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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · 6d

A hero of our planet Jane Goodall has passed away. We share this planet with other sentient beings, but human capacity for inflicting pain, violence and cruelty on them is perhaps our greatest failing as a species. Imagine if human action instead came from a place of peace, compassion and kindness?

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · 6d

One of the great heroes of the planet and defenders of animal rights has passed away. She was an inspiration to millions, and tirelessly fought for the rights of the voiceless, and the very survival of our planet and all beings who live on it. Rest in power Dr. Jane Goodall. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · 23d

🧵 The 1st is on the "State of Play of Moving Beyond GDP Alternatives", and the 2nd is on "Moving Beyond GDP: Global South and Decolonial Perspectives". Both written inputs will be published as part of my upcoming book on degrowth from a global south lens, forthcoming in 2026 by Agenda Publishing.

Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to share that two of my working papers were published by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, as part of critically important and timely Roadmap on Moving Beyond GDP.

#degrowth
#postgrowth
#movingbeyondgdp
#movingbeyondgrowth
#poverty
#equality

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · 29d

My thoughts are with everyone in my former home Kathmandu, Nepal, as parts of the city literally burns. The government has fallen, amidst the killing of 19 youth by armed forces. May peace, justice & freedom prevail. And may things be resolved through peace and wisdom, not violence and destruction.🙏🏼

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Aug 2

Everyone has a voice. Push back. Question those who manage them!

Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Jul 6

Happy 90th Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama. May His Holiness continue to radiate messages of compassion, kindness and wisdom for many, many more years to come.

As long as space endures,
As long as sentient beings remain,
Until then, may I too remain
To dispel the miseries of the world.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Jul 1

Delighted to share my latest article on the culture of #meditation in #Bhutan, in the latest issue of Tashi Delek Magazine, the inflight magazine of Drukair. Meditation is at the heart of Buddhism, and by extension, Bhutan. It is key for finding inner peace and #happiness. Stay tuned for the book...

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Jun 12

🧵 This video is a snippet of my introduction, recorded by someone in the audience, as I was dedicating my paper to my late great-uncle Yuvraj Krishan, who encouraged me to research and write about Buddhism. He himself wrote books on Buddhism, including the Doctrine of Karma and The Buddha Image.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Jun 12

It was an honor to speak about mindfulness and environmental consciousness in development at the Vajrayana #Buddhism conference in Thimphu, Bhutan last week. My first attempt at comparing #Madagascar and #Bhutan from an indigenous knowledge and spiritual-ecological lens, and somehow, it worked!

Dr. Ritu Verma introducing her paper on Mindful in Development at the Buddhism Conference in Bhutan.

YouTube video by RitzDr

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · May 23

🧵 New campuses would thrive in North America too! I am sure Canada and Mexico would be happy to welcome #HarvardUniversity campuses (students, faculty, projects, research, resources, etc.) in our cities or towns. One can imagine the awesome possibilities of collaborations with our universities too!

Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · May 23

🧵 With #HarvardUniversity centers across the world, including in Asia (Japan, India, etc.), Europe (France, Italy, etc.), South America (Chile, Brazil), Africa (South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, etc.), etc. it is very well placed to continue operations in academically friendly and open environments.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · May 23

Some thoughts for #AlanGarber, President of #HarvardUniversity. You are a beacon of hope. Harvard University is bigger than the United States. It can survive, maybe even thrive, by expanding to hold lectures, degrees, research and hosting students, fellows and faculty in its international centers.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 22

The Trump administration on Thursday halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands. nyti.ms/4k8w2qB

Harvard University with trees in the distance. The text reads: "Trump Administration Halts Harvard's Ability to Enroll International Students." Photo by David Degner for The New York Times.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · May 8

I recently had someone plagiarize me, and when I reported it to the institution, they did nothing to hold the plagiarizer to account. Scholarship seems to have gotten sloppy. Universities and institutions are not being vigilant with students and staff. It’s so simple: use systematic referencing!

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · May 1

I had the honor of teaching Buddhist Social Theory at the Royal University of Bhutan, which was exciting and incredibly engaging, given most of my students had been practicing Buddhism since the day they were born, and in previous lifetimes no doubt!

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · May 1

Thrilled to share my latest travel article on "The Buddhist Culture of Happiness in Bhutan" in the latest May-June issue of Tashi Delek Magazine, the in-flight magazine of Drukair, Royal Bhutan Airlines. Stay tuned for the book...

#Bhutan
#Buddhism
#mindfulness

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 28

Election Day, Canadians need to see this! The anti-Drumpf and anti-American (made in USA, visit USA) sentiment has never been stronger. Drumpf, as usual, is not accurately reading the room. The worst politician (and businessman and human being) ever! But, it’s great for the other political parties.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 26

Being considerate of local customs and cultural practices, especially during sensitive contexts such as funerals (and one as significant as this one), is important, especially in someone else’s country. This is about Drumpf’s ego, but it is also about colonial and arrogant attitudes and entitlement.

Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 26

American arrogance on full display. Why the world dislikes the US. First Drumpf demands he be seated in the front row (his original seat was in the 3rd row), then he mocks the funeral by wearing blue. Complete lack of respect for cultural norms and customs. He should stick to playing golf, in Miami.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 26

Being considerate of local customs and cultural practices, especially during sensitive contexts such as funerals (and one as significant as this one), is important, especially in someone else’s country. This is about Drumpf, yes, but it is also about colonial and arrogant attitudes and entitlement.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 26

American arrogance and ignorance on full display. First Drumpf demands he be seated in the front row (his original seat was in the 3rd row), then he mocks the funeral by wearing blue. Complete lack of respect for cultural norms and customs. He should stick to playing golf, in Miami.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 26

Quebec’s requirement that penalizes students for attending the Universities of McGill and Concordia is unfair, says Judge. These rules act to punish students for studying in English. Strange that the continued struggle over the language of the colonizers overshadows other languages and cultures.

Quebec judge invalidates tuition hike, French requirements for out-of-province university students | CBC News

The judge struck down the tuition increases and French requirements that affected out-of-province Canadian students, saying that the Higher Education Ministry lacked data to support its claims that ou...

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 26

American arrogance on full display. Why the world dislikes the US. First Drumpf demands he be seated in the front row (his original seat was in the 3rd row), then he mocks the funeral by wearing blue. Complete lack of respect for cultural norms and customs. He should stick to playing golf, in Miami.

Anonymous ⩜ @youranona.bsky.social · Apr 26

We shall offer black dye to Trump, that he may amend his grievous sartorial misstep — appearing in a blue suit at the Pope’s funeral — and properly manifest the respect owed to a figure of such spiritual magnitude.

The image shows Donald Trump seated at an outdoor funeral ceremony, wearing a bright blue suit with a light-colored tie. Next to him sits a woman dressed in traditional black mourning attire, and to her right, an older man in a black suit and tie. The attendees around them are all dressed appropriately in dark clothing, emphasizing the stark contrast of Trump’s attire against the solemn atmosphere.

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 20

This!
“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”
— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting Breakthrough Prize

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Apr 16

Seth Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science” while presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony — sometimes called the “Oscars of Science” — where Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance. Rogen's comments were cut from the broadcast.

Seth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards Broadcast

While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had “single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”

www.nytimes.com

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Dr Ritu Verma (Ritz) 🌍 🌏 🕊️ @rvermapuri.bsky.social · Apr 19

@vanityfair.com
An 11-minute climate emission spewing non-scientific billionaire joy ride to the edge of space, is not space travel. Although awesome views from the windows, it’s luxury space tourism for the ultra wealthy, replete with designer outfits, celebrity navel-gazing and big entitlement.

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