Talk:Chayanika Shah

By Sachi Anjunkar

Chayanika Shah is an independent researcher and queer activist as of July 2023. Her research includes Science Education, Women's Studies, Queer Theory.

As per her bio, 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 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. Shah, Chayanika. Family beyond Blood and Marriage. In Sexuality, Abjection and Queer Existence in Contemporary India June 2021, pp. 210–25, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003193531-14.
2. Nevatia, Smriti & Raj, & Mahajan, Shals & Shah, Chayanika. (2021). Bound by Norms and Out of Bounds. 10.4324/9781003191612-4.
3. Ranade, Ketki & Shah, Chayanika & Chatterji, Sangeeta. (2020). Making sense. 10.4324/9781003057796-8.
4. Shah, Chayanika & Vellanki, Vivek. (2015). Feminism and Science: Teaching and Learning 'Science in the Making'. Contemporary Education Dialogue. 12. 126-133. 10.1177/0973184914556871.
5. Shah, Chayanika. (2012). From Numbers to Structures: Navigating the Complex Terrains of Science, Education and Feminism. Contemporary Education Dialogue. 9. 10.1177/097318491200900202.
6. Nevatia, Smriti & Raj, & Mahajan, Shalini & Shah, Chayanika. (2012). Bound by Norms and Out of Bounds: Experiences of PAGFB (Persons Assigned Gender Female at Birth) Within the Formal Education System: Lesbians and Bisexuals in Action (LABIA). Contemporary Education Dialogue. 9. 10.1177/097318491200900203.
7. Shah, Chayanika. (2011). Sexuality, health and human rights, by Sonia Correa, Rosalind Petchesky and Richard Parker. Culture, health & sexuality. 13. 10.1080/13691058.2011.589976.
8. Shah, Chayanika. (2009). Regulate technology, not lives: a critique of the draft ART (Regulation) Bill. Indian journal of medical ethics. 6. 32-5. 10.20529/IJME.2009.008.
9. Hensman, Rohini & Rao, Anupama & Shah, Chayanika & John, Mary & Rinchin,. (2005). Economic and Political Weekly. Economic and political weekly. 40. 709-722.
10. Shah, Chayanika. (2005). Marriage, Family and Community: A Feminist Dialogue. Economic and Political Weekly. 40. 10.2307/4416223.