Kusha Anand
Biographic Data
| ID | 6457543 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kusha Anand |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kusha |
| FAMILY NAME | Anand |
| SIGNATURE | ANAND K |
| AFFILIATIONS | UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3432-3495 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Your Lord has not forsaken you”
The debate between secularism and Hindu nationalism – how India’s textbooks have become the government’s medium for political communication
Schools and textbooks are significant mediums for the transmission of political ideas. Textbooks therefore reflect the ideology of the day whilst imparting values, goals, and myths to younger generations. This article provides an insight into the nexus between politics, the state, the social contract, and school textbooks in India. It critically highlights the ways in which the discourses of political parties of the (national) Self and Other are …
University Spaces as Agents of National Belonging
This article discusses the role of ‘space’ in Indian and Pakistani public sector universities in fostering national pride. University spaces have been highlighted, in both countries, for being used by the governments as agents fostering the national narrative yet there is limited research on how these spaces contribute to the visual culture of educational institutions and in the inculcation of nationalistic values. This article adds to the conver…
Understanding, embracing and reflecting upon the messiness of doctoral fieldwork
This Forum issue discusses the centrality of the fieldwork in doctoral research. The inevitability of researchers’ influence and of their values apparent during and after their fieldwork calls for a high degree of reflexivity. Since the standard methodology textbooks do not sufficiently guide on addressing such challenges, doctoral researchers go through stressful phases, at times revising various decisions they made before starting fieldwork. By…
Understanding, embracing and reflecting upon the messiness of doctoral fieldwork
This Forum issue discusses the centrality of the fieldwork in doctoral research. The inevitability of researchers’ influence and of their values apparent during and after their fieldwork calls for a high degree of reflexivity. Since the standard methodology textbooks do not sufficiently guide on addressing such challenges, doctoral researchers go through stressful phases, at times revising various decisions they made before starting fieldwork. By…
The debate between secularism and Hindu nationalism – how India’s textbooks have become the government’s medium for political communication
Schools and textbooks are significant mediums for the transmission of political ideas. Textbooks therefore reflect the ideology of the day whilst imparting values, goals, and myths to younger generations. This article provides an insight into the nexus between politics, the state, the social contract, and school textbooks in India. It critically highlights the ways in which the discourses of political parties of the (national) Self and Other are …
Understanding, embracing and reflecting upon the messiness of doctoral fieldwork
This Forum issue discusses the centrality of the fieldwork in doctoral research. The inevitability of researchers’ influence and of their values apparent during and after their fieldwork calls for a high degree of reflexivity. Since the standard methodology textbooks do not sufficiently guide on addressing such challenges, doctoral researchers go through stressful phases, at times revising various decisions they made before starting fieldwork. By…
University Spaces as Agents of National Belonging
This article discusses the role of ‘space’ in Indian and Pakistani public sector universities in fostering national pride. University spaces have been highlighted, in both countries, for being used by the governments as agents fostering the national narrative yet there is limited research on how these spaces contribute to the visual culture of educational institutions and in the inculcation of nationalistic values. This article adds to the conver…
The debate between secularism and Hindu nationalism – how India’s textbooks have become the government’s medium for political communication
Schools and textbooks are significant mediums for the transmission of political ideas. Textbooks therefore reflect the ideology of the day whilst imparting values, goals, and myths to younger generations. This article provides an insight into the nexus between politics, the state, the social contract, and school textbooks in India. It critically highlights the ways in which the discourses of political parties of the (national) Self and Other are …
Your Lord has not forsaken you”
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)