
Nikita Sonavane
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Co-Founder/Lawyer @CPAProjectIndia | Editorial Board @Article14live | Fellow @AshokaIndia | Visiting Fellow @UniofOxford | Dalit Feminist
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Co- authored this piece for Article 14 about the custodial murder of Deva Pardhi by the Madhya Pradesh Police. Read and share. DM for the full version.


Surveillance, illegal detention, and torture in custody, often ending in death, is a routine part of everyday policing in MP, Nikita Sonavane & Shivani Taneja's edit note on the disproportionate criminalisation of Vimukta communities. To read, subscribe article-14.com/subscribe



Happy to share this conversation I had with Sudipto Mondal for the TheNewsMinute!

The article on the brutal custodial killing of Deva Pardhi by the Madhya Pradesh police is now open access on Article 14 Link ⬇️ article-14.com/post/the-death…


This is a great talk between Sudipto Mondal and Nikita Sonavane. Please watch.

Nikita Sonavane talks to senior journalist Sudipto Mondal on caste origins of modern policing.





Lawyer and researcher Nikita Sonavane discusses the savarna stranglehold on the judiciary and Brahminical policing with Sudipto Mondal in this week’s What’s your ism podcast. Full episode here: youtu.be/Seewc_aYogg

The Criminal Justice & Police Accountability Project's Annual Vimukta Diwas lecture delivered by Justice Oka is starting in an hour! Join in!



What threatens brahminical status quo more than a Dalit person thriving as an equal? In this episode of ‘What’s Your Ism?’, Sudipto Mondal and Nikita Sonavane delve into how concept of 'creamy layer' is used to deny Dalit individuals their stake in spaces of power. Watch the