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Talk:Amit R Baishya

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By Renuka Joshi


Amit R Baishya is an Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies for the English Department, University of Oklahoma as of June 8, 2023.[1]. According to his university profile, his research and teaching interests include Postcolonial literature, Cultural studies, Film.

He has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India, the Indian Government in the context of BJP government, the Indus Civilization, or caste as of May 2023.

In 2021, he along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women in these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]

In 2016, he signed a letter endorsing a letter submitted by the South Asia Faculty Group[3][4] where it addressed the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. In this letter they requested removing the word India from textbooks. In addition, they falsely[5] stated:

  1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization."
  2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."


Publications related to India[edit]

Book[edit]

  1. Baishya, Amit. "Contemporary Literature from Northeast India: Deathworlds, Terror and Survival." Routledge, 2018.

Journal Issue

  1. Baishya, Amit., Dutta, Meenakshi G., and Kumar, Priya, editors. "Planetary Solidarities: Postcolonial Theory, the Anthropocene and the Nonhuman." Special issue, Postcolonial Studies, vol. 25, no. 3, 2022.

Peer reviewed Journals[edit]

  1. Baishya, Amit R. “Endangered (and Endangering) Species: Exploring the Animacy Hierarchy in Malik Sajad’sMunnu.” South Asian Review, vol. 39, no. 1–2, Taylor and Francis, Oct. 2018, pp. 50–69. https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2018.1514152.
  2. Baishya, Amit. “The Act of Watching With One’s Own Eyes.” Routledge, vol. 17, no. 4, July 2015, pp. 603–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801x.2014.937732.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Amit Baishya Oklahoma University profile, accessed June 8, 2023
  2. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
  3. ↑ 5-17 Prof. S. Shankar et al support letter
  4. ↑ 5-17 Kamala Visweswaran South Asian Faculty Group
  5. ↑ Gupta, S. P. 'The Dawn of Civilization.' In History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization: Volume I: Part 1, edited by G. C. Pandey and D. P. Chattopadhyaya. New Delhi: Centre for Studies in Civilizations, 1999.
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