Heyman Center Common Room
Institute for Comparative Literature and Society
South Asia Institute
This event is part of the Ambedkar Initiative at ICLS.
A book discussion with Professors Suchitra Vijayan, and Jinee Lokaneeta, moderated by Anupama Rao.
Suchitra Vijayan is a writer, lawyer, photographer, and political analyst and the executive director and founder of The Polis Project. She is currently on the faculty at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She is the author of Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India, and How Long Can the Moon be Caged? A Discussion of India’s Political Prisoners
In this unique book, Suchitra Vijayan and Francesca Recchia look at the present of India through the lived experiences of political prisoners. Combining political and legal analysis with firsthand testimonies, the book explores the small gestures that constitute resistance inside and outside the jail for the prisoners and their families, telling a story of the destruction of institutions and the erosion of rights.
Jinee Lokaneeta is Associate Dean of Curriculum and Professor in Political Science and International Relations at Drew University. She is author of The Truth Machines was the co-winner of the 2021 C. Herman Pritchett Award from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association and received an Honorable Mention for the 2022 Distinguished Book Award from the Asian Law and Society Association.
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