Anatomy of a riot: vulnerable male bodies in Manto and other fictions -- The violence of memory: women's re-narrations of the partition -- Atrocious encounters: caste violence and state violence -- "Are you a man?": performing naked in India -- "This is not a performance!": publ…
Communal violence, ethnonationalist insurgencies, terrorism, and state violence have marred the Indian natio- state since its inception. These phenomena frequently intersect with prevailing forms of gendered violence complicated by caste, religion, regional identity, and class w…
Communal violence, ethnonationalist insurgencies, terrorism, and state violence have marred the Indian natio- state since its inception. These phenomena frequently intersect with prevailing forms of gendered violence complicated by caste, religion, regional identity, and class w…
This work shows how 1947 marked the beginning of a history of politicized animosity associated with the differing ideas of "India" held by communities and in regions on one hand, and by the political-military Indian state on the other