Priyanka Borpujari

Dublin, Tokyo

Freelance Contributor at Freelance

Writing stuff. Researching stuff. Sketching stuff. Repairing stuff. Eating stuff. Complaining about stuff. Suspicious of any new stuff.

Articles

Empathy and dialogue: embracing the art of creative review

2 months ago | allegralaboratory.net | Ian M. Cook |Fiona Murphy |Çiçek İlengiz |Priyanka Borpujari

Imagine the moment you first encounter a piece of creative ethnography—a poem, a performance, an image—that speaks to the heart of human experience in ways that traditional academic texts rarely do. It moves you, challenges you, perhaps unsettles you. But what happens next? Do you simply appreciate the work and walk away, or is there something deeper at stake in this encounter?
How Irish solidarity with Palestine forced the closure of the Israeli embassy

Jan 20, 2025 | thehindu.com | Priyanka Borpujari

On December 15, 2024, Israel pulled down the shutters to its embassy in Dublin. Israel’s Foreign Minister accused Ireland of “anti-Semitic rhetoric” and of crossing “every red line” in their relations. Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris of the Fine Gael party was quick to reject that accusation, while asserting Ireland’s stance of a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine. Earlier in May 2024, Ireland joined Spain and Norway in recognising the state of Palestine.
“What Shall I Write Tomorrow?” When Older Women Reclaim New Life Cours

Nov 11, 2024 | taylorfrancis.com | Priyanka Borpujari

Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages. An older woman's lived experience—as a convergence of history, culture, and the opportunities as well as the hurdles she may have faced in her life—is being recognized only in recent works of feminist gerontology.
It’s time to rethink our news sources

Nov 6, 2024 | thejournal.ie | Priyanka Borpujari |Lauren Boland

“THE ENEMY CAMP is certain networks.” In his rambling election victory speech, Donald Trump clearly demarcated his friends from his enemies. The enemy camp he refers to is mainstream news media — journalists who, irrespective of their personal and employers’ political affiliations — would have stayed up all night, with pizzas, to deliver the news. Trump has his favourites in the media: he declared Elon Musk as a star, Fox News as his megaphone.
He shouted, 'You foreigners making big money off other people,' and my face turned hot

Oct 22, 2024 | thejournal.ie | Priyanka Borpujari

“You cannot simply drive south from Budapest to Sarajevo. Bosnia is not part of the EU. The closest you can drive up to is the southern border of Slovenia, since it was the first country in the former Yugoslavia to become part of the EU.” I TELL THIS to my friend in the US over a phone call, who wants me to travel with him to Sarajevo soon.
The shock results show Modi is no longer as popular as he thought he was

Jun 5, 2024 | thejournal.ie | Priyanka Borpujari

THIS MORNING, MY mother texted me a photo of the first monsoon rain from our backyard in Mumbai. It heralds monsoon and the end to an unbearable summer. The rain is also a symbolic respite, based on the events from yesterday, a day which India will remember for many years as one causing a seismic shift. The last time this happened was in 2014; the shift was towards a decade of hooliganism all in the name of championing an identity of India that favours Hindus by erasing Muslims.
How Pro-Palestine Student Protesters Forced Ireland’s Trinity College to Divest

May 19, 2024 | truthout.org | Priyanka Borpujari

Right after Dublin native Ben turned 16, he spent his summer vacations working at event companies that organized concerts and comedy shows. Little did he know that three years later, that experience would help him organize — with nearly a hundred of his peers — a major protest of Trinity College Dublin’s ties with Israel.
Inside the student movement that forced Ireland's Trinity College to divest from Israel

May 17, 2024 | wagingnonviolence.org | Priyanka Borpujari

Embed from Getty ImagesRight after Dublin native Ben turned 16, he spent his summer vacations working at event companies that organized concerts and comedy shows. Little did he know that three years later, that experience would help him organize — with nearly a hundred of his peers — a major protest of Trinity College Dublin’s ties with Israel.
Save us from this hell, beg CRPF jawans

Apr 30, 2024 | dnaindia.com | Priyanka Borpujari

IndiaPriyanka Borpujari visits the CRPF camp in Chintalnar — where the 76 jawans killed by Maoists on April 6 were based — and discovers that the current lot there are quite conscious of their status as ‘sacrificial goats’. A square strip of aluminum with the words, “Welcome to Chhattisgarh. Welcome to Konta” informed us that we were about to cross over from Andhra Pradesh to Chhattisgarh. Till this signboard, the road was smooth.
Your Lost Bank Card

Apr 18, 2024 | priyanka-borpujari.blogspot.com | Priyanka Borpujari

Yesterday on the bus in Dublin, someone had left behind their big umbrella. It was a rainy day, right after a promising sunny day. Typical Ireland. But what caught my eye next was a pink-and-blue rectangle on the floor on the bus. It was a Revolut card that might have fallen off someone's pocket and wallet. The name etched on the card indicated that the person was a foreigner in the city.