Subcontinent Project News Today

Alpa Shah, a professor at the London School of Economics, spoke about her new book, “The Incarcerations,” Tuesday in Harris Hall. Graduate student group The Subcontinent Project hosted the event. Fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature Raina Bhagat organized the event. Bhagat said she was contacted by colleagues about Shah — who is currently visiting...

It has been nearly four years since I first arrived in America. I consider it my good fortune to have pursued my higher education in the Chicago area, which was once addressed by one of the greatest Hindu leaders of modern times: Swami Vivekananda. Vivekananda educated the world on Hinduism in his address at the...

Content warning: This article contains discussions of Islamophobia. India’s right-wing, pro-Hindu ruling party — the Bharatiya Janata Party — passed the Citizen Amendment Act in 2019, easing the path to citizenship for Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jain, Parsi and Sikh immigrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan. However, the policy does not grant the same benefits to...