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
You can find here a range of datasets of textual rendering of speeches, writings and pamphlets of Indian politicians, student activists, historical figures, administrators and religious gurus involved in the making of contemporary India.
This essay revisits the movement against the Constitution Amendment Act in India, exploring how it subverted the governement’s way to claim democratic representation through reappropriating its pervasive nationalist discourse.
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 exhibition on the legacies of campus politics in India was held at Delhi’s India Habitat Centre and the Institute of Economic Growth in November 2019. Access here the curatorial note and the material exhibited.
The initiative is committed to setting up a freely accessible platform for referencing material on different protest movements in the country. This digital library offers full searchable content to scholars, concerned individuals and activists.
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…
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…