with Fredric Jameson and how his work has shaped her own thinking in this installment of our Jameson at 90 series.

Re-sharing this piece on when the SC delayed hearing the constitutional challenge to the appointment of the EC, and then said it wouldn't intervene as it was too close to the elections:

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Zero legal rationale, zero jurisprudence, only vibes.

Re-sharing this piece on when the SC delayed hearing the constitutional challenge to the appointment of the EC, and then said it wouldn't intervene as it was too close to the elections:

indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2024/03/22/the…

Gujarat: After their houses were razed, names of 700 fishermen deleted from voters’ lists

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The most comprehensive study on forest governance finds markets are making deforestation, climate change & inequality worse.

“The evidence does not support the claim of win-wins for ecology, economy & people as a policy response to environmental problems” phys.org/news/2024-05-b…

Lockheed Martin has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize for Peace.

If you are looking for an essay about the student protests by a great novelist I recommend this by Viet Thanh Nguyen zeteo.com/p/a-student-re…

Today I feel a palace of crystal.

I just want to say that the invasion of Rafah literally turns the Gaza Strip into a slaughterhouse for everyone inside it. The invasion of Rafah means the closure of the Rafah border crossing, which is the only passage for individuals in Gaza to exit. The closure of the Kerem…

While we’re thinking about universities