Talk:Charles Varghese

By Rutvi Dattani

Charles Varghese is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak , as of November 2022. According to his university profile, his area of research interest is Education and Marginalisation.

As per his bio, 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, or the Indian Government in the context of the BJP Government.

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 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

Journal Publications

1. Varghese, Charles, and Sheethal S. Kumar. "Marginality: A Critical Review of the Concept." Review of Development and Change, vol. 27, no. 1, 2022, pp. 23-41, https://doi.org/10.1177/09722661221096681.
2. Varghese, Charles. "Adivasis and Schooling: A Critical Reflection on Perspectives." Explorations, vol. 4, no. 1, Indian Sociological Society, 2020, pp. 29-44.
3. Varghese, Charles. "Indigenous Knowledge and Modernity: Some Critical Reflections." Health and Well Being: The Tribal Perspective, edited by Nisha Jolly Nelson, APH Publications, 2019, pp. 53-71.
4. Varghese, Charles, and Sheethal S Kumar. "Grooming Young Professionals? Emerging Issues and Challenges of Professionalism in a Globalised Society." Kerala Sociologist, vol. XXXVII, no. 1, 2009, pp. 31-40.
5. Varghese, Charles. The 'Knowledge Workers' in Information Technology Industry. Kerala Sociologist [ISSN: 0975-8933] December 2011. Vol. XXXIX No.2
6. Varghese, Charles. 'Social and Cultural Issues of Tribal Students in Accessing Higher Education, Conference proceedings, Tezpur University, Assam, 2011, Pg. 29.