Capturing the Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life....

From classrooms to communities, Public Humanities reimagines what knowledge can do. This blog reflects on why taking Humanities into the public sphere is no longer optional—it’s essential. Beyond the Classroom: Can Public Humanities Rescue the Discipline? In an age dominated by the language of outcomes , impact , and knowledge economy , the Humanities find themselves at a crossroads. A persistent question haunts academic corridors: How can Humanities subjects acquire new life in an era that values measurable results above all else? This is not merely a crisis of relevance. It is a crisis of imagination. While Sciences and even Social Sciences have successfully justified their existence through the framework of Translational Research — demonstrating how laboratory and theoretical findings translate into social practice — the Humanities are often perceived as remaining confined within classrooms, seminars, and libraries. But perhaps the issue is not that the Humanities lack relevance. P...

We buried wells that once held the sky. We tiled over soil that remembered touch. Resilience is not infinite.  And even the earth knows how to answer back. We erase the last soft pockets of green, seal the breathing earth in tile and stone. Even the smallest grain of sand forgets the memory of touch under our neat geometries. We silence ponds mid-reflection, bury wells that once held the sky, pave over the quiet thirst of a land that used to sing without needing an audience. We deaden the rhythms of seasons, replace birdsong with notifications, clock each moment of life into meetings, deadlines, five-year plans. We are always running. Always building. Always “developing.” Erasing every patch of green that dares to interrupt our blueprints. Or is it we who are crossing nature’s path? — Nature is non-human, but never non-living. Every tree stands brimming with breath. Each blade of grass inhales dawn. Rivers pulse like arteries, oceans cradle entire civil...