Postdoctoral Fellow, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
I am a socio-cultural anthropologist. I use ethnographic and historical methods to study the intersections of gender, mobility, borders, and policing in contemporary South Asia.
New laws are unraveling and weaponizing citizenship in India
Dec 24, 2019 08:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Nearly two million residents of Indias eastern state of Assam are at risk of losing citizenship. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) published by the state government in August 2019 declares people who cannot prove...
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