Meera Ashar । મીરાં
banner
meerashar.bsky.social
Meera Ashar । મીરાં
@meerashar.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Australian National University ll South Asia, History, Postcolonialism, Empire ll Mum to two boys: one canine & one human, knitter, storyteller ll
Sunday as Sundays should be!

#Reading #sunday #books
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
For the kiddo who makes me so many, many hearts with pencils, paint, Lego…

#knitting #hearts
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A packed auditorium for the brilliant and moving talk by Omar El Akkad organised by the Canberra Writers Festival at the ANU.

#auspol #CanberraWritersFestival #OmarElAkkad
October 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
It’s that time of year… 🪔

#Diwali #DiwaliPrep
October 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
David Pope, hitting the mark as always.

#auspol #Palestine
September 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
An accurate picture of our mainstream media and relations with our fav ‘ally’.

#auspol #media #abc #america #DavidPope
September 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Frydenberg is right—political violence and discrimination are not ok. In just the past couple of weeks there have been more than a few incidents of violence against Muslims and Indians. If only Josh understood his own point instead of twisting it for political gain.
#Racism #Islamophobia #auspol
September 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The inimitable, David Pope!

#auspol #highered #universities
September 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Spring is here and even though it’s not much warmer, I’m enjoying a wee coastal break with a new knitting project.

#knitting #coast #spring
September 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Mad Hatter works too to describe this Lebanese Australian man.

#auspol #BobKatter #racism
August 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
David Pope & M.David
August 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
David Pope, 13 August 2025, The Canberra Times.

#gaza #journalists #anasalsharif #auspol
August 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Perhaps, this is what social cohesion looks like #MarchforHumanity #SydneyHarbourBridge #auspol
August 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
David Pope, 26 July 2025, The Canberra Times.
July 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
July 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
July 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
May 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
And book-shaped orange cardamom butter bikkies…
#books #biscuits
April 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Weekends are for making tiny fondant books that will become cake toppers for my young human’s birthday party! 📚 🎂 #books
April 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Happy World Book Day to everyone, especially my little book dragon 📚 🐉
#worldbookday2025
April 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A photo of the moment of inspiration (January 2023) at the National Gallery of Australia.
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Discovered this work amongst the 6-year-old’s pile of sketches & scribbles.

“The Invisable person (The original)” by Rohan ashar-Kasbekar
“Rohan got inspired by art when he was three. Then another three years, he got inspired by the blue poles which made him do the invisable person!”
March 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
It may partly be the strong painkillers I’m on today, but this David Pope cartoon made me weep uncontrollably…
Not again, never again for everyone…
March 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Because that ‘relocation’ turned out so well for both countries…
#historymatters #India #Pakistan
February 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM