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Building a reading list (analytical news, academic perspectives and journal articles) to strengthen perspectives on the current #CAA_NRCProtests which discuss issues of citizenship, immigration, ethnonationalism, constitutional values.

Reply/DM us suggestions? 1/n

Excellent resource by @kalramnath @ChawlaSwati @j_namakkal and @lydia_walker_ (some of the articles linked below are from here) 2/n radicalhistoryreview.org/abusablepast/m…

@angshuman_ch continuously updates this rich list on issues of citizenship Assam & NRC: overgroundnotes.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/cri… 3/n

Important piece by political scientist, Niraja Gopal Jayal: theindiaforum.in/article/faith-… 4/n

Interview with Niraja Gopal Jayal by @IChotiner: newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/i… 5/n

@IChotiner @aFarrahAhmed journal article:"Arbitrariness, Subordination and Unequal Citizenship" (January 7, 2020). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… (DM for pdf) 6/n

@RanaAyyub opinion piece in The Washington Post: “India's Protests Could Be a Tipping Point against Authoritarianism” (December 18, 2019) 7/n washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/….

Guest posts on Indian Constitutional Law & Philosophy Blog (by @gautambhatia88):
(1) Niveditha K: indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2019/12/05/gue…
(2) Shivam Singhania indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2019/12/26/the…
(3) Varun Kannan indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2020/01/03/gue…
(4) Abhinav Chandrachud indconlawphil.wordpress.com/2020/01/07/gue… 8/n

@gautambhatia88 on the importance of the Constitution and public engagement in #AntiCAA protests thehindu.com/opinion/lead/i… 9/n

@CLPR_CADIndia post by @VineethKrishnaE on the discussion on religion and citizenship during the Constituent Assembly Debates in 1949: constitutionofindia.net/blogs/who_is_a… 10/n

@CLPR_CADIndia @VineethKrishnaE Abhinav Chandrachud "Secularism and the Citizenship Amendment Act" (January 4, 2020) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 11/n

Shubankar Dam, an important piece on going beyond the Constitution and the law, paying attention to the protests on the streets newslaundry.com/2019/12/24/don…. 12/n

@itihaasnaama & @SurabhiRanganat piece in New York Times: “We Are Witnessing a Rediscovery of India's Republic.” (27 December, 2019) nytimes.com/2019/12/27/opi… 13/n

Mahmood Mamdani, "Uncovering the CAA’s Larger Stratagem" (31 December, 2019)
thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/… 14/n

Christophe Jefferlot "Ahimsa 2.0: Subcontinent is witnessing revival of non-violent movements, to protect constitutional values" (December 28, 2019)
indianexpress.com/article/opinio… 15/n

Anupama Roy, "In the Name of a Majority" (December 13, 2019) thehindu.com/opinion/lead/i… 16/n

[note: thank you to (unknown) person(s) who have put together several of the pieces above in a list that has been circulating]

@neetinair "For the first time, India is seeing secularism go from a top-down decree to a street slogan" (January 3, 2020)
theprint.in/opinion/india-… 17/n

@NeetiNair @areesh80 on @project_polis "The Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 has no leg to stand on" (December 28, 2019) thepolisproject.com/the-citizenshi… 18/n

@NeetiNair @areesh80 @project_polis Satish Deshpande, "Defying the Legalisation of the Unjustifiable" (January 4, 2020) thehindu.com/opinion/lead/d… 19/n

Chintan Chandrachud "CAA: Pursuing process and protest", (December 26, 2019) hindustantimes.com/analysis/caa-p… 20/n