Shakthi
Biographic Data
| ID | 256287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shakthi |
| FAMILY NAME | Shakthi |
| SIGNATURE | SHAKTHI |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Affective exits
Travelling 'down South
This article examines the role of language in shaping work processes in the Indian information technology (IT) industry, which has become synonymous with the country's 'new' middle class. In the South Indian city of Chennai, the industry has attracted a number of migrants from other parts of the country, including from non-metropolitan areas south of Chennai. Frequently referred to (and also self-identifying) as being from 'down South', many of t…
Beyond respectability? Office taxis and gendered automobility in urban India
With its late-night work requirements and prevalence of women employees, the Indian information technology industry is firmly embedded within urban middle-class imaginaries of the mobile woman traversing the city after dark. This article analyses the emergence of the office taxi, a legally-mandated provision to facilitate night-time travel, as a crucial site for the enactment of gendered automobility. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in …
Crafting 'Integrity
Supporters of Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme that aims to use biometric information and a 12-digit number to catalogue every Indian resident, have often commented on the tremendous amount of “fraud” that this program has curtailed since its introduction nearly a decade ago. Four years before the first Aadhaar number was issued, this discourse of ensuring authenticity was similarly deployed by the Indian information technology (IT) indu…
Grappling with Aadhaar
The Aadhaar program has been among the most defining socio-political projects of the Indian state over the last decade. Translating to “platform” or “foundation” in several Indian languages, this colossal identification scheme has been extended thus far to almost 1.25 billion Indian residents. As noted by Rao and Nair (2019), the word Aadhaar has become a metonymy that transcends its literal meaning, automatically linking it to the national biome…
Grappling with Aadhaar
The Aadhaar program has been among the most defining socio-political projects of the Indian state over the last decade. Translating to “platform” or “foundation” in several Indian languages, this colossal identification scheme has been extended thus far to almost 1.25 billion Indian residents. As noted by Rao and Nair (2019), the word Aadhaar has become a metonymy that transcends its literal meaning, automatically linking it to the national biome…
Beyond respectability? Office taxis and gendered automobility in urban India
With its late-night work requirements and prevalence of women employees, the Indian information technology industry is firmly embedded within urban middle-class imaginaries of the mobile woman traversing the city after dark. This article analyses the emergence of the office taxi, a legally-mandated provision to facilitate night-time travel, as a crucial site for the enactment of gendered automobility. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in …
Travelling 'down South
This article examines the role of language in shaping work processes in the Indian information technology (IT) industry, which has become synonymous with the country's 'new' middle class. In the South Indian city of Chennai, the industry has attracted a number of migrants from other parts of the country, including from non-metropolitan areas south of Chennai. Frequently referred to (and also self-identifying) as being from 'down South', many of t…
Crafting 'Integrity
Supporters of Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme that aims to use biometric information and a 12-digit number to catalogue every Indian resident, have often commented on the tremendous amount of “fraud” that this program has curtailed since its introduction nearly a decade ago. Four years before the first Aadhaar number was issued, this discourse of ensuring authenticity was similarly deployed by the Indian information technology (IT) indu…
Affective exits
Crafting 'Integrity
Supporters of Aadhaar, the unique identification scheme that aims to use biometric information and a 12-digit number to catalogue every Indian resident, have often commented on the tremendous amount of “fraud” that this program has curtailed since its introduction nearly a decade ago. Four years before the first Aadhaar number was issued, this discourse of ensuring authenticity was similarly deployed by the Indian information technology (IT) indu…
Grappling with Aadhaar
The Aadhaar program has been among the most defining socio-political projects of the Indian state over the last decade. Translating to “platform” or “foundation” in several Indian languages, this colossal identification scheme has been extended thus far to almost 1.25 billion Indian residents. As noted by Rao and Nair (2019), the word Aadhaar has become a metonymy that transcends its literal meaning, automatically linking it to the national biome…
Beyond respectability? Office taxis and gendered automobility in urban India
With its late-night work requirements and prevalence of women employees, the Indian information technology industry is firmly embedded within urban middle-class imaginaries of the mobile woman traversing the city after dark. This article analyses the emergence of the office taxi, a legally-mandated provision to facilitate night-time travel, as a crucial site for the enactment of gendered automobility. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in …
Travelling 'down South
This article examines the role of language in shaping work processes in the Indian information technology (IT) industry, which has become synonymous with the country's 'new' middle class. In the South Indian city of Chennai, the industry has attracted a number of migrants from other parts of the country, including from non-metropolitan areas south of Chennai. Frequently referred to (and also self-identifying) as being from 'down South', many of t…
Affective exits
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Computer security (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works)