Papers by Titaś Biswas
Wasafiri, 2023
Caste-based atrocities and discrimination have been an unfortunate reality in India for centuries... more Caste-based atrocities and discrimination have been an unfortunate reality in India for centuries. Although the administrative and structural implementation of an affirmative action system in the mid and later part of the twentieth century helped in the process of upward mobilisation of the lower castes and Dalits in India, the socio-cultural aspect of caste and thus the exclusionary politics that is associated with it has long been imbibed within the fabric of social memory of the subcontinent. Upper caste monopoly over intellectual and academic space have furthered the epidemic of marginalisation of lower caste communities for centuries. Simultaneously, the rise of Hindu nationalist politics in neo-liberal India has resulted in brutal segregation of the Dalits as well as the religious minorities. The origins of such alternative movements and methods of cultural resistance have often been rooted in social movements led by students, activist and leftist intellectuals. This paper is an attempt to explore the portrayal of caste and religious identity based violence, the idea of ‘Hindutva’ and the socio-cultural resistance against such forces through the lens of alternative/parallel cinema and protest theatre in India.
Sociological Research Online, 2022
Zoon Politikon , 2020
Saffronisation, a neologism that is derived from the saffron robes worn in particular by holy Hin... more Saffronisation, a neologism that is derived from the saffron robes worn in particular by holy Hindu men, is used to denote the conflation of linguistic, semiotic and political actions taken by the far-right Hindu nationalist brotherhood in India to mechanically alter Indian history so that it resonates with the rest of the Hindu nationalist propaganda and policymaking. The process of Saffronisation, when coupled with westernised pedagogical curricula, has been inculcated within and beyond the periphery of educational institutions since the early twentieth century. This paper explores the impact of Saffroni-sation as a socio-political movement on educational institutions, the changes that have been made in textbooks in the recent times and in a holistic sense, attempts to analyse the effects of a neo-Fascist governance on schooling and how it affects students hailing from backgrounds that have been marginalised for generations. It is also an exploration of the role of the saffron propaganda in enabling otherisation of non-Hindu identities in higher education institutions.
International Agenda (Bi-annual Publication of Schoolcraft College, Michigan), 2020
International Agenda (Bi-annual Publication of Schoolcraft College, Michigan), 2019
International Agenda (Bi-annual Publication by Schoolcraft College, Michigan), 2018
Book Reviews by Titaś Biswas
Jadavpur Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 2019
Talks by Titaś Biswas
Youth ki Awaaz, 2018
Famous blogger Titas Biswas spoke to filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh, sister of late journalist Gauri L... more Famous blogger Titas Biswas spoke to filmmaker Kavitha Lankesh, sister of late journalist Gauri Lankesh, on the #MeToo movement in the Kannada Film Industry and Section 377 of the IPC.
Gauri Lankesh was murdered by three gunmen outside her residence in Bengaluru on September 5, 201... more Gauri Lankesh was murdered by three gunmen outside her residence in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017, after she had returned home from work. She was the editor of the Kannada weekly 'Lankesh Patrike'.
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