Academia

On Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies: An Interview with Gurminder K Bhambra — by Amrita Ghosh

On Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies: An Interview with Gurminder K Bhambra — by Amrita Ghosh

Postdoctoral researcher Amrita Ghosh interviews Gurminder K Bhambra, Professor of Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies (at University of Sussex) about the relevance of postcolonial and decolonial studies and the importance of the anticolonial in relation to these. The discussion expands into greater

January 19, 1990: An Empty Signifier — by Mohd. Tahir Ganie

January 19, 1990: An Empty Signifier — by Mohd. Tahir Ganie

In this essay, Kashmiri research scholar Mohd. Tahir Ganie approaches the symbolic date of January 19, 1990 from a broader view of recent Kashmiri history. In doing so, Ganie problematizes the manner in which a narrow and oversimplified narrative has been developed around a date that has become "an

The ‘New Mainstream’ and the Politics of Jammu and Kashmir — by Javid Ahmad Ahanger

The ‘New Mainstream’ and the Politics of Jammu and Kashmir — by Javid Ahmad Ahanger

Dr. Javid Ahmad Ahanger, who specializes in Political Science with a focus on Kashmir, presents this article underlining the multiple possibilities for the political future of the multi-party system in Kashmir’s political landscape under Indian rule. The article discusses the emergence of key politi

Official Provisional Biography — APDP Kashmir (Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons)

Official Provisional Biography — APDP Kashmir (Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons)

Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP Kashmir) recently released their official provisional biography that relates the journey of parents, family members, relatives and friends of victims subjected to enforced disappearance over the last three decades. The total number of enforced disa

Cryptopolitics and Cyberpoetics: Facebook Pages as Memory Portals — by Ananya Jahanara Kabir

Cryptopolitics and Cyberpoetics: Facebook Pages as Memory Portals — by Ananya Jahanara Kabir

This paper by Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir (presented earlier at the 2014 MLA convention in Chicago) is required reading for those interested in understanding the importance of freedom of expression manifest through basic access to internet. As of now, internet access is severely restricted in Ka

Marx and Feminism — by Silvia Federici

Marx and Feminism — by Silvia Federici

This contribution focuses on aspects of feminism and gender in Marx’s theory. Marx’s methodology has given us the tools and the categories enabling us to think together gender and class, feminism and anti-capitalism. However, his contribution is an indirect one because Marx never developed a theory

Orientalism, Kashmir and Islam — by Arsilan Aziz

Orientalism, Kashmir and Islam — by Arsilan Aziz

Through a brief yet meticulous study of Kashmiri history, particularly grounded in the different dealings that outsiders have had with a Kashmiri population, Arsilan Aziz presents this paper recounting how Kashmir began to figure in foreign imaginations through the optics of a peculiar orientalism.