Shilpa Jindia

1 month ago | thebaffler.com | Alexander Wells |Gábor Schein |Billie Anania |Shilpa Jindia

On Andrássy Avenue, the most elegant shopping strip in central Budapest, there is one four-story building that is not quite like the others. It is called the House of Terror, and you can tell, because its metallic awnings have the word terror stamped into them. Behind an art installation made of chains and a piece of the Berlin Wall, the building’s facade is decorated with pictures of victims of the Communist regime that once controlled Hungary.

Aug 2, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Shilpa Jindia

Abdulkader Sinno thought nothing of a request from the Palestine Solidarity Committee, one of several student groups he advised at Indiana University, to reserve a room for a public event last November. The students had organized a talk with an Israeli peace activist; all Sinno had to do was fill out a form. Little did he know that, one month later, this routine box-checking exercise would lead to his suspension from the university and herald a coming crackdown on public higher education.

Jun 3, 2024 | thebaffler.com | Alice Notley |Shilpa Jindia

Nothing seems real yet I’m willing to play ‘the real’ game for ones I love and when I’m sick I go get pills but more and more hovering above it I’m and then is it a question of for who that’s why I no longer have memories I don’t care about them though I can contrive more but I don’t belong in them anymore ‘Do you really think everyone is benighted?’ someone in effect asked I guess I said yes what emanates from me is crackling love electrical currents an aliveness everything else I do...

Jan 14, 2024 | campaignlegal.org | Shilpa Jindia

Shilpa graduated from the CUNY School of Law, where she served as Digital Editor of the CUNY Law Review. She interned with the DOJ Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Everytown for Gun Safety, Brown, Goldstein & Levy, The Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Project, and Manhattan Legal Center’s Family Law and Domestic Violence Unit. Prior to law school, Shilpa worked in journalism at openDemocracy, AJ+, and Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.

Nov 20, 2023 | slate.com | Shilpa Jindia

Politics Airbnb announced that it would stop listing properties in Israeli settlements, as part of a new policy to stop contributing to “existing human suffering.” The day after the company publicized this decision, then–Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan wrote to governors in Illinois, New York, Florida, Missouri, and California, encouraging them to take action against the global housing company.