Have you had the chance to read our latest special issue, V.47, issue 12? '#Mapping the Internal #Border' introduces the 'internal border' concept and presents 8 individual contributions on this topic. You can read these articles here: tandfonline.com/toc/rers20/47/…

Had a great time discussing Maps and Himalayan diasporic indigeneity during the Maproom Conversations at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) annual conference 2024!

Reimagining the Himalaya through the lens of diasporic indigeneity. Rohini Rai rgs.org/our-collection…

Congratulations on the completion of this important project Rohini Rai So incredible to get a sneak peek into the archives, and into the himalayan lives and landscapes from so long ago. new.express.adobe.com/webpage/SDlyMb…

Chonglong Gu's article, "Linguistic landscaping in Kathmandu’s Thamel 'Chinatown': language as commodity in the construction of a cosmopolitan transnational space" is now available in CSA: doi.org/10.1080/095849…

Very excited to share my work with the PAHAD network on Saturday. Thanks for the invitation!

With all the chatter and interest in methodology right now, this might be a good time to check this out

re-memorialising and re-membering the Himalaya through the lens of diasporic indigeneity. Check out the exhibition at the Society's website Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Brunel Research Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism The British Academy

This one is for our beloved Himal ❤️🏔️🏹 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Brunel Research Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism The British Academy

DANCING INDIGENEITY IN THE EASTERN HIMALAYA: SAKELA SILI AS WORLD MAKING by Dr Rohini Rai The article focuses on Sakela Sili, emphasising that Indigeneity is an ongoing process of creation and transformation sikkimproject.org/dancing-indige… #easternhimalayas #sakelasilidance

My essay on Sakela Sili dance, contextualising it within the politics of Indigeneity in the Eastern Himalaya, and reframing it beyond 'authenticity' as a form of world making! Also my first ever written work translated in Nepali ❤️🏔️ for Sikkim Project sikkimproject.org/dancing-indige…

Thank you Tyler Valiquette and Sarojini Sapru for organising the wonderful conference. Looking forward for more engagements. UCL IAS @ucl-ias.bsky.social Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism Rohini Rai Dr Rachel Stuart

Delhi Through the 'Northeastern Gaze'- what an exciting topic! looking forward to speaking about 'race', space and 'Northeastern Delhi' and listen to Rituparna Patgiri ! Thanks to Delhi University Hindu College North East Cell for organising this!

I am once again looking forward to sharing space with Rohini Rai and speak about Delhi from a northeast Indian gaze. Gratitude to The North East Cell, Hindu College, DU for the opportunity. See you tomorrow at 6 pm on google meet. tr.ee/7G1VEI83FW

Unfortunately I can’t join the session because of lack of connectivity in our village, in Arunachal rn, but happy to see this! Racial identity or racial othering isn’t discussed enough in India and I can’t wait for more conversations on the subject to emerge & be platformed!

Read my review for Arjun Shankar's phenomenal book, 'Brown Saviours and their Others' that examines the #racialisation of #caste showing how help economy reproduces global racial capitalist order and contextually specific hierarchies of power doi.org/10.1080/002203… Journal of Development Studies (JDS)

Thank you SASEI for publishing this piece. Must say, Arjun Shankar has been an inspiration throughout. saseindia.com/2025/04/echoes… Rohini Rai Dr Rachel Stuart

Vijay Nagar assault: People from Northeast continue to bear the brunt of ‘culinary differences’ Northeastern foods — are categorised as “tribal” or “ethnic” and ignored in public functions. I write for The Indian Express indianexpress.com/article/opinio…

People visiting SOAS University of London do check out my brilliant supervisee Mamoon's Mamoon Bhuyan (মামুন) portraits of the Chars (river islands) of Assam, Northeast India, taken as part of PhD fieldwork, currently exhibited at the Wolfson Gallery. Brunel Research Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism