Nationalism And Belonging In India

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· Mar 08, 2023 · 09:00 am
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· Mar 01, 2023 · 07:30 am
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What shapes Indian nationalism and belonging, beyond politics, ideology or identity?

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· Jan 25, 2023 · 11:30 am

Nationalism And Belonging In India

What the opposition to the hijab says about Indian secularism and the sidelining of Muslim identity

Religion, religious identity and symbols are VERY visible in India’s public sphere and state practices. Yet the hijab disturbs secularism and uniformity.

M Sihabudheen
· Mar 08, 2023 · 09:00 am

Opinion: India needs a new lens to view those it labels ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’

Claims that migration is security problem has never fully allowed a discussion of the issue as economic labour movement and the rights it should entail.

Maggie Paul
· Mar 01, 2023 · 07:30 am

Nationalism without a nation: What being Indian means for residents of merged Bangladesh enclaves

Among the formerly ‘stateless’ residents of the enclave exchange, nationalism thrives despite the state’s failure to provide rights.

Anindita Ghosh
· Feb 22, 2023 · 11:30 am

Hindutva development model vs Dravidian rights-based welfare: Looking beyond the ‘freebies’ debate

Hindutva has reduced citizens to passive political subjects where people devote themselves to the leader’s ascribed duties towards the nation’s development.

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· Feb 15, 2023 · 07:30 am

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Rajpath was above internal divisions and disagreements, born at a new dawn. Kartavya Path has yet to achieve such a socio-political consensus.

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· Feb 08, 2023 · 07:30 am

When patriotic, national celebrations can create outcasts of citizens

As states play an outsized role in forming and consolidating feelings of nationhood and belonging, not everyone feels the same way.

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· Jan 25, 2023 · 12:30 pm

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What shapes Indian nationalism and belonging, beyond politics, ideology or identity?

A six-part series examines the implications of the state’s dominant role in shaping the overarching narrative of Indian nationalism.

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· Jan 25, 2023 · 11:30 am

Nationalism And Belonging In India

What the opposition to the hijab says about Indian secularism and the sidelining of Muslim identity

Religion, religious identity and symbols are VERY visible in India’s public sphere and state practices. Yet the hijab disturbs secularism and uniformity.

M Sihabudheen · Mar 08, 2023 · 09:00 am

Opinion: India needs a new lens to view those it labels ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’

Claims that migration is security problem has never fully allowed a discussion of the issue as economic labour movement and the rights it should entail.

Maggie Paul · Mar 01, 2023 · 07:30 am

Nationalism without a nation: What being Indian means for residents of merged Bangladesh enclaves

Among the formerly ‘stateless’ residents of the enclave exchange, nationalism thrives despite the state’s failure to provide rights.

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