Kamal Nayan Choubey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4169260 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kamal Nayan Choubey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kamal Nayan |
| FAMILY NAME | Choubey |
| SIGNATURE | CHOUBEY K N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Moving Beyond the Monolithic Idea of Nationalism
This review essay analyses two recent books on the critical evaluation and alternative description of the complexities of the history of twentieth-century Asia, or more specifically, South Asia. It critically evaluates Sugata Bose’s Asia After Europe: Imaging A Continent In the Long Twentieth Century (2024) and Joya Chatterji’s Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century (2023). Both the books focus on different topics, and present the jou…
Extending the idea of prevalent constitutional nationalism
This paper wishes to probe the complex layers of debates related to Gandhi's views on tribals and their implications for the critique of all-inclusive meta-nationalism, which attempts to submerge tribal identity within its framework of ‘national development'. It explores the contemporary use of the Gandhian idea of Gaon Ganarajya (village republic) by many tribal organizations to question the nationalist vision of development and to assert the au…
Adivasis, Urban Centres, and Mirage of Constitutionalism
The article evaluates the framework of the proposed Municipalities (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (MESA) as envisaged by the second Bhuria Committee report, the Bill introduced in the parliament, and the report of the standing committee of parliament to understand different facets of the proposed law and explores various reasons for non-enactment of this law. The article underlines that the enactment of law based on the second Bhuria Committe…
The State, Tribals and Law
This article attempts to present a comparative study of experiences involved in the passing of two laws, the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act (PESA) 1996 and Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006—both the result of lengthy struggles carried out by marginalised sections of society. PESA, enacted to implement the Panchayati Raj system in Schedule V areas, was trigged by large-scale mass mobilisation in these regions, organised by the Bharat Jan An…
The Public Life of a ‘Progressive’ Law
This article explores the public life of a law enacted in the post-liberalization era for the tribal-dominated areas (or Scheduled Areas [SAs] of the Indian Constitution) of India. This law, the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) (PESA) Act, 1996 has been termed by many grassroots tribal organizations as ‘progressive’ and ‘historic’, because it gives some crucial rights to the gram sabha of SAs. Apart from giving a contextual understanding …
The Public Life of a ‘Progressive’ Law
This article explores the public life of a law enacted in the post-liberalization era for the tribal-dominated areas (or Scheduled Areas [SAs] of the Indian Constitution) of India. This law, the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) (PESA) Act, 1996 has been termed by many grassroots tribal organizations as ‘progressive’ and ‘historic’, because it gives some crucial rights to the gram sabha of SAs. Apart from giving a contextual understanding …
The Public Life of a ‘Progressive’ Law
This article explores the public life of a law enacted in the post-liberalization era for the tribal-dominated areas (or Scheduled Areas [SAs] of the Indian Constitution) of India. This law, the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) (PESA) Act, 1996 has been termed by many grassroots tribal organizations as ‘progressive’ and ‘historic’, because it gives some crucial rights to the gram sabha of SAs. Apart from giving a contextual understanding …
The State, Tribals and Law
This article attempts to present a comparative study of experiences involved in the passing of two laws, the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas Act (PESA) 1996 and Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006—both the result of lengthy struggles carried out by marginalised sections of society. PESA, enacted to implement the Panchayati Raj system in Schedule V areas, was trigged by large-scale mass mobilisation in these regions, organised by the Bharat Jan An…
Adivasis, Urban Centres, and Mirage of Constitutionalism
The article evaluates the framework of the proposed Municipalities (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act (MESA) as envisaged by the second Bhuria Committee report, the Bill introduced in the parliament, and the report of the standing committee of parliament to understand different facets of the proposed law and explores various reasons for non-enactment of this law. The article underlines that the enactment of law based on the second Bhuria Committe…
Moving Beyond the Monolithic Idea of Nationalism
This review essay analyses two recent books on the critical evaluation and alternative description of the complexities of the history of twentieth-century Asia, or more specifically, South Asia. It critically evaluates Sugata Bose’s Asia After Europe: Imaging A Continent In the Long Twentieth Century (2024) and Joya Chatterji’s Shadows At Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century (2023). Both the books focus on different topics, and present the jou…
Extending the idea of prevalent constitutional nationalism
This paper wishes to probe the complex layers of debates related to Gandhi's views on tribals and their implications for the critique of all-inclusive meta-nationalism, which attempts to submerge tribal identity within its framework of ‘national development'. It explores the contemporary use of the Gandhian idea of Gaon Ganarajya (village republic) by many tribal organizations to question the nationalist vision of development and to assert the au…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 works)