Talk:Sheetal Chhabria

By Sachi Anjunkar

Sheetal Chhabria is a Associate Professor of History at the Connecticut College as of June 2023. According to her university profile, her research topic includes South Asian history, colonialism, urbanism, capitalism, global history, and the history of Poverty.

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 as of December 2022 in the context of BJP government.

In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar 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. Chhabria, Sheetal. Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay . University of Washington Press. 2019.
2. Chhabria, Sheetal. “India’s Prime Minister: Narendra Modi, Gender, and Governance.” The Gendered Executive. Edited by Mary Anne Borelli & Janet Martin. Temple University Press. 2016.
3. Chhabria, Sheetal. “The Aboriginal Alibi: Governing Dispossession in Colonial Bombay.” Comparative Studies in Society and History, vol. 60, no. 4, 2018, pp. 1096–1126., doi:10.1017/S0010417518000397.
4. Chhabria, Sheetal. "Inequality in an Era of Convergence: Using Global Histories to Challenge Globalization Discourse". World History Connected 13.2 (2016): 32 pars. https://worldhistoryconnected.press.uillinois.edu/13.2/chhabria.html.
5. Chhabria, Sheetal. “Gujarat: Indian Imperialism on the Coast,” in The First Global Age, (1450 – 1770), World History Encyclopedia, by ABC – CLIO, February 2011.