Nithya Rajan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5797809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nithya Rajan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nithya |
| FAMILY NAME | Rajan |
| SIGNATURE | RAJAN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3798-2629 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Classifying the potential for soil organic carbon gain under regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is pivotal for mitigating climate change, with no-tillage practices on cropland being generally effective at raising soil organic carbon (SOC). Yet, our understanding of the compound impact of soil and environmental factors on SOC gain potential after transitioning to no-till practices is still developing. Using imbalanced machine learning classification, here we quantify key thresholds to hierarchically classify SOC gain…
Creating refugeescapes
In this article, I offer the concept of ‘refugeespace’ as a way of understanding Afghan refugee women’s homemaking practices in Delhi, India. Such practices unfold in various spaces–the domestic space/apartment, the refugee neighborhood, and the larger megacity–Delhi. I map ‘refugeescape’ through the social networks that Afghan refugee women create with one another, livelihood and leisure activities, and everyday socio-economic negotiations that …
No Afghan Refugees in India’
This article locates the Government of India’s refusal to grant refugee status to Afghans in Delhi in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 within the Cold War politics of the era. I trace this history through internal communications of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India from 1979 to 1983. I argue that the Indian government’s response to Afghan arrivals was shaped by geopolitical and diplomatic conti…
What do refugees want? Reading refugee lip-sewing protests through a critical lens
Through a close reading of lip-sewing protests by refugees over the past two decades, this article develops a theoretical framework for understanding lip sewing as a form of protest and political agency. I consider various lip-sewing protests by refugees and the strategic use of speechlessness and corporeality in these protests to uncover the conditions in which contemporary refugees are imbricated. I argue that this unusual form of protest, as w…
What do refugees want? Reading refugee lip-sewing protests through a critical lens
Through a close reading of lip-sewing protests by refugees over the past two decades, this article develops a theoretical framework for understanding lip sewing as a form of protest and political agency. I consider various lip-sewing protests by refugees and the strategic use of speechlessness and corporeality in these protests to uncover the conditions in which contemporary refugees are imbricated. I argue that this unusual form of protest, as w…
Creating refugeescapes
In this article, I offer the concept of ‘refugeespace’ as a way of understanding Afghan refugee women’s homemaking practices in Delhi, India. Such practices unfold in various spaces–the domestic space/apartment, the refugee neighborhood, and the larger megacity–Delhi. I map ‘refugeescape’ through the social networks that Afghan refugee women create with one another, livelihood and leisure activities, and everyday socio-economic negotiations that …
What do refugees want? Reading refugee lip-sewing protests through a critical lens
Through a close reading of lip-sewing protests by refugees over the past two decades, this article develops a theoretical framework for understanding lip sewing as a form of protest and political agency. I consider various lip-sewing protests by refugees and the strategic use of speechlessness and corporeality in these protests to uncover the conditions in which contemporary refugees are imbricated. I argue that this unusual form of protest, as w…
No Afghan Refugees in India’
This article locates the Government of India’s refusal to grant refugee status to Afghans in Delhi in the aftermath of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 within the Cold War politics of the era. I trace this history through internal communications of the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India from 1979 to 1983. I argue that the Indian government’s response to Afghan arrivals was shaped by geopolitical and diplomatic conti…
Creating refugeescapes
In this article, I offer the concept of ‘refugeespace’ as a way of understanding Afghan refugee women’s homemaking practices in Delhi, India. Such practices unfold in various spaces–the domestic space/apartment, the refugee neighborhood, and the larger megacity–Delhi. I map ‘refugeescape’ through the social networks that Afghan refugee women create with one another, livelihood and leisure activities, and everyday socio-economic negotiations that …
Classifying the potential for soil organic carbon gain under regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture is pivotal for mitigating climate change, with no-tillage practices on cropland being generally effective at raising soil organic carbon (SOC). Yet, our understanding of the compound impact of soil and environmental factors on SOC gain potential after transitioning to no-till practices is still developing. Using imbalanced machine learning classification, here we quantify key thresholds to hierarchically classify SOC gain…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Refugee (3 works) · Afghan (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works)