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
This course examines the impact of online media on India’s civil society and governance practices. It will enable students to critically examine the various ways by which the digital is transforming the political, social and cultural landscape of the country.
As Indian public universities become both spaces for and subjects of political disputes, this podcast examines what it means for such universities to be “political”, especially in the face of increasing privatization of higher education.
Across India, an unprecedented student-led opposition has materialized, in particular in the aftermath of the violent police storming of two Muslim-dominated state-funded universities. We are questioning the relevance of campus spaces in leading…
This introduction questions the relevance of student politics as an object of inquiry by asking whether it truly constitutes a field that is autonomous from wider organized politics. Through interpreting student politics as political becoming…
Departing from essentialist approaches to student politics, this article outlines the processes by which campus spaces activate the formation of political attitudes among participants. I suggest that everyday political competition among student organizations…
This event organised in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus recounts the engagement of JNU students with gender and feminist issues since the inception of the university. The list of speakers is as follows…
This workshop is co-organised by ICAS:MP and the Centre de Sciences Humaines. Taking place at the Institute of Economic Growth, it will give the opportunity to participants to visit the exhibition Memories of Change…
As part of the MoC exhibition, this panel discussion with Sigdha Poonam and Anand Kumar discusses the role of politics in Indian campus spaces. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change…
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…
The following themes are contained in this zine: #1 Emergency, #2 Hindu nationalism, #3 Reservations, #4 Liberalization, #5 Gender, #6 Caste, #7 Dissent. Designed by Shemal Pandya and printed on A1 paper, it guides…
Student and youth politics do not only inform the everyday life of campuses, they also engross the imagination of filmmakers who reflect on the broader significance of their involvement in public life. Bhasmang Joshi…
The Memories of Change Exhibition was inaugurated on 6th November 2019. Student activists, researchers, politics enthusiasts and several others joined us for an evening of stimulating conversations, diving deep into the legacies…
Mithilesh Kumar is a second year Bachelor’s student at the Banaras Hindu University where he actively engages in student politics. He participated in the movement against sexual harassment on campus, demanding to make BHU…
Tahir Jamal is a PhD student at Hyderabad Central University. He is a student activist fighting for minority rights and played at active role in the Dalit rights movement in the aftermath of Rohit Vemula…
Ram Dutt Tripathi graduated from Allahabad University. He shares his experience of being a student during the Emergency of 1975. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.