Dr Dolly Kikon

Dr Dolly Kikon

Deputy Associate Dean (International - India), Faculty of Arts; Senior Research Advisor (Governance), Australia India Institute; Senior Lecturer, School of Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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Arts & Culture

Understanding modern attacks on Gandhi

Statues of Indian independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi, have been vandalised or removed around the world – but why does his likeness face attacks today?

Politics & Society

Caste and cricket: How celebrities enable inequality

India’s caste system is a millennia old hierarchy that has helped to create deep inequalities. Celebrities who flaunt their caste identity can end up further promoting and enabling this inequality

Politics & Society

A long way from home

As India’s COVID-19 lockdown continues, many migrant workers from the country’s Northeast are unable to return home. But even when they can, they face fear and stigma