Empathy without Illusions: Andre Beteille and Sociology as a Vocation

https://www.theindiaforum.in/society/empathy-without-illusions-andre-beteille-and-sociology-vocation?fbclid=IwY2xjawQehAtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwa1pYTVFtWlB0cUxqZ2phc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnxAhbFOXWkmogtm7k2jBXqWrjnyt_9VlMb5-LEftrOjbx9M-yT2T_vewZ3Q_aem_Jdaw8cPXYe55SVXdFF5rZA

Inside Modi's Assault on Academic Freedom

https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/977945

In conversation with Harsh Mander and Vinay Lal on Gaza and Indian complicity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l1cz-LR1n4

In conversation with Kunal Kamra on Adivasi rights

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DeNNqzvl6M&t=185s

WORT 89.9 Community Radio, Madison

 Amitabh at the Community Radio Madison interviewed me on the situation in Bastar

https://www.wortfm.org/the-naked-government-power-play-in-chhattisgarh-state/

Conversation with Anuradha SenGupta in "The Big Picture'

 

Conversation with Anuradha SenGupta in "The Big Picture' on what Amit Shah's 'deadline' to finish Maoism means for villagers. 

There may be relief at an end to the operations, but they are worried about mining, displacement, and also the little things that the Maoists managed which were important in their lives - settling village disputes, helping women escape patriarchy, land levelling and village communal farming..

The Maoists may go, but if the camps remain, thats a new battle to fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GVKB05pWzo

Post-mortem of a PIL

I am writing this blog for my own satisfaction, after the Supreme Court disposed of our public interest litigation without proper hearing, on May 15 2025. We had filed the cases in 2007. This post must be read in conjunction with my chapters on litigating against counterinsurgency in my book, The Burning Forest, which deal in more detail with the 2011 judgement.