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
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…
This material is exhibited as part of the Memories of Change exhibition.
Dontha Prashant is a PhD scholar in Economics at the Central University of Hyderabad (HCU). He was one of the five Dalit PhD scholars from HCU, including Rohith Vemula who was suspended in…
Rohit Vemula was a Dalit-rights student activist and a PhD scholar at the Central University of Hyderabad.
He committed suicide in 2016 due to caste discrimination at his University. His suicide led to….
Pradeep Narwal is a student at Jawahrlal Nehru University. He initially joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of BJP due to it’s positive position in his village. However in…
Apoorva Yadav is a former student activist at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He started his journey in student politics as a member of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) a left wing student organisation….
Surajit Mazumdar is currently a professor of Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,
School of Social Sciences, Jawahrlal Nehru University. He was a Masters student at JNU in 1985 and was actively involved…
Prof. Anand Kumar is a retired professor of sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was a student at JNU in the 1970s and was a part of a student collective called Free Thinkers…
K N Govindacharya is a founder Bharat Vikas Snagm, Eternal Hindu Foundation and Rastriya Swabhiman Andolan. Formally Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak, environmental activist, social activist, political activist and thinker. He was associated with…
Rohan D’Souza is currently a professor at the Kyoto University, Japan. A student activist during his college days, he was a General Secretary of JNUSU during his time at JNU.This material is exhibited…
Shiv Bakshi is a former student activist belonging to the ABVP unit (a student wing of the Bhartiya Janta Party) at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He then continued his association with the BJP and…
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…