Shows
AKC PodcastS10 E04: Between Past and Future: Muslim Political Philosophy in Colonial IndiaDr Taushif Kara explores Muslim philosophy in colonial India through poetry, literature and art2024-02-1232 min
Asian Studies CentreDon't call yourselves Asian! Uganda's Indians and the problem of namingTaushif Kara (Cambridge) as part of the Conference - Expulsion: Uganda’s Asians and the Remaking of Nationality The partition of the subcontinent in 1947 presented a unique problem for its diaspora. Trading communities in places like Gwadar often found themselves forced to choose between Indian and
Pakistani citizenship but desiring neither, while in colonial Tanganyika many sought British nationality. But attached to the persistent problem of nationality there was also the question of
naming, as the once porous category of Indian was now linked to a specific post-colonial state. These communities were often described for the first time as “Asian” as a w...2022-06-2720 min