Talk:Satish Kolluri

By Rutvi Dattani

Satish Kolluri is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Pace University, as of November 2022. According to his university profile, his research interests include Philosophy of Communication, Digital and Participatory Cultures, Asian Cinema, Aesthetics and Affect Theory, Parenting and Education, Media, Satire, Politics and Civic Engagement, and Cultural Studies.

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."

In 2016, he signed a letter addressed to the State Board of Education, California Department of Education, dated May 17, 2016. The letter stated the following:

1. "There is no established connection between Hinduism and the Indus Civilization. The Rg Veda contains numerous mentions of horses and chariots but there is no conclusive material or fossil evidence for either at any Indus valley archeological site."
2. "It is inappropriate to remove mention of the connection of caste to Hinduism."
3. "The geographic location of the Indus Civilization lies in what is now contemporary India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. The use of "South Asia" to describe this shared civilizational heritage is thus entirely appropriate in some places of the framework, even though South Asia is a modern term, and some source materials use the term ‘Ancient India.' "

Publication Related to India

1. Kolluri, Satish. Whose Nation Is It Anyway?: Nationalism and the Metaphorics of Secular Subjectivity. 2023.
2. Kolluri, Satish, and Joseph Tse-Hei Lee. "An Inter-Asian Perspective on China’s Rise and Power Shifts in Asia." Social Transformations in Chinese Societies, 2021, ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/STICS-12-2020-0030.
3. Kolluri, Satish, Joseph Tse-Hei Lee, and Lee, "Hong Kong and Bollywood in the Global Soft Power Contest." Indian Journal of Asian Affairs, vol. 29, 2016, pp. 101–112.
4. Kolluri, Satish. "Minority Existence and the Subject of (Religious) Conversion." Cultural Dynamics, vol. 14, 2002, pp. 81-95. https://doi.org/10.1177/09213740020140010701.
5. Kolluri,, and Ali Mir. "Redefining Secularism in Postcolonial Contexts: An Introduction." Cultural Dynamics, vol. 14, 2002, pp. 7-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/09213740020140010601.