Social Churning in Indian Society: An Interview with Prof Badri Narayan Tiwari

Social Churning in Indian Society: An Interview with Prof Badri Narayan Tiwari, Director and Professor at the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

Brief Bios:

Prof. Badri Narayan Tiwari is a Social Historian and Cultural Anthropologist and currently Director and Professor at the G.B. Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad. His wide ranging interests cover culture, memory and politics, contemporary histories, Ethnography of marginalized politics, social and anthropological history, Dalit and subaltern issues and Identity formation and the question of power. He has been a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla (1998-99), and Visiting Fellow at the International Institute of Asian Studies, University of Leiden, The Netherlands (2002) and HGIS Fellow at the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam (2001). He was a recipient of the Fulbright Senior Fellowship (September 2005-April 2006) and the Smuts Fellowship, University of Cambridge (February 2007 – October 2007).

Dr. Swadesh Singh is an author, columnist, teacher and activist. He holds a PhD degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and PG Diploma in Mass Communications from Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. He has 4 books to his credits - 'Modian Consensus, The Rediscovery of Bharat', 'Ayodhya Ram Mandir, Bharat's Quest for Ram-Rajya', 'Aatmanribharta: Revisiting the Idea and Practices', and 'Electoral Reforms: Ushering a Just Political Regime'. Dr. Swadesh Singh runs an academic forum named 'Academics For Nation'. He teaches Political Science at Satyawati College, University of Delhi.