Ria Kapoor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3871765 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ria Kapoor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ria |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapoor |
| SIGNATURE | KAPOOR R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0050-560X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c. 1973
In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported by the United Nations or any national government. Eleven of them attempted to fly on via Sri Lanka, without the required paperwork, to join their families in the United Kingdom. As large colonial empires gave way to postcolonial nation states, and as the international community and the former colonial me…
Boats in a Storm
Nehru’s Non-Alignment Dilemma
The circumstances of Tibetan refugees in India in the 1960s attracted international recognition. The question of their asylum provoked domestic debate about India’s relations with China and had implications for India’s vision of non-alignment, particularly regarding how human rights and self-determination would be brought together in the changing post-colonial world. Ultimately, the Indian government led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru focused…
Asylum After Empire
In part, this method can help us understand how a clinical legal policy can stir an emotionally charged, often negative, response in countries of asylum in the West, especially in this current moment of crisis as unprecedented numbers of refugees from non-European territories pursue asylum in the former ‘metropole’. Lucy Mayblin’s Asylum After Empire is a breath of fresh air in the examination of Britain’s response to asylum seekers, reminding us…
Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c. 1973
In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported by the United Nations or any national government. Eleven of them attempted to fly on via Sri Lanka, without the required paperwork, to join their families in the United Kingdom. As large colonial empires gave way to postcolonial nation states, and as the international community and the former colonial me…
Asylum After Empire
In part, this method can help us understand how a clinical legal policy can stir an emotionally charged, often negative, response in countries of asylum in the West, especially in this current moment of crisis as unprecedented numbers of refugees from non-European territories pursue asylum in the former ‘metropole’. Lucy Mayblin’s Asylum After Empire is a breath of fresh air in the examination of Britain’s response to asylum seekers, reminding us…
Nehru’s Non-Alignment Dilemma
The circumstances of Tibetan refugees in India in the 1960s attracted international recognition. The question of their asylum provoked domestic debate about India’s relations with China and had implications for India’s vision of non-alignment, particularly regarding how human rights and self-determination would be brought together in the changing post-colonial world. Ultimately, the Indian government led by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru focused…
Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c. 1973
In the aftermath of Idi Amin’s expulsion of Uganda’s South Asians in 1972, some of those made technically stateless arrived in India unsupported by the United Nations or any national government. Eleven of them attempted to fly on via Sri Lanka, without the required paperwork, to join their families in the United Kingdom. As large colonial empires gave way to postcolonial nation states, and as the international community and the former colonial me…
Boats in a Storm
Political science (3 works) · Refugee (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (2 works) · Sovereignty (2 works)