Tag Archives: Renny Thomas

Review: ‘Decolonial Keywords’ (2026)

Posted on February 28, 2026 by VM

Everyone who knows me knows that my intellectual coordinates are defined by scientific ideas, even when they’re about sociology or the humanities. This is why I found a new book, Decolonial Keywords: South Asian Thoughts and Attitudes, edited by anthropologists … Continue reading →

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It’s the little things

Posted on April 4, 2024 by VM

‘What Muslim Women Face Every Day at Work’, The Wire, April 4, 2024: [Nisha] Shah, who prays five times a day, says such Islamophobia at the workplace – amongst highly educated Indian youth – has become more audacious. She says … Continue reading →

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There’s a scientistic eclipse

Posted on April 30, 2022 by VM

There is a solar eclipse today and news websites are as usual participating in amplifying nonsense. It’s prima facie not nonsense in and of itself but because it’s not qualified as astrological material. That is, it’s an example of news … Continue reading →

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On science, religion, Brahmins and a book

Posted on January 12, 2022 by VM

I’m partway through Renny Thomas’s new book, Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment. Its description on the Routledge page reads: This book provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context of South Asia, giving voice to Indian scientists … Continue reading →

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