Talk:Anu Thapa

By Rutvi Dattani

Anu Thapa is Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in the Writing and Communication Program at Georgia Institute of Technology as of September 2022. According to her university profile, her research interests include Cinema And Media Studies, Digital Humanities, Postcolonial Theory and South Asia.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva and the Indian Government.

In 2021, she 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 of 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."

Publications related to India

Articles

1. Thapa, Anu. "Resurrection, Remediation, and Religious Fundamentalism in Contemporary Indian Sci-Fi/Fantasy Films." CrossCurrents, 2021. Link to source
2. Thapa, Anu. "Framing the Subaltern: The Reemergence of the 'Other' in Neoliberal Popular Indian Cinema." Cinéma&Cie, 2017. Link to source