I am thinking of two of Guru Nanak's keywords 'nirbhau' and 'nirvair' - 'without fear' and 'without enmity'. I'm hoping that they can somehow infuse our lives, our interactions, our politics. Happy Gurpurb.

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My piece in The Tribune on Akal Takht's Tankah to Badals and other Akali leaders. tribuneindia.com/news/comment/h…

'On the Futures of Caste', my Malcolm Adiseshiah Award lecture has been published by The Economic and Political Weekly: epw.in/journal/2024/4…

From a very long time ago. He was so soft spoken I could barely hear his congratulations. The best thing I can say about Dr Singh is that no journalist or business leader ever feared backlash when criticizing his government's policies. That was the India he built. Of rights

On Prime Minister Singh

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My lecture on the 'On the Futures of Caste' delivered at MIDS, Chennai youtube.com/watch?v=D2Pv4D…

A two-volume 'Global Handbook of Inequality'; 87 chapters, 1869 pages! Seemed impossible when my friend and co-editor, Boike Rehbein, passed away in 2022. Thanks to Lara Hofner, Divya Vaid, Benjamin Baumann, Daniel Bultmann, and Vamsi Vakulabharanam, who made it possible.

Marginalities and Mobilities among India’s Muslims: Elusive Citizenship edited by Tanweer Fazal, Divya Vaid and Surinder Singh Jodhka (2023): A Review by Mohd. Junaid Khan Junaid Khan Surinder S Jodhka doingsociology.org/2025/02/20/mar…

Upcoming on Mar 5 is ‘Caste Beyond Dumont’ with Surinder Jodhka, Joel Robbins, Joel Lee and Manali Desai discussing how & why Dumont (Homo Hierarchicus) remains relevant to the study of caste. Register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/caste-beyond… CRASSH, Cambridge Cambridge Sociology Jusmeet S. Sihra

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My take on the re-election of Sukhbir Badal as President of SAD. tribuneindia.com/news/comment/i…

On caste in Punjab, in Punjabi. youtube.com/watch?v=RpwITb…

A piece on the caste census in The Tribune. tribuneindia.com/news/comment/t…

More than 6000 downloads since its publication in October 2024, around 6 months back. mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/1…

Will be lecturing on 'Re-Cast(e)ing Ascription: Identities, Inequality and Democracy in India' at the INEQ Helsinki on June 02 2025. Register to join online: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/1348…

Recording of a keynote I delivered at IIT Bombay in January 2025 on 'Revisiting the Rural, Re-envisioning the Social'. Chair Prof Kushal Deb. youtube.com/watch?v=gqShMO…

Invited to deliver this year's Durgabai Deshmukh Memorial Lecture on the 15th of July.