Nitasha Kaul

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Nitasha Kaul
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Born1976
Dehli, India[1]
Alma materUniversity of Delhi
University of Hull
OccupationWriter, Poet, Activist, Academic
Known forResidue

Nitasha Kaul[2] is a London based academic, writer and poet. In addition to fiction, she writes and speaks about topics that cover the political economy, Bhutan, Kashmir, nationalism in India, gender and identity.

Early life and education[edit]

Kaul born and raised in Delhi, India to a Kashmiri Pandit family[3] and She had her schooling at St. Thomas School.[4] Kaul moved to England at the age of 21 in 1997.[5] She graduated in Economics from Sri Ram College of Commerce before pursuing her post-graduate from University of Hull; Kaul went on to earn her doctorate in Economics and Philosophy from Hull, in 2003.[6] Her doctoral thesis was Interrogating the Subject-World of Economic Epistemology: Re-Imagining Theory and Difference.[7]

Career[edit]

Kaul served as a Lecturer of Economics at University of Bath[7] and as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Bristol Business School from 2002 to 2007 before being made Associate Professor in Creative Writing at the Royal Thimphu College in Bhutan (2010).[6] At present, she is an Associate Professor in Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster.[6][8] Her current scholarly interests include feminist issues concerning Kashmiri women, the rise of muscular neo-liberal nationalism in India, and an analysis of right-wing politics in India.[9]

On October 22, 2019, Kaul served as one of the key witnesses at a United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing about the human rights situation in Indian-administered Kashmir, following the revocation of special status within India.[10] Kaul outlined extensive UNHCHR reports about the violations of human rights (and democratic principles) in both Indian and Pakistan-administered Kashmir along with the recent clampdown on communication facilities and mass-detention in the Indian territory.[11]

Books[edit]

Her first book Imagining Economics Otherwise: encounters with Identity/Difference (2007), was a monograph on economics and philosophy and was subject to mixed reception.[12][13][14]

In 2009 she wrote Residue, which was the first novel in English by a Kashmiri woman[15] and was shortlisted for the 2009 Man Asian Literary Prize.[3]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Residue. New Delhi: Rainlight, 2014 ISBN 9788129124852
  • November Light: An Anthology of Creative Writing from Bhutan
  • Imagining Economics Otherwise: Encounters with Identity/difference. London: Routledge, 2008 ISBN 9780415383974

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "South Asia Archives".
  2. ↑ Nitasha Kaul. University of Westminster.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Flood, Alison (21 October 2009). "Indian subcontinent dominates Man Asian literary prize shortlist". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "South Asia Archives".
  5. ↑ "South Asia Archives".
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Home Page". nitashakaul. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "CURRICULUM VITAE". nitashakaul. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Dr Nitasha Kaul". University of Westminster. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Nitasha Kaul Research Outputs". University of Westminster. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "Human Rights in South Asia: Views from the State Department and the Region, Panel II 116th Congress (2019-2020)". US Congress. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Written Testimony of Dr Nitasha Kaula: Hearing on "Human Rights in South Asia: Views from the State Department and the Region, Panel II" U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Nonproliferation (Committee on Foreign Affairs)" (PDF). US Congress. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  12. ↑ Charusheela, S. (April 2010). "Imagining Economics Otherwise: Encounters with Identity/Difference". Feminist Economics. 16 (2): 141–146. doi:10.1080/13545701003731864. ISSN 1354-5701. S2CID 145128669.
  13. ↑ Richardson, Colin (2008). "Review of IMAGINING ECONOMICS OTHERWISE: ENCOUNTERS WITH IDENTITY/DIFFERENCE" (PDF). Heterodox Economics Newsletter (62).
  14. ↑ "A Postmodernist Critique". The Book Review. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  15. ↑ Bazliel, Sharla (28 March 2014). "The urge for closure". IndiaToday. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

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