Ishani Dasgupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 224883 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ishani Dasgupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ishani |
| FAMILY NAME | Dasgupta |
| SIGNATURE | DASGUPTA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Chicago |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5786-5887 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Starving for the nation: Tibetan hunger strikes and the making of political publics
This article examines Tibetan hunger strikes unto death as a key part of a larger repertoire of protest practices that invoke and mobilize a transnational Tibetan public, fostering national cohesion in exile. While these protests aim to pressure international institutions and foreign governments to condemn repression in Tibet, they also achieve another crucial goal: forging solidarities within the Tibetan exile community. Through archival researc…
The Shepherd Who Did Not Lead
This is an ethnographic snapshot of an encounter with a Gaddi shepherd in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. The Gaddis are a semi-nomadic pastoral people who live across the Himalayan belt of Northern India. In this piece, I recount how this lone shepherd, with just a slight gesture and in unspoken words, shows me how a journey can be lived unbounded by time
Disaggregating citizenship: Tibetan refugees navigating identity, belonging, and exclusionary state policies in India
This essay explores the struggles of second-generation Tibetan refugees under an exclusionary Indian citizenship regime. Confronted with a national orthodoxy that entwines legal status, entitlements, and national identity, Tibetans respond by "disaggregating" citizenship. First, stateless Tibetans, born in India to refugee parents, won legal appeals by demonstrating that Tibetan nationality was no bar to Indian citizenship. In response, Indian au…
Disaggregating citizenship: Tibetan refugees navigating identity, belonging, and exclusionary state policies in India
This essay explores the struggles of second-generation Tibetan refugees under an exclusionary Indian citizenship regime. Confronted with a national orthodoxy that entwines legal status, entitlements, and national identity, Tibetans respond by "disaggregating" citizenship. First, stateless Tibetans, born in India to refugee parents, won legal appeals by demonstrating that Tibetan nationality was no bar to Indian citizenship. In response, Indian au…
The Shepherd Who Did Not Lead
This is an ethnographic snapshot of an encounter with a Gaddi shepherd in the hills of Himachal Pradesh. The Gaddis are a semi-nomadic pastoral people who live across the Himalayan belt of Northern India. In this piece, I recount how this lone shepherd, with just a slight gesture and in unspoken words, shows me how a journey can be lived unbounded by time
Disaggregating citizenship: Tibetan refugees navigating identity, belonging, and exclusionary state policies in India
This essay explores the struggles of second-generation Tibetan refugees under an exclusionary Indian citizenship regime. Confronted with a national orthodoxy that entwines legal status, entitlements, and national identity, Tibetans respond by "disaggregating" citizenship. First, stateless Tibetans, born in India to refugee parents, won legal appeals by demonstrating that Tibetan nationality was no bar to Indian citizenship. In response, Indian au…
Starving for the nation: Tibetan hunger strikes and the making of political publics
This article examines Tibetan hunger strikes unto death as a key part of a larger repertoire of protest practices that invoke and mobilize a transnational Tibetan public, fostering national cohesion in exile. While these protests aim to pressure international institutions and foreign governments to condemn repression in Tibet, they also achieve another crucial goal: forging solidarities within the Tibetan exile community. Through archival researc…
South Asian Studies and Conflicts (3 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (1 works) · Geology (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (1 works) · Paleontology (1 works) · Political economy (1 works) · Political science (1 works)