India’s current citizenship policies alter the constitutional notion of citizenship and use it as a proxy for national belonging in othering minorities.
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A shared commitment to democracy was always key to the India-US relationship – until Trump. A foreign policy expert explains what’s on the agenda for Trump’s trip to India and what’s missing.
A round-the-clock strike of Muslim women in a working-class neighborhood of Delhi is India’s most enduring pocket of resistance to religious discrimination, inequality and gender violence.
India has rejected recent offers on mediation over Jammu and Kashmir. But it should think again.
An estimated 2000 million women have undergone female genital mutilation and millions more are at risk. The practice is carried out mainly for cultural and economic reasons.
To be clear, I’m not advocating compulsory population control, here or anywhere. But we do need to consider a future with billions more people, many of them aspiring to live as Australians do now.
Surrounded by skyscrapers and high-end boutiques, 47th Street continues to operate like an Old World bazaar, with million-dollar deals sealed by handshakes and insured by a family’s reputation.
The Modi boom was built on sand – and now the tide has come in.
A history of Jawaharlal Nehru University, and why its students are fighting to protect the radical roots of its founding ethos.
Rich Indian women are anxious about being recognised as members of an international elite.
Indian student protests suggest Indian universities have successfully educated youth to participate and lead in public life. For exercising this right, students have been beaten and detained.
India has been working to expel or repress Muslim minorities. Nearly two million residents of India’s eastern state of Assam are at risk of losing citizenship.
India’s updated citizenship act violates its constitution by allowing discrimination on religious grounds.
As new citizenship law will further discriminate against people on religious basis in India’s north-eastern Assam, local activists are uniting across the region to help distressed residents.
For migrants, prejudice can be a life and death matter. Research in India and South Africa shows life is considerably harder if migrants have a darker skin and come from a poorer country.
The biggest risk is Britain’s desire to stand alone in the world.
What does a recent ruling on a longstanding religious land dispute mean for the future of India?
Industry lobbyists call it the ‘Great Food Transition’ and say it’s about saving the planet. But is this the whole story?
Many women, Muslims and members of oppressed castes in India lack government-issued ID. Yet these documents may soon be required to prove their citizenship.
Smallpox is the only disease to be eradicated through sustained human effort. Many of these volunteers were women who defied social norms to save lives in India.
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Lecturer in Global Development Politics, University of York
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Professor of Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, International Politics, University of Adelaide
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Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
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Professor of International Relations, Griffith University
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Host of The Anthill Podcast, The Conversation
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Distinguished Fellow, Australia-India Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Indian and Colonial History, University of Liverpool
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Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University
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Distinguished visiting professor, University of Glasgow
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Research Associate, Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College., University of Cambridge
