👉Content on public protests (that turned into social movements) in contemporary India has SHRUNK, drastically. 3 chapters on protests including those spearheaded by Narmada Bachao Andolan, Dalit Panthers & Bharatiya Kisan Union are now dropped from pol sc in Classes 6 to 12

Satyamev Jayate! Truth Alone Triumphs! #zoobear #MohammedZubair

We're hiring a postdoc in Critical Caste Studies The University of Chicago, to help think through caste, exclusion, intersectionality & more Open to any discipline in humanities + soc sciences, for scholars whose training was not primarily in US/Europe Please circulate! apply.interfolio.com/109813

1. #Thread: After first outrightly lying to citizens, the Union government takes back orders that made Aadhaar compulsory for infants and children to get their rations and entitlements. Let us tell you how it all transpired. Please stay with us till the end of this thread.

Opinion: The ban on PFI will not address the context that made its rise possible, writes Meghana Choukkar #PopularFrontofIndia, #PFIBan, #UnlawfulAssociation thenewsminute.com/article/opinio…

Opinion: The ban on PFI will not address the context that made its rise possible. The author, Meghana Choukkar studied SDPI, PFI and IUML in north Kerala for research purposes. Read what she has to say. thenewsminute.com/article/opinio…

A lot has been written about PFI but focusing on its association with violence alone means that we miss out on why it rose nationally and the functions it served. Here's my article in TheNewsMinute where I try to shed some light on PFI's complex politics thenewsminute.com/article/opinio…

How does a social movement transform into a viable political party? Listen to our latest podcast, in which King's India Institute PhD student Dr Vignesh Karthik KR talks to Prof Jaffrelot Christophe about his thesis on Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu. Full episode out now⬇️ bit.ly/46wiz50

It was such a pleasure to produce this episode with Vignesh Karthik KR & Jaffrelot Christophe! Vignesh's research on Dravidian politics is a much-needed intervention and, while we wait for his book, you can learn more on our show! Listen on Spotify/Apple/Google🎧 bit.ly/46wiz50

Published my master's thesis in Hudson Institute! How do we understand the politics of Popular Front of India in the context of majoritarianism? And how are Muslim leaders in Kerala thinking about responses to Hindu nationalism? Read: hudson.org/democracy/popu… King's India Institute

The new volume of Hudson Institute's journal Current Trends in Islamist Ideology is out with insightful studies of Islamic State branches across SE Asia, DRC, and Mozambique; Muslim political reactions to Hindutva; Ahmet Davutoğlu's philosophy; and more! hudson.org/current-trends…

Amogh Dhar Sharma Tim Gordon Sadaf Modak Murtaza Ali Shah Meenakshi Ravi The DeshBhakt 🇮🇳 Dibyesh Anand 🏳️‍🌈 Saqlain Imam Meghana Choukkar Dr. Arvind Kumar, FHEA Ayesha Siddiqa Professor Nitasha Kaul, PhD @Anbarasan Ethirajan Anisha Dutta

Hugo & I are excited to share that we are organising a workshop titled "Doing Caste" at the University of Edinburgh-Online. Please visit the following link and send your abstract: [surajprajapati.in/dhaneswarbhoi/…]

A very fine assessment of the developing anti-caste culture in UK universities by Meghana Choukkar. Thank you for shining a light on this important movement. Lord (David) Alton Glenys Thornton Diane Abbott @baronessroyal Santosh Dass Dr Raj Chand

Thanks you Meghna and The Wire for acknowledging work of Ambedkar Society. SOAS University of London SOAS Students' Union Abhishek Bhosale Subir Sinha Jens Lerche Jaffrelot Christophe thewire.in/caste/an-anti-…

Do read Meghana Choukkar #caste #Ambedkar #CasteCensus Anti-Caste Counterculture Is Gradually Taking Root in UK Universities m.thewire.in/article/caste/…

An Anti-Caste Counterculture Is Gradually Taking Root in UK Universities thewire.in/caste/an-anti-… brilliant piece! i was so privileged to see some of this unfold at SOAS and to learn from its students

An Anti-Caste Counterculture Is Gradually Taking Root in UK Universities m.thewire.in/article/caste/…