Team
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Raqib Hameed Naik
Founder
Raqib Hameed Naik is a multimedia journalist with nearly a decade of reporting experience in India, Kashmir, China, and the United States. His work focuses on political conflict, human rights, religious minorities, refugees, press freedom, and the environment, and Hindu nationalism. Naik is the founder of Hindutva Watch, a research and documentation project that investigates the rise of Hindu nationalism and its targeting of religious minorities in India.
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Brahmani
Research Fellow
Brahmani (she/her) specializes in using computational methods to understand societal phenomena, mainly focussing on politics, hate speech and mis/disinformation.
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Deeksha Udupa
Research Fellow
Deeksha is a journalist, researcher, and fact-checker who is passionate about investigative storytelling. After completing their bachelor's degree from Wellesley College, she worked at The Nation magazine, where Deeksha mainly reported on Hindu nationalism and its impact on American politics. Deeksha's relevant interests lie in the growth of religious ethnonationalism, press freedom, climate justice, and reproductive rights.
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Abhu Tyagi
Research Fellow
Abhu Tyagi is a PhD student in Columbia University. He specializes in research on political violence, inequality, and electoral accountability in India.
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N Fathima
Research Fellow
N. Fathima is a lawyer specializing in transnational justice and crime.
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Yash Sharma
Research Fellow
Yash is a PhD candidate at the University of Cincinnati. He focuses on political mobilization, electoral politics, and ethnoreligious nationalism.
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Julia
Research Fellow
Julia is a lecturer and scholar based in Germany.
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Antara Chakraborthy
Associate Research Fellow
Antara Chakraborthy is a Senior Analyst at the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. With a background in journalism covering Indian domestic politics, she now explores multiculturalism and citizenship in plural societies. Antara’s research focuses on the areas of social cohesion, social resilience, and polarisation in multicultural landscapes. Her current research delves into the rise of religious nationalism in India and its impacts on diasporic identity. Antara loves cats, tea, and a good fantasy novel.
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Mohammad Omar
Senior Research Analyst
Mohammad Omar is a scholar based in the UK. He works on the intersection of politics, gender and nationalism.
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Aarushi
Research Analyst
Aarushi (they/she) is a journalist based in Paris. She cover issues related to human rights, migration, politics, climate and gender. Aarushi has also worked in podcasting and long form documentaries. They are currently working on a documentary about the rise of Hindu nationalism amongst Indian diaspora.