Surajkumar Thube

Research Topic

Print, Language and Counterpublics: The Marathi Public Sphere in Late Colonial Western India, ca. 1920-1947

Supervisor: Professor Nandini Gooptu

                    co-supervisor: Professor Rosalind O'Hanlon

Description  : My aim is to analyse and investigate the emergence of lower castes as 'counterpublics' via their participation in print and performative spheres. This will be done to explain their resistance of the social dominance of upper caste elites through the use of distinct language registers. 

Scholarship :   Felix scholarship ( 3 years )

Publications : Contributed 5 book reviews to The Book Review magazine. ( peer reviewed journal based in New Delhi ). Contributed articles to online forums like India Today's DailyO, Scroll, The Hoot, Indian Cultural Forum, Raiot , The Diplomat and Countercurrents.