Talk:Avishek Ganguly

By Rutvi Dattani

Avishek Ganguly is Associate Professor in the Department of Literary Arts and Studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as of December 2022. According to his university profile, he works at the intersection of translation, theater and performance, cultural studies, and contemporary literatures in English.

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government in the context of BJP government

In 2021, he endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference 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

1. Ganguly, Avishek. "Song, Politics, Hashtag: The Story of Contemporary Bengali Music Making." The Arts and South Asia, Harvard South Asia Institute, 2017.
2. Ganguly, Avishek. "Politics and Periodicals in the 1960s: Readings around the 'Naxalite Movement'." In The Third World in the Global 1960s, edited by Samantha Christiansen and Zachary Scarlett, Berghahn Books, 2012. Paperback edition, 2015.
3. Ganguly, Avishek. “An Unequal Music: A Study of Contemporary Bengali Urban Music in Late-Twentieth Century Calcutta.” Space, Sexuality and Postcolonial Cultures: Papers from the Cultural Studies Workshop, ENRECA Occasional Papers Series 6, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, 2003.
4. Ganguly, Avishek. "Citybeats: Contemporary Urban Music in Calcutta." SARAI READER 02: The Cities of Everyday Life, Sarai - The New Media Initiative & Waag Society, 2002.