Meghana Choukkar
@meg_chow
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Journalist and Researcher | MSc @KingsCollegeLon | Previously Reporter @DeccanHerald, PratidhvaniNews
Kasaragod, India
Joined February 2016
“Where we actually need ten people, we are trying to manage with five or six,” Muslim said. During our nearly two-hour conversation in their Mangaluru head office, Muslim, who is in charge of digital news in addition to his CEO duties, was interrupted every fifteen or twenty
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The story of this alternative newspaper, defending its existence in a hostile political and media landscape, offers an insight into independent journalism in India outside English and Hindi media. Report by Meghana Choukkar (@meg_chow): https://t.co/N1cVDo1RpD
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Read my profile of @varthabharati in the latest issue of @thecaravanindia!
The Fine Print: The story of an alternative newspaper in Karnataka Report by Meghana Choukkar (@meg_chow): https://t.co/N1cVDo2pfb
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Do read @meg_chow
#caste #Ambedkar #CasteCensus Anti-Caste Counterculture Is Gradually Taking Root in UK Universities
m.thewire.in
With more Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students going to the UK for higher education in recent years, they are creating a counterculture on campus, challenging how ‘India’ and ‘South Asia’ are unders...
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An Anti-Caste Counterculture Is Gradually Taking Root in UK Universities
m.thewire.in
With more Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students going to the UK for higher education in recent years, they are creating a counterculture on campus, challenging how ‘India’ and ‘South Asia’ are unders...
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Thanks you Meghna and @thewire_in for acknowledging work of Ambedkar Society. @SOAS @soassu @BhosaleAbhi90 @PoMoGandhi @JensLerche @jaffrelotc
https://t.co/OmLr4kJ6vS
thewire.in
With more Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students going to the UK for higher education in recent years, they are creating a counterculture on campus, challenging how ‘India’ and ‘South Asia’ are unders...
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An Anti-Caste Counterculture Is Gradually Taking Root in UK Universities https://t.co/xqItjdVODB brilliant piece! i was so privileged to see some of this unfold at SOAS and to learn from its students
thewire.in
With more Dalit, Bahujan and Adivasi students going to the UK for higher education in recent years, they are creating a counterculture on campus, challenging how ‘India’ and ‘South Asia’ are unders...
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A very fine assessment of the developing anti-caste culture in UK universities by @meg_chow. Thank you for shining a light on this important movement. @DavidAltonHL @GlenysThornton @HackneyAbbott @baronessroyal @SantoshDass1048
@DrRajChand
An Anti-Caste Counterculture Is Gradually Taking Root in UK Universities
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Hugo & I are excited to share that we are organising a workshop titled "Doing Caste" at the University of Edinburgh-Online. Please visit the following link and send your abstract: [ https://t.co/9eCUULu0ZI]
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The new volume of @HudsonInstitute's journal Current Trends in Islamist Ideology is out with insightful studies of Islamic State branches across SE Asia, DRC, and Mozambique; Muslim political reactions to Hindutva; Ahmet Davutoğlu's philosophy; and more! https://t.co/cNzygluAhr
hudson.org
View the complete PDF of Volume 34 The Popular Front of India and Muslim Responses to Hindu Nationalism by Meghana Choukkar “Alternative Paradigms” after Three Decades by Bradley Davis
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Published my master's thesis in @HudsonInstitute! How do we understand the politics of Popular Front of India in the context of majoritarianism? And how are Muslim leaders in Kerala thinking about responses to Hindu nationalism? Read: https://t.co/zW1zssDmgN
@KingsIndiaInst
hudson.org
On September 27, 2022, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification declaring the Popular Front of India (PFI) an “unlawful association” under the country’s most stringent anti-terror law,...
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It was such a pleasure to produce this episode with @krvtweets & @jaffrelotc! Vignesh's research on Dravidian politics is a much-needed intervention and, while we wait for his book, you can learn more on our show! Listen on Spotify/Apple/Google🎧 https://t.co/AR25RrHHRi
How does a social movement transform into a viable political party? Listen to our latest podcast, in which @KingsIndiaInst PhD student Dr @krvtweets talks to Prof @jaffrelotc about his thesis on Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu. Full episode out now⬇️ https://t.co/O9Hcn8sCQL
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How does a social movement transform into a viable political party? Listen to our latest podcast, in which @KingsIndiaInst PhD student Dr @krvtweets talks to Prof @jaffrelotc about his thesis on Dravidian politics in Tamil Nadu. Full episode out now⬇️ https://t.co/O9Hcn8sCQL
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A lot has been written about PFI but focusing on its association with violence alone means that we miss out on why it rose nationally and the functions it served. Here's my article in @thenewsminute where I try to shed some light on PFI's complex politics https://t.co/ugUhAOm8Zn
thenewsminute.com
Since the news of the Union government’s move to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI), there has been a flurry of media interest in the organisation with severa
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Opinion: The ban on PFI will not address the context that made its rise possible, writes @meg_chow
#PopularFrontofIndia, #PFIBan, #UnlawfulAssociation
https://t.co/LIRUU8ydIH
thenewsminute.com
Since the news of the Union government’s move to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI), there has been a flurry of media interest in the organisation with severa
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Opinion: The ban on PFI will not address the context that made its rise possible. The author, @meg_chow studied SDPI, PFI and IUML in north Kerala for research purposes. Read what she has to say.
thenewsminute.com
Since the news of the Union government’s move to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI), there has been a flurry of media interest in the organisation with severa
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1. #Thread: After first outrightly lying to citizens, the Union government takes back orders that made Aadhaar compulsory for infants and children to get their rations and entitlements. Let us tell you how it all transpired. Please stay with us till the end of this thread.
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We're hiring a postdoc in Critical Caste Studies @UChicago, to help think through caste, exclusion, intersectionality & more Open to any discipline in humanities + soc sciences, for scholars whose training was not primarily in US/Europe Please circulate! https://t.co/Jg0RVo8J4i
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Hello, I am planning a 6 day vacation with my grandmother. Trying to figure out a place that she'd like. If my modest follower base is reading this, please help with recommendations. PS: Would like to go someplace outside Karnataka. Thank you tweeple
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