Sk Sagir Ali
Biographic Data
| ID | 369076 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sk Sagir Ali |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sk Sagir |
| FAMILY NAME | Ali |
| SIGNATURE | ALI S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ambedkar University Delhi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1013-071X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Epistemic Violence and Resistance
This article is a Foucauldian study of the biomedical sway over US migrant health care, foregrounding how Guruprasad Kaginele’s 2020 novel Hijab uncovers the “medical gaze” that regulates the ethnic practice of fictionalized Sanghaali Muslim mothers against cesarean sections. By drawing on thinkers such as Michel Foucault, Edward Said, Judith Butler, and Mary Louise Pratt, the article shows how South Asian “model minority” physicians become instr…
The toil for soil
This article theorises toil as the embodied, temporally extended labour through which soil is made durable, compromised and sometimes abandoned in the Western Himalaya. Responding to crisis framings that universalise soil degradation without engaging questions of embodiment or labour we ask: when, and for whom, does care become worth the toil of making and repairing degraded soils? How are these valuations negotiated across bodies organised accor…
Framing Kashmir
Farah Bashir and Madhuri Vijay, in their works, depict Kashmir as a dominant embattled framework, emphasising the dangers of dictatorship and the suppression of individual freedoms, frequently referencing historical parallels to colonialism and the totalitarian regimes of the 1990s. Bashir examines the significant impact of prolonged violence on the lives of Kashmiris, highlighting the question of confinement experienced by many in the region as …
The changing dynamics and othering of Muslims in Bollywood films
Rewriting History, Reading Erasure
Narrating Muslims In Post-9/11 America
Ayad Akhtar's 2020 novel Homeland Elegies explores the problematic fissures in the assumed homogeneous contours of US nationality and national belonging in the years following 9/11. In this story, a Pakistani-American father and son navigate a radicalised America with rising notions of parochial nationalism and xenophobic paranoia. Many Americans see an alien dogma in Islam espousing oppression and irrationality; Homeland Elegies interrogates the…
Islam and the Thanatoethics of Sacrifice
The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) once said that whoever is capable of performing qurbani (Muslim charitable giving) but does not should not come close to my Eidgah (a place of offering Eid prayers) (Khattab and Khattab 2123). The primary objective of qurbani should be to achieve attainment that is intended to satisfy and get nearer to Allah in the way He likes. Sacrifice in Islam, in a circuitous logic, underlies the act of submi…
Skill acquisition within a (more-than-human) community of practice
Understanding learning processes involved in sustainable rural transitions requires theories that recognise learning as a complex, socio-ecologically situated phenomenon. Communities of practice theory provides a socially embedded account of learning processes. It suggests that joining communities of practice and developing an identity as a practitioner provides a motivational and pedagogical framework within which learning can occur. Yet, we con…
The Representations of Faith and Belonging
The study examines Ameena Hussein's 2009 novel, The Moon in the Water, with the objective of unveiling an alternative form of religious faith and belonging among Sri Lankan Muslim women. This investigation delves into the intricate dynamics at play, wherein religious and cultural negotiations unfold within a multi-ethnic context. The primary focus is on unravelling the temporal and spatial stratification of mourning practices adopted by Muslim wo…
The veil of resistance in Shaheen Bagh
This paper seeks to comprehensively examine the complex dynamics surrounding the protests of Muslim women at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India. It emphasizes the emergence of distinct forms of solidarity among this unassuming group of women and underscores the significance of their collective action in challenging prevailing narratives within South Asian feminist discourse. The paper posits the CAA protests as embl…
The Muslim Problem
Muslim communities in modern Indian society are often seen through the lens of race and politics. The separate mechanisms of faith and secularism, which, as Judith Butler observes, may well be “a fugitive way” for certain kinds of “religion to survive”, are meshed together with the politics of representation and counter-representation of Islam and Muslims in the framing of identities. From the Babri masjid demolition to the wake of Ram mandir bho…
Transgressive Capabilities
Under what conditions might the acquisition of new skills challenge discriminatory social norms? We interrogate this question through reference to a study on the social impacts of an agricultural skill development scheme in rural India. We present detailed vignettes drawn from this study, which illustrate the social consequences of acquiring and utilizing skills that transgress local gender and caste norms. Engaging with themes from capabilities …
Dark and bright spots in the shadow of the pandemic
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to lives and livelihoods around the world. These disruptions have brought into sharp focus experiences of vulnerability but also, at times, evidence of resilience as people and institutions gear up to respond to the crisis. Drawing on intensive qualitative enquiry in 16 villages of Himalayan India and Nepal, this paper documents both dark and bright spots from the early days of the…
The Gendered Impacts of Covid-19 amid Agrarian Distress
COVID-19 and its associated disease control measures have greatly altered everyday life. The burden of these challenges has fallen disproportionately on women. Drawing on qualitative inquiry in agrarian north India and Nepal, this research note analyzes how South Asian COVID-19 lockdowns have affected women's labor responsibilities in sometimes surprising ways. We find increased responsibilities for caregiving within the household, substantial st…
Reshaping the public domain
Reshaping the public domain
The Gendered Impacts of Covid-19 amid Agrarian Distress
COVID-19 and its associated disease control measures have greatly altered everyday life. The burden of these challenges has fallen disproportionately on women. Drawing on qualitative inquiry in agrarian north India and Nepal, this research note analyzes how South Asian COVID-19 lockdowns have affected women's labor responsibilities in sometimes surprising ways. We find increased responsibilities for caregiving within the household, substantial st…
Dark and bright spots in the shadow of the pandemic
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to lives and livelihoods around the world. These disruptions have brought into sharp focus experiences of vulnerability but also, at times, evidence of resilience as people and institutions gear up to respond to the crisis. Drawing on intensive qualitative enquiry in 16 villages of Himalayan India and Nepal, this paper documents both dark and bright spots from the early days of the…
Transgressive Capabilities
Under what conditions might the acquisition of new skills challenge discriminatory social norms? We interrogate this question through reference to a study on the social impacts of an agricultural skill development scheme in rural India. We present detailed vignettes drawn from this study, which illustrate the social consequences of acquiring and utilizing skills that transgress local gender and caste norms. Engaging with themes from capabilities …
Skill acquisition within a (more-than-human) community of practice
Understanding learning processes involved in sustainable rural transitions requires theories that recognise learning as a complex, socio-ecologically situated phenomenon. Communities of practice theory provides a socially embedded account of learning processes. It suggests that joining communities of practice and developing an identity as a practitioner provides a motivational and pedagogical framework within which learning can occur. Yet, we con…
The veil of resistance in Shaheen Bagh
This paper seeks to comprehensively examine the complex dynamics surrounding the protests of Muslim women at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India. It emphasizes the emergence of distinct forms of solidarity among this unassuming group of women and underscores the significance of their collective action in challenging prevailing narratives within South Asian feminist discourse. The paper posits the CAA protests as embl…
Reshaping the public domain
The Gendered Impacts of Covid-19 amid Agrarian Distress
COVID-19 and its associated disease control measures have greatly altered everyday life. The burden of these challenges has fallen disproportionately on women. Drawing on qualitative inquiry in agrarian north India and Nepal, this research note analyzes how South Asian COVID-19 lockdowns have affected women's labor responsibilities in sometimes surprising ways. We find increased responsibilities for caregiving within the household, substantial st…
Dark and bright spots in the shadow of the pandemic
The global COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to lives and livelihoods around the world. These disruptions have brought into sharp focus experiences of vulnerability but also, at times, evidence of resilience as people and institutions gear up to respond to the crisis. Drawing on intensive qualitative enquiry in 16 villages of Himalayan India and Nepal, this paper documents both dark and bright spots from the early days of the…
The Muslim Problem
Muslim communities in modern Indian society are often seen through the lens of race and politics. The separate mechanisms of faith and secularism, which, as Judith Butler observes, may well be “a fugitive way” for certain kinds of “religion to survive”, are meshed together with the politics of representation and counter-representation of Islam and Muslims in the framing of identities. From the Babri masjid demolition to the wake of Ram mandir bho…
Transgressive Capabilities
Under what conditions might the acquisition of new skills challenge discriminatory social norms? We interrogate this question through reference to a study on the social impacts of an agricultural skill development scheme in rural India. We present detailed vignettes drawn from this study, which illustrate the social consequences of acquiring and utilizing skills that transgress local gender and caste norms. Engaging with themes from capabilities …
Islam and the Thanatoethics of Sacrifice
The Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam) once said that whoever is capable of performing qurbani (Muslim charitable giving) but does not should not come close to my Eidgah (a place of offering Eid prayers) (Khattab and Khattab 2123). The primary objective of qurbani should be to achieve attainment that is intended to satisfy and get nearer to Allah in the way He likes. Sacrifice in Islam, in a circuitous logic, underlies the act of submi…
Skill acquisition within a (more-than-human) community of practice
Understanding learning processes involved in sustainable rural transitions requires theories that recognise learning as a complex, socio-ecologically situated phenomenon. Communities of practice theory provides a socially embedded account of learning processes. It suggests that joining communities of practice and developing an identity as a practitioner provides a motivational and pedagogical framework within which learning can occur. Yet, we con…
The Representations of Faith and Belonging
The study examines Ameena Hussein's 2009 novel, The Moon in the Water, with the objective of unveiling an alternative form of religious faith and belonging among Sri Lankan Muslim women. This investigation delves into the intricate dynamics at play, wherein religious and cultural negotiations unfold within a multi-ethnic context. The primary focus is on unravelling the temporal and spatial stratification of mourning practices adopted by Muslim wo…
The veil of resistance in Shaheen Bagh
This paper seeks to comprehensively examine the complex dynamics surrounding the protests of Muslim women at Shaheen Bagh against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in India. It emphasizes the emergence of distinct forms of solidarity among this unassuming group of women and underscores the significance of their collective action in challenging prevailing narratives within South Asian feminist discourse. The paper posits the CAA protests as embl…
Framing Kashmir
Farah Bashir and Madhuri Vijay, in their works, depict Kashmir as a dominant embattled framework, emphasising the dangers of dictatorship and the suppression of individual freedoms, frequently referencing historical parallels to colonialism and the totalitarian regimes of the 1990s. Bashir examines the significant impact of prolonged violence on the lives of Kashmiris, highlighting the question of confinement experienced by many in the region as …
The changing dynamics and othering of Muslims in Bollywood films
Rewriting History, Reading Erasure
Narrating Muslims In Post-9/11 America
Ayad Akhtar's 2020 novel Homeland Elegies explores the problematic fissures in the assumed homogeneous contours of US nationality and national belonging in the years following 9/11. In this story, a Pakistani-American father and son navigate a radicalised America with rising notions of parochial nationalism and xenophobic paranoia. Many Americans see an alien dogma in Islam espousing oppression and irrationality; Homeland Elegies interrogates the…
Epistemic Violence and Resistance
This article is a Foucauldian study of the biomedical sway over US migrant health care, foregrounding how Guruprasad Kaginele’s 2020 novel Hijab uncovers the “medical gaze” that regulates the ethnic practice of fictionalized Sanghaali Muslim mothers against cesarean sections. By drawing on thinkers such as Michel Foucault, Edward Said, Judith Butler, and Mary Louise Pratt, the article shows how South Asian “model minority” physicians become instr…
The toil for soil
This article theorises toil as the embodied, temporally extended labour through which soil is made durable, compromised and sometimes abandoned in the Western Himalaya. Responding to crisis framings that universalise soil degradation without engaging questions of embodiment or labour we ask: when, and for whom, does care become worth the toil of making and repairing degraded soils? How are these valuations negotiated across bodies organised accor…
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works)