Neeti Nair
Biographic Data
| ID | 1262629 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neeti Nair |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neeti |
| FAMILY NAME | Nair |
| SIGNATURE | NAIR N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Caste and Partition in Bengal
Hurt Sentiments
Neeti Nair explores the trend toward legal protection for the religious “sentiments” of majorities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nair offers historical context for contemporary persecution and rising religious fundamentalism, and highlights how growing political solicitation of religious sentiments has fueled a secular resistance.
Introduction to Special Issue
Rising Religious Intolerance in South Asia
Whether in India, Pakistan, or Myanmar, governments have failed to protect minorities, and too often politicians have pandered to agitators stirring up sectarian hatred
Special Issue
Steven I. Wilkinson. Army and Nation
In six thematic and chronologically organized chapters, Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy since Independence traces the relationship of the Indian army and nation through the course of the long twentieth century. Following along the well-trodden tracks made by Stephen P. Cohen, Ayesha Jalal, Daniel P. Marston, and Donald Horowitz, Steven I. Wilkinson examines reforms in the military by contextualizing them within the broader ambi…
Freedom and Faith in India
A new volume of essays edited by Wendy Doniger and Martha C. Nussbaum examines the Hindu right's influence throughout Indian society—a trend perhaps abetted by liberal taboos
Beyond the ‘Communal’ 1920s
Late nineteenth–early twentieth century Punjab has been commonly regarded as a space for ‘competitive communalism’ whereby each of the province’s major religious communities participated in activities that increased hostilities between the communities. Such an assertion has been substantiated with reference to an increasing number of publications that were quickly deemed offensive to one or the other religious community of the Punjab and then ban…
Pedagogy for Religion
Bhagat Singh as 'Satyagrahi
Among anti-colonial nationalists, Bhagat Singh and M.K. Gandhi are seen to exemplify absolutely contrasting strategies of resistance. Bhagat Singh is regarded as a violent revolutionary whereas Gandhi is the embodiment of non-violence. This paper argues that Bhagat Singh and his comrades became national heroes not after their murder of a police inspector in Lahore or after throwing bombs in the Legislative Assembly in New Delhi but during their p…
Bhagat Singh as 'Satyagrahi
Among anti-colonial nationalists, Bhagat Singh and M.K. Gandhi are seen to exemplify absolutely contrasting strategies of resistance. Bhagat Singh is regarded as a violent revolutionary whereas Gandhi is the embodiment of non-violence. This paper argues that Bhagat Singh and his comrades became national heroes not after their murder of a police inspector in Lahore or after throwing bombs in the Legislative Assembly in New Delhi but during their p…
Beyond the ‘Communal’ 1920s
Late nineteenth–early twentieth century Punjab has been commonly regarded as a space for ‘competitive communalism’ whereby each of the province’s major religious communities participated in activities that increased hostilities between the communities. Such an assertion has been substantiated with reference to an increasing number of publications that were quickly deemed offensive to one or the other religious community of the Punjab and then ban…
Pedagogy for Religion
Introduction to Special Issue
Special Issue
Bhagat Singh as 'Satyagrahi
Among anti-colonial nationalists, Bhagat Singh and M.K. Gandhi are seen to exemplify absolutely contrasting strategies of resistance. Bhagat Singh is regarded as a violent revolutionary whereas Gandhi is the embodiment of non-violence. This paper argues that Bhagat Singh and his comrades became national heroes not after their murder of a police inspector in Lahore or after throwing bombs in the Legislative Assembly in New Delhi but during their p…
Pedagogy for Religion
Beyond the ‘Communal’ 1920s
Late nineteenth–early twentieth century Punjab has been commonly regarded as a space for ‘competitive communalism’ whereby each of the province’s major religious communities participated in activities that increased hostilities between the communities. Such an assertion has been substantiated with reference to an increasing number of publications that were quickly deemed offensive to one or the other religious community of the Punjab and then ban…
Freedom and Faith in India
A new volume of essays edited by Wendy Doniger and Martha C. Nussbaum examines the Hindu right's influence throughout Indian society—a trend perhaps abetted by liberal taboos
Steven I. Wilkinson. Army and Nation
In six thematic and chronologically organized chapters, Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy since Independence traces the relationship of the Indian army and nation through the course of the long twentieth century. Following along the well-trodden tracks made by Stephen P. Cohen, Ayesha Jalal, Daniel P. Marston, and Donald Horowitz, Steven I. Wilkinson examines reforms in the military by contextualizing them within the broader ambi…
Rising Religious Intolerance in South Asia
Whether in India, Pakistan, or Myanmar, governments have failed to protect minorities, and too often politicians have pandered to agitators stirring up sectarian hatred
Special Issue
Introduction to Special Issue
Hurt Sentiments
Neeti Nair explores the trend toward legal protection for the religious “sentiments” of majorities in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Nair offers historical context for contemporary persecution and rising religious fundamentalism, and highlights how growing political solicitation of religious sentiments has fueled a secular resistance.
Caste and Partition in Bengal
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