Khusdeep Malhotra on Sikh Identity in Kashmir
Ideas of India · Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Show Notes
This episode is the fifth installment of a series in which Shruti speaks with doctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars about their research as they enter the job market and the world of academia. In this episode, Shruti talks with Khusdeep Malhotra about her dissertation, "Precarious Citizens, Excepted State: Sikh Rootedness in Kashmir After the Chittisinghpora Massacre." They discuss commonalities between Sikhs and Muslims in Kashmir, the effects of land ownership on the Sikh community, the role of women in passing on Sikh identity and much more. Malhotra received her Ph.D. from Temple University in Geography and Urban Studies in May 2022 and her research interests include conflict, displacement and minority rights in South Asia.
Recorded September 22nd, 2022
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