MoC: Liberalisation /piled memories
Selected pamphlets from campuses such as Jawaharlal Nehru University, pertaining to the theme of the liberalisation of Indian economy. This material is exhibited in the form of a pamphlet stack in the Memories…
Category: Political Archives
Interview with Indrani Mazumdar
Indrani Mazumdar is currently a researcher at the Centre for Women’s Development Studies. He shares her experience of being a student at JNU for her Bachelors and participating as a student protester against the Emergency of 1975-77.
Interview with Prakash Karat
Prakash Karat pursued his PhD from JNU in the 1970s. He played an important role in the formation of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union and its constitution. He shares his experience of the creation of the Students’ Union and…
Interview with Sanjay Joshi
Sanjay Joshi is a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He pursued a masters in media studies from Jamia Milia University. He shares his stories of student activism during his time as a student.
Interview with Batti Lal
Batti Lal is a former student activist at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He shares his experience of fighting for Dalit rights as a student activist. This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Interview with Kanhaiya Kumar
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.
{Py} Extracting OCR text for Metadata Generation: The Example of PaRChA
This Markdown document summarises the data manipulation necessary to format, name, tag and upload OCRed material of the Pamphlet Repository for Changing Activism (PaRChA) and its metadata.
Historicising Student Activism and their Pamphleteer Discourses
Recovering those writings on the wall: this paper aims at providing new insights on youth Indian activism through presenting preliminary results of a textual study on campus politics. Through a lexicographic analysis of a…
DIPMS: Database of Indian Prime Ministers’ Speeches
Below are listed the metadata of various speeches of Indian Prime Ministers since independence. The DIPMS archive is being updated regularly to integrate new material. Text renditions of the speeches are available upon request.
DATA: Data Assembler for Text Analysis
The DATA project intends to facilitate computer-assisted textual analysis of political discourses in India. It aims at developing a range of semi-automated management tools in Python/R. They are designed at structuring large quantities of text…