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Niharika Banerjea

@nihban
 Sonipat & Kolkata
Joined April 2009
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Why an indigenous community in Arunachal blacklisted four researchers scroll.in/article/1095402/wh… via @scroll_in
Why an indigenous community in Arunachal blacklisted four researchers

Why an indigenous community in Arunachal blacklisted four researchers

A community body said the researchers had violated their ‘code of research ethics’, first published in 2024.

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How Abhijeet Dipke created a broad-based idea of politics that put the BJP on the backfoot scroll.in/article/1094759/ho… via @scroll_in
How Abhijeet Dipke created a broad-based idea of politics that put the BJP on the backfoot

How Abhijeet Dipke created a broad-based idea of politics that put the BJP on the backfoot

The young leader asserted his Dalit identity yet refused to be limited by it while showing how issues of livelihood and employment can take centrestage.

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#PrideMonth In this Pride Month we are demanding #HorizontalReservationForTrans
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Companionship, kinship and continuum: Reflections with lesbian identifying older persons in Mumbai and Kolkata: Journal of Lesbian Studies: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Companionship, kinship and continuum: Reflections with lesbian identifying older persons in Mumbai...

Companionship, kinship and continuum: Reflections with lesbian identifying older persons in Mumbai...

When Adrienne Rich wrote Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence, she indicated the erasure of lesbian lives from heteronormative life worlds in the Anglo-American context. Lesbian existen...

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A collaborative dialogue about nurturing with/in queerness - Niharika Banerjea, Poushali Basak, Sutanuka Bhattacharya, Kolika Mitra, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
A collaborative dialogue about nurturing with/in queerness - Niharika Banerjea, Poushali Basak,...

A collaborative dialogue about nurturing with/in queerness - Niharika Banerjea, Poushali Basak,...

We are a group of four persons, assigned female at birth, identifying as queer and non-binary, residing in India. We ruminate about the need and politics of que...

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Critique@jadumanilionMay 15
I'm sharing my latest article published today on the "Ninety Years of ‘Annihilation of Caste’: The wait for a democratic conscience in India". Let me know your thoughts. theleaflet.in/equality/ninet… @TheLeaflet_in
Ninety Years of ‘Annihilation of Caste’: The wait for a democratic conscience in India

Ninety Years of ‘Annihilation of Caste’: The wait for a democratic conscience in India

Ninety years after the publication of Ambedkar’s fiery undelivered speech for the Jat Pat Todak Mandal, that drew extensively on abolitionist thought, the project of forming a civic virtue in India...

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Critique@jadumanilionMay 7
I'm sharing my latest article "Ambedkar and Annihilation: A Theory of Transformative Praxis", published in @SouthAsia_R.
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queerbeat@queerbeat_mediaApr 9
A sense of foreboding hangs over Kashmir’s trans community—due to the Trans Amendment Act. In a region where people are already subjected to surveillance, trans communities face the risk of “double marginalisation.” Read the full story by Babar Pather: queerbeat.org/stories/many-t…
Many trans people in Kashmir have no desire to medically transition. What does the new trans act...

Many trans people in Kashmir have no desire to medically transition. What does the new trans act...

The amendment’s push for medical validation clashes with how gender identity is lived in the region.

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The government's Bill to amend the Trans Act 2019 threatens to scrap self-determination of gender, impose medical scrutiny & criminalise trans communities. We spoke to trans and intersex activists, lawyers & researchers to unpack these proposed changes: queerbeat.org/stories/indias…
India’s govt wants to turn trans rights law into trans persecution law; queer groups prepare to...

India’s govt wants to turn trans rights law into trans persecution law; queer groups prepare to...

A contentious amendment bill threatens to scrap self-determination of gender, impose medical scrutiny, and criminalise trans communities…

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#ResistTGBill2026 #NoGoingBack *Link to the Collective Statement against the TG Amendment Bill 2026:* docs.google.com/document/d/1… *Link to Sign the Statement* - forms.gle/LyUCSx73w7qs4MJw7
(PUBLIC) Collective Statement on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026

(PUBLIC) Collective Statement on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026

Collective Statement on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026. Link to Sign the Statement - https://forms.gle/zH19rz2uGRprd4qo9 Note: Translations of this statement in...

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review of bengali book mahashunye sind abad | Robbar robbar.in/book-review/review…
যে বই হাতে অদ্রীশ বর্ধনের কথা মনে পড়ে যায়

যে বই হাতে অদ্রীশ বর্ধনের কথা মনে পড়ে যায়

কল্পকাহিনিকে কি আজকের বাংলা বাজার পাত্তা দেয়? এরই ফাঁকে স্পেকুলেটিভ ফিকশনের নামে কিছু ‘অশ্বডিম্ব’ প্রসব করে বিষয়টি আরও ঘেঁটে দিয়েছেন কেউ কেউ। তবে কল্পনার আশ্চর্য জগতে ভাসতে যিনি চান, তিনি থোড়াই কলেজ...

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Is another liveability possible? Articulating caste and lesbian worldmaking from India - Niharika Banerjea, Dhiren Borisa, Urmila Chauhan, 2025 ⁦@dhirenborisa⁩ ⁦@Sexualities1⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Is another liveability possible? Articulating caste and lesbian worldmaking from India - Niharika...

Is another liveability possible? Articulating caste and lesbian worldmaking from India - Niharika...

In this paper, we use collaborative forms of writing to ask if another liveability is possible. We attempt to articulate caste and lesbian worldmaking in the co...

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Call: Scholars in Residence | Research Priority Area (RPA) Decolonial Futures | University of Amsterdam | Submission Deadline: December 6, 2025 decolonialfutures.uva.nl/fun…

Call: Scholars in Residence - Decolonial Futures

This call is now closed.

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As concrete creeps in, a toddler's bond with nature sparks a poignant question: can green spaces survive in the city? Watch the enchanting world of Jilipibala and her non-human friends unfold. This is the first poster of our film 'Friends of Jilipibala' (জিলিপিবালার বন্ধুরা)
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Ishita@deyspecial28 Apr 2025
Super excited to announce my forthcoming Monograph routledge.com/Sweet-Excess-C…
Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal

Sweet Excess: Crafting Mishti in Bengal

This book is an ethnographic work on excess. Based on a decade-long field work of a single food substance — sweets — it follows sweet-making in sweetshops, domestic spaces, fairs, festivals and its...

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“Naked men, naked men,” screamed a video reporter, as he barged into a gay spa in Delhi on April 19. In this "exposé", he didn't see how these spas offer a rare refuge in a city, which constantly polices sexuality, writes @dhirenborisa. Read more here: queerbeat.org/stories/what-t…
What the YouTuber who recorded ‘gande log’ at a Delhi gay spa didn’t show you

What the YouTuber who recorded ‘gande log’ at a Delhi gay spa didn’t show you

Gay spas in Delhi are a sanctuary for many men, offering rare spaces for them to find desire and kinship.

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queerbeat@queerbeat_media7 Mar 2025
While queer teachers' approaches to education are likely to help queer students feel more comfortable in the classroom, non-queer students also stand to benefit immensely, writes Srividya in their compelling story on queer teachers in India. Read it here: queerbeat.org/stories/suppor…
Supporting queer teachers to be the teachers they needed

Supporting queer teachers to be the teachers they needed

The Indian education system is far from queer friendly. Can the efforts of individual queer teachers counteract systemic oppression?

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queerbeat@queerbeat_media20 Feb 2025
For some hijra persons, the pressure to be fair comes not only from professional compulsions but also from wanting to be desirable romantic partners. So, they seek skin-lightening treatments, including glutathione injections. Find out more in this story: queerbeat.org/stories/my-las…
‘My last wish is to die fair and pretty’ : These Hijra women think Glutathione will heal more than...

‘My last wish is to die fair and pretty’ : These Hijra women think Glutathione will heal more than...

The quest for acceptance and professional success is driving some Hijra persons to fairness treatments that are unregulated and can be risky.

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Critique@jadumanilion19 Feb 2025
How pragmatism is inadequate to understand Ambedkar’s scholarship  My article today in @the_hindu @vrsrini. Let me know your thoughts. thehindu.com/specials/text-a…
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