Talk:Navyug Gill

By Rutvi Dattani

Navyug Gill is a Professor in the Department of History at William Paterson University as of December 2022. His research interests include Modern South Asia, Labor History, Agrarian Studies, Caste Politics, Global Capitalism, Postcolonial Theory, and Subaltern Studies.

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 as of December 2022

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. Gill, N. "Accumulation by Attachment: Colonial Benevolence and the Rule of Capital in Nineteenth Century Panjab." Past & Present, vol. 256, 2022.
2. Gill, N. "Limits of Conversion: Caste, Labor, and the Question of Emancipation in Colonial Panjab." Journal of Asian Studies, vol. 78, 2019.
3. Gill, N. "Essential before the Pandemic: Migrant Labour and the Politics of Language." Economic and Political Weekly, vol. 55, no. 26-27, 2020.

   The author proposes to write about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrant laborers but instead uses the article to accuse the government of India of using force to stop migrant workers from mass-migrating from cities to villages that span the breadth of the state of Punjab. The author does not consider the facts or general policies implemented by governments around the world that were all similar and aimed to curb the spread of COVID-19 by temporarily limiting population mobility.