Publications

Articles in Double Peer–Reviewed Journals:

1. “Transformation of Tribal Hinterlands into Urban Spaces in India’s Fifth and Sixth Schedule Areas: Emerging Issues and Contestations” in “Social Change” Volume 51(3), pp. 362–378 (ISSN: 0049–0857, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/00490857211032952) on 6th September 2021.

2. “Tribes and Urbanisation in North East India: Issues and Challenges”: Special Article in “Economic and Political Weekly” Volume 54(38), pp. 46–52 (ISSN: 0012–9976), on 21st September 2019. https://www.epw.in/journal/2019/38/special-articles/tribes-and-urbanisation-north-east-india.html

3. “Adivasis, The Fifth Schedule and Urban Development: A Study of Greater Ranchi” in ‘Explorations, the eJournal of the Indian Sociological Society’, Volume 3(2), pp. 78–89 (ISSN: 2581–5741), in October 2019. http://app.insoso.org/ISS_journal/Repository/Adivasis.pdf

4. “Urbanisation of a Tribal City: Contestations of The New Shillong Township” in ‘Explorations, the eJournal of the Indian Sociological Society’, Volume 2(2), pp. 70–79 (ISSN: 2581–5741), in October 2018. http://app.insoso.org/ISS_journal/Repository/Research%20in%20Progress_1.pdf


Articles in Edited Books/Volumes:

1. “Dismantling Colonial Cartography – Indigenous Urbanism as Spatiality, India” (Forthcoming in 2022) in Walter Leal Filho ed. “Implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals – Regional Perspectives – The Asia and Pacific Region” (Springer).

2. “Indigenous Religions, Myths and Territorial Origins: Exploring the origins of Chhotanagpur and Meghalaya” (Forthcoming) in M. C. Behera ed. ‘Tribe and Religion: A Contemporary Reading’ (2022).

3. “Reimagining Urban Development in a Tribal Region – Readings on a Fifth Schedule Area of India” in ‘Theorising Urban Development from The Global South’ pp. 81–99, (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham); Edited by Anjali Karol Mohan, Sony Pellissery and Juliana Gomez Aristizabal (ISBN 978–3–030–82474–7; DOI: 10.1007/978–3–030–82475–4), on 26th October 2021. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-82475-4_4

4. “Minor Forest Produce and Tribal Livelihood in the era of COVID–19” in ‘India’s Indigenous Peoples: A Journey on Self–Reflection on Society, Culture and Sustainability’ pp. 284–296, (Indian Social Institute, New Delhi); Edited by Virginius Xaxa and Vincent Ekka (ISBN: 978–81–89762–84–1), on 9th September 2021.

5. “Sustainable Urbanization in Tribal or Indigenous Peoples’ Areas of India” in ‘Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Cities and Communities’ (Springer, Cham); Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Pinar Gökçin Özuyar, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Londero Brandli and Tony Wall (ISBN: 978–3–319–95716–6, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_126-1, on 1st May 2021. [This volume is the largest editorial project on matters related to sustainable development ever undertaken.]


Articles in Popular Outlets:

1. “Looking Beyond the Schedules”: A Special Article in ‘Artha’, the Annual Magazine of The Economics Society of Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), the University of Delhi, on 17th May 2020.

2. “New Shillong Township: A Way Forward or A Step Backward?”: A Special Article in The Shillong Times, on 21st September 2018.