Talk:M Madhava Prasad

By Renuka Joshi

M. Madhava Prasad is a Professor of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign Languages at The University, Hyderabad as of May 29, 2023. According to his university profile, he has published widely on cinema, culture, society, and politics in India.

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 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. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Cine-Politics: Film Stars and Political Existence in South India." Efluniversity, Dec. 2021,
2. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Darshan(A)." Efluniversity, Jan. 2021,
3. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Fan Bhakti and Subaltern Sovereignty: Enthusiasm as a Political Factor." Efluniversity, Oct. 2010,
4. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction. OUP 1998." Efluniversity, Apr. 2014,
5. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Melodramatic Polities?" Efluniversity, June 2014, www.academia.edu/485971/Melodramatic_polities.
6. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Political Subjects, National Identities." Efluniversity, Apr. 2014.
7. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Popular Culture and Cultural Studies." Efluniversity, Dec. 2021.
8. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Realism and Fantasy in Representations of Metropolitan Life in Indian Cinema." Efluniversity, June 2014
9. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Satyajit Ray: A Revaluation." Efluniversity, July 2022
10. Prasad, M. Madhava. "The State and Culture: Hindi Cinema in the Passive Revolution." Efluniversity, Jan. 1994
11. Prasad, M. Madhava. "The Struggle to Represent and Sartorial Modernity: On a Visual Dimension of Indian Nationalist Politics." Efluniversity, Jan. 2014,
12. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Two Keywords for South Asia: English and Translation." Efluniversity, Dec. 2021,
13. Prasad, M. Madhava. "Where Does the Forest Begin?" Efluniversity, May 2017