Talk:Avinash Kumar

By Renuka Joshi

Avinash Kumar is an assistant professor as of June 4, 2023, at the Centre for Informal Sector & Labour Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. According to his university profile, his areas of interest are Land, Labour and Caste; politics of marginalization and informality; discrimination and exclusion, movements of the marginalized; labour market and Indian political economy.

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 B.J.P. 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 in 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. Kumar, Avinash. “Criminalization of Politics: Caste, Land and the State.” Rawat Publications, 2015, www.rawatbooks.com/sociology/criminalisation-of-politics-caste-land-and-the-state.
2. Kumar, Avinash, and Sudha Pai. “Revisiting 1956: B. R. Ambedkar and States Reorganisation.” Orientblackswan, 2014, www.orientblackswan.com/details?id=9789352873883.
3. Pai, Sudha, and Avinash Kumar. The Indian Parliament: A Critical Appraisal. 2014.
4. Kumar. Avinash. "The Battle for Land- Unaddressed Issues" Economic and Political Weekly, June 18, 2011, 20-23.
5. Kumar, Avinash. "Fallacy of the State in Bihar", Economic and Political Weekly, November 3, 2012, Vol. XLVII, No 44, 23-25.