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Talk:Mahalakshmi

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By Anirudha Patel

R Mahalakshmi is a Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Sciences at JNU, as of May 2023[1][2]. According to her university profile, her areas of interest include the Evolution of state structures in the early medieval period in south India; Tamil influences in early historical and early medieval Sri Lanka; interrogating gender and patriarchy in early India; growth and transformation of Brahmanical religious traditions and institutions in the early medieval period in India; the development of Brahmanical and Buddhist art and architecture in South and Southeast Asia; and tribal histories of South Asia, particularly the Brahmanical/ Buddhist-tribal interactions in the pre-modern period.

She 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 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."[3]

Publications related to India or Hinduism[edit]

  1. Ramakrishnan, Mahalakshmi. "The Making of the Goddess Koṟṟavai-Durgā in the Tamil Religious Tradition, circa AD 600-1300." PhD diss., Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2006.
  2. Ramakrishnan, Mahalakshmi. "The Role of Women in the Indian Freedom Struggle." Indian Journal of Gender Studies 24.1 (2017): 117-138. doi:10.1177/0971521516679100.
  3. Ramakrishnan, Mahalakshmi. "Women's Political Participation in India: A Historical Perspective." Economic and Political Weekly 48.26 (2013): 51-58. doi:10.2307/43664277.
  4. Ramakrishnan, Mahalakshmi. "Women's Representation in Indian Parliament: A Comparative Study." Indian Journal of Political Science 74.3 (2013): 501-516. doi:10.1007/s12099-013-0317-1.
  5. Ramakrishnan, Mahalakshmi. "Gender and Political Representation in India." In Routledge Handbook of Gender and Politics in South Asia, edited by Ritu Menon and Rekha Pande, Routledge, 2012, pp. 165-179.
  6. Ramakrishnan, Mahalakshmi. "Gender and Governance in India." In Gender and Governance in South Asia, edited by Ritu Menon and Rekha Pande, Sage Publications India, 2009, pp. 143-162.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ University Profile accessed May 10, 2023
  2. ↑ Kasturi Ray ResearchGate Publications accessed November 18, 2022
  3. ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022
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