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An intersectional exploration into discrimination, mobilisation and exploitation The 2025 edition will deal with issues of marginalisation, cultural and economic discrimination from the perspective of the still existing caste segregation. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this year’s programme will explore the multidimensional forms of caste discrimination in contemporary India, looking at the persistence of the stigma… Read More »The persistence of caste in contemporary India

Among temples, religious fervor, and the never-fully-achieved promise of development, ten years of Modi government have refashioned India. On the international stage, the country has gained centrality as a leading geopolitical actor; internally, beneath the surface of glorious claims and shining new projects, the political trajectory of the past ten years has brought about increasing… Read More »2024 – Naya Bharat for whom?

The 2023 edition of the Summer School will take place between Monday 26 and Friday 30 June, and for this year we have decided to focus on the dichotomy between an ‘official’ image of India (its history, society but also economy), dear to the government and proposed daily by the mainstream media, and undercurrents of… Read More »India Silenced. Censorship, Repression, Dissent

In response to the growing interest in India in the era of globalisation, the Department of Culture, Politics and Society of the University of Turin is pleased to announce the fifth edition of the Summer School on “Politics, Development and Social Change in Contemporary India”. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the School provides students with an… Read More »Adivasi issues in contemporary India: identities, resistance and environment