Pranav Jani
@redguju.bsky.social
Associate Prof, English, Ohio State (Postcolonial/Ethnic Studies). Board member & Past President, AAUP-OSU. Member, FSJP. He/him. All views my own. https://pranavjani.com/
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Together We Rise: Solidarity Stories From Central Ohio
Podcast launches December 8! Latest Episodes [enjoy the sneak preview as I prep for the launch]
pranavjani.com
My podcast drops on 12/8. Episode 1 - my intro. Episode 2 - Columbus active James Hayes. See my website pranavjani.com/togetherwerise and wherever you hear podcasts.
My podcast drops on 12/8. Episode 1 - my intro. Episode 2 - Columbus active James Hayes. See my website pranavjani.com/togetherwerise and wherever you hear podcasts.
Together We Rise: Solidarity Stories From Central Ohio
Podcast launches December 8! Latest Episodes [enjoy the sneak preview as I prep for the launch]
pranavjani.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
My podcast drops on 12/8. Episode 1 - my intro. Episode 2 - Columbus active James Hayes. See my website pranavjani.com/togetherwerise and wherever you hear podcasts.
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“There is much that is right about what we are doing in higher education—as teachers, researchers, community advocates, and mentors—and we should not lose sight of that when the discourse of the day would seem to put us permanently on the defensive.” ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“There is much that is right about what we are doing in higher education—as teachers, researchers, community advocates, and mentors—and we should not lose sight of that when the discourse of the day would seem to put us permanently on the defensive.” ❤️
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I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I finally got around to reading this. You should read it too.
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
"We are exporting the very labor of teaching and learning—the slow work of wrestling with ideas, the enduring of discomfort, doubt and confusion, the struggle of finding one’s own voice."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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This can only be considered a "war" if there was a declaration by Congress. Otherwise, it murder, pure and simple.
Q: “If it is found that survivors were actually killed while clinging onto that boat, should Secretary Hegseth, Admiral Bradley, or others be punished?”
Trump: “I think you’re going to find that this is war.”
Trump: “I think you’re going to find that this is war.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This can only be considered a "war" if there was a declaration by Congress. Otherwise, it murder, pure and simple.
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🧵After getting a zero on a psychology essay for saying things like "multiple genders are demonic," a University of Oklahoma student reached out to disgraced former OK Schools Superintendent Ryan Walter. The governor intervened.
The professor was suspended pending investigation.
The professor was suspended pending investigation.
College Instructor Put on Leave Over Zero Grade for Gender Essay
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
🧵After getting a zero on a psychology essay for saying things like "multiple genders are demonic," a University of Oklahoma student reached out to disgraced former OK Schools Superintendent Ryan Walter. The governor intervened.
The professor was suspended pending investigation.
The professor was suspended pending investigation.
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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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Nearly six months later.
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Nearly six months later.
My Columbus Dispatch Op-Ed has been published as an opinions piece in USA Today this morning.
USA Today: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
started getting some hate mail and knew something’s up. Then I saw this. Also got friendly messages!
Editors make titles not authors. Pls read the article.
USA Today: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
started getting some hate mail and knew something’s up. Then I saw this. Also got friendly messages!
Editors make titles not authors. Pls read the article.
Vance steps on his own wife for MAGA. Indians, they're turning on you. | Opinion
We can call out the hate without empathizing with those, like Kash Patel and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are actively harming communities of color.
www.usatoday.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My Columbus Dispatch Op-Ed has been published as an opinions piece in USA Today this morning.
USA Today: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
started getting some hate mail and knew something’s up. Then I saw this. Also got friendly messages!
Editors make titles not authors. Pls read the article.
USA Today: www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
started getting some hate mail and knew something’s up. Then I saw this. Also got friendly messages!
Editors make titles not authors. Pls read the article.
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“We will deal with it if it happens. All the [Lebanese Shia] villages around us, they are destroyed and basically uninhabitable. If you ask what is our victory, it is that we have been rebuilding for a year and they haven’t put a single pipe back in the ground.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Tense calm in far north as Israel prepares to ‘finish the job’ against Hezbollah
On the border with Lebanon, communities have started to return and rebuild – even though some are in no hurry to return
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“We will deal with it if it happens. All the [Lebanese Shia] villages around us, they are destroyed and basically uninhabitable. If you ask what is our victory, it is that we have been rebuilding for a year and they haven’t put a single pipe back in the ground.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Ryan Skinner, Director of OSU’s Humanities Institute, celebrates the work of faculty and units in the arts and humanities in this open letter. Ryan serves as Vice-President of AAUP-OSU.
humanitiesinstitute.osu.edu/news/praise-...
humanitiesinstitute.osu.edu/news/praise-...
In Praise of the Arts and Humanities
Of griots and professorsAs a scholar, I have spent nearly three decades studying the art and social life of West African griots. Griots are storytellers, guardians of cultural memory (they are known c...
humanitiesinstitute.osu.edu
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ryan Skinner, Director of OSU’s Humanities Institute, celebrates the work of faculty and units in the arts and humanities in this open letter. Ryan serves as Vice-President of AAUP-OSU.
humanitiesinstitute.osu.edu/news/praise-...
humanitiesinstitute.osu.edu/news/praise-...
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Cartoon #4 part 2. Plan to watch “Wicked” this weekend? Great. But keep an eye on the disasters brewing at OSU.
November 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Cartoon #4 part 2. Plan to watch “Wicked” this weekend? Great. But keep an eye on the disasters brewing at OSU.
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The AAUP at Ohio State encourages all to attend this Tuesday event by Jewish Voice for Peace - Central Ohio @jvpcentralohio. We stand in solidarity with our colleague Tom Hayes of Ohio University who was removed from his teaching position after being detained in the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza.
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The AAUP at Ohio State encourages all to attend this Tuesday event by Jewish Voice for Peace - Central Ohio @jvpcentralohio. We stand in solidarity with our colleague Tom Hayes of Ohio University who was removed from his teaching position after being detained in the humanitarian flotilla to Gaza.
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Join the picket line with Starbucks workers at Lane & High today (11/18) from 8am-12 noon.
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Join the picket line with Starbucks workers at Lane & High today (11/18) from 8am-12 noon.
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Solidarity with OSU nurses! Come out to the OSUNO rally for safety and support on Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm.
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Solidarity with OSU nurses! Come out to the OSUNO rally for safety and support on Wednesday 11/19 at 6pm.
So grateful for the award last weekend, and to receive it with many of our chapter leaders present ✊🏽❤️
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
So grateful for the award last weekend, and to receive it with many of our chapter leaders present ✊🏽❤️
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Come out to our November chapter meeting this Thursday! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/aaup-...
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Come out to our November chapter meeting this Thursday! RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/aaup-...
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
We have a ton to talk after the rally on 11/7 & the fight for free speech & academic freedom at all levels. Whether you’re a regular or it’s your first meeting, your voice is what we need to hear.
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Friday at noon, Thompson statue, the Oval. Please read through the petition to see the demands. if you are local and want to speak, you can submit your name also.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Friday at noon, Thompson statue, the Oval. Please read through the petition to see the demands. if you are local and want to speak, you can submit your name also.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
Remember to wear red. #redfored
This is part of a national day of action on 11/7.
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Comic #4. Enjoy, share, reflect.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Comic #4. Enjoy, share, reflect.
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this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
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Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim and South Asian to lead America’s largest city, after winning NYC’s mayoral race aje.io/vrh1g8
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Zohran Mamdani will be the first Muslim and South Asian to lead America’s largest city, after winning NYC’s mayoral race aje.io/vrh1g8
I’ve reposted my Op-ed for the Columbus Dispatch onto my blog for access. Please read and share!
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MAGA, Christian Nationalism, and the Attacks on Right-Wing Hindu-Americans
Patel and Ramaswamy are willing to pay the cost of playing the game if it means they get closer to the seat of power in this country.
pranavjani.medium.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’ve reposted my Op-ed for the Columbus Dispatch onto my blog for access. Please read and share!
pranavjani.medium.com/maga-christi...
pranavjani.medium.com/maga-christi...
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My great colleague on the ways in which MAGA Christian nationalism means bashing even the 2nd lady and so many others @redguju.bsky.social in the Dispatch, there’s history here too www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
I am Hindu. There's a message in how MAGA keeps biting Usha Vance, Patel, Ramaswamy | Opinion
The repressive Christian nationalist climate is intensifying. Usha Vance, the wife of Vice-President J.D. Vance, has not been safe from it.
www.dispatch.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My great colleague on the ways in which MAGA Christian nationalism means bashing even the 2nd lady and so many others @redguju.bsky.social in the Dispatch, there’s history here too www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
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Great column by @redguju.bsky.social: “We need to always be vigilant, regardless of who is targeted. But let’s make it about antiracist politics and principles…We can call out the hate without empathizing with those, like Patel and Ramaswamy, who are actively harming communities of color…”
I am Hindu. There's a message in how MAGA keeps biting Usha Vance, Patel, Ramaswamy | Opinion
The repressive Christian nationalist climate is intensifying. Usha Vance, the wife of Vice-President J.D. Vance, has not been safe from it.
www.dispatch.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Great column by @redguju.bsky.social: “We need to always be vigilant, regardless of who is targeted. But let’s make it about antiracist politics and principles…We can call out the hate without empathizing with those, like Patel and Ramaswamy, who are actively harming communities of color…”