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
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.
Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and activist. She’s currently a professor of political thought at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Gaurab Ghosh is a queer rights activist and was an active queer rights advocate during his time as a student at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Dhiren Borisa is a poet, activist and urban sexual geographer who speaks on the issues of being a Dalit Queer in India. He is the first person to complete his PhD on ‘geographies of sexualities…
Kavita Krishnan is member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (CPI-ML) and serves as the General Secretary of All India Progressive Women’s Association (AIPWA). She has been an activist a right from her…
Praveen Thallapelli is a former activist of the Telangana National Movement. When he joined JNU he integrated BAPSA and became their Presidential Candidate in the JNUSU Elections. This material is exhibited as part…
Jignesh Mevani led the Dalit protests in Gujarat in the aftermath of the Anti-Dalit attack in Una, Gujarat in 2016. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Vijoo Krishnan is a farmers’ rights activist serving as the Joint Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha. He is also the Head of Department at St. Joseph’s College, Bengaluru and a former…
Ram Bahadur is former ABVP activist at Banaras Hindu University. He actively opposed Indira Gandhi during the Emergency. Currently, he’s the President of National Centre for the Arts. This material is exhibited as…