I showcase here textual and visual gems of a geek mixed methods ethnography in political science and sociology, focusing mainly on educated youth, representation and political becoming in contemporary India. The repository gravitates around a monograph in preparation on campus activism and Indian democracy, and introduces the curated material of an archival exhibition on student politics. I have a growing interest in text analysis and the study of populist speeches. Content is open access.
§︎ Research foci
• Youth activism as political self-fashioning
• Political archives and the pamphleteers
• Populist style as political representation
• Political intermediaries, elites and subalterns
• Ethnography of political ambition in India
• Text analysis, speeches and lifeworlds
§︎ Contents
• Publications: articles · preprints · op-eds
• Collaborations: ceri · iiit-d · icas-mp
• Datasets: parcha · dips
• Curation: memories of change
• Syllabi: sciences po · king's · cemis
• Code: r · python
• Photography: fieldword photos
• E-library: nonfiction
The band Dastaa invites you to explore the harmonious continuum between student political participation and the classical music repertoire of Bihar. Songs include Hum dekhenge, written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz [1/3], Aise dastoor…
Ramashankar Yadav, commonly known as Vidrohi (the rebel) is considered by many as a mascot of left activism. Living as a vagrant poet in Jawaharlal Nehru University, he died suddenly at a protest site…
Twitter fall of political debates involving students in university campuses. This is a recording of the retweets of @compulsiveparchawala, a bot that tracks Indian student leaders on the platform. This material is exhibited…
Chepal Sherpa is a PhD scholar at JNU. He’s a member of the Bhagat Singh Student Organisation (BASO), a social justice student political organisation. He played an active role in the Justice for…
Geeta Kumari is currently an MPhil student at Jawaharal Nehru University and the President of the JNUSU, belonging to the All India Students’ Association (AISA), a student wing of the CPI-ML. She played…
Selected pamphlets pertaining to the theme of campus-based ‘dissent’ in Jawaharlal Nehru University. This material, sorted thematically is exhibited in the form of lantern covers. They are part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Pamphlets showcasing two opposed reactions to student politics. Labelled by liberals as dissent, it is coined as anti-national by Hindu nationalists. This specific selection engages with course of events surrounding the arrest of…
Selected pamphlets pertaining to the theme of theme of campus-based ‘dissent’. This material, sorted date-wise is exhibited in the form of a stack of pamphlets. They are part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Kanhaiya Kumar is a former president of the JNUSU. He came to national spotlight due to the Azadi slogans shouted at JNU in 2016. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.