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Nayanika Mathur

Social science and humanities scholars explain what the term ‘New India’ means in the 21st century

An excerpt from ‘The People of India: New Indian Politics in the 21st Century,’ edited by Ravinder Kaur and Nayanika Mathur.

Ravinder Kaur
&
Nayanika Mathur
· Feb 22, 2023 · 08:30 am
‘Nature is healing’: Why we need to be careful about how we tell the story of the pandemic

This narrative is detrimental to the development of a radical climate politics.

Nayanika Mathur
· Jun 06, 2020 · 03:30 pm
The NRC is a bureaucratic paper-monster that will devour and divide India

The processes through which the NRC would be implemented will greatly exacerbate the violence of paperwork that lies at the heart of the Indian state.

Nayanika Mathur
· Jan 14, 2020 · 09:00 am