JOURNAL ARTICLES

AY 2020-2021

• (2021). Book review: Dharma in America: A short history of Hindu-Jain diaspora. South Asian Diaspora, 13(2), 221-223. https://doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2021.1909906

AY 2015-2016

• (2015). Living the double life: An analysis of the transgender community in Kasaragod district, Kerala. The Investigator, 1(2), 158-169. ISSN 2454-3314.

AY 2013-14

• (2013). Linking counter terrorism strategies with migration policies: A puzzling case of post 9/11 Britain. Journal of Polity and Society, 5(1/2), 58-75. ISSN 0976-0210.


• (2013). ICT and democracy: An analysis of emerging opportunities in the globalised era. Newman and Society, 4(2), 64-73. ISSN 2231-6698.


• (2013). Empowerment through political participation: Analysis of decision making power of women in local governance. International Journal for Environmental Protection and Rural Development, 3(1), 31-40. ISSN 2249-4375.


• (2013). Towards a common EU immigration policy: An analysis of post Lisbon treaty developments. Holistic Thought, 12(1/2), 81-96. ISSN 0975-363.

RESEARCH MONOGRAPH

AY 2014-2015

• (2015). Indian immigrants in Britain: Features of diasporic life post 2000s, Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism Research Monograph Series, 6. ISSN 2454-3675. https://www.grfdt.com/Upload/Publication/5039_GRFDT%20Research%20Paper%206.pdf

BOOK CHAPTERS

AY 2021-22

• (2022). Life of Sri Lankan refugee women in the camps of Tamil Nadu (co-author: D. Athray). In S. Irudaya Rajan (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of refugees in India (pp. 642-654). Routledge, ISBN: 978-1-032-16057-3 (pbk).


• (2021). Strengthening the India-EU migration corridor: The way forward. In N. Inamdar, P. V. Poojary, & P. Shetty (Eds.), Contours of India-EU engagements: Multiplicity of experiences (pp. 424-446). Manipal Universal Press, ISBN: 978-93-88337-26-7.

AY 2020-2021

• (2020). Re-reading the banyan tree analogy: Everyday life and identity of Indian diaspora in Britain. In R. Gowricharn (Ed.), Shifting transnational bonding in Indian diaspora (pp. 17-35). Routledge, ISBN 978-0-367-72335-4.

AY 2018-19

• (2018). Towards a digitally empowered society: The case of Digital India Programme. In C. Vinodan (Ed.), Governance and development challenges in India (pp. 69-82). New Century publishers, ISBN 978-81-7708-445-0.


• (2018). International Relations: A historical perspective. In S. Tripathi (Ed.), International Relations: Theories and approaches (pp.16-30). Worldview Publications, ISBN 978-93822-67-324.

AY 2014-15

• (2014). Multiculturalism as a policy of integration in Britain. In R. K. Jain (Ed.), Multiculturalism in India and Europe (pp. 168-182). Aakar Books, ISBN 978-93-5002-279-5.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

AY 2021-22

• (2022, April 7). Ukrainian refugees: EU rhetoric or paradigm shift?. Gateway House Newsletter, 11(14). https://www.gatewayhouse.in/ukrainian-refugees-eu-rhetoric-or-paradigm-shift/


• (2022, March 8). At the crossroads: COVID-19 and the ordeals of India’s Gulf migrants. The AIDEM. https://theaidem.com/at-the-crossroads-covid-19-and-the-ordeals-of-indias-gulf-migrants/


• (2022, February 13). Amid challenges, Malayalam radio makes strides in the Gulf. Times of India.

AY 2020-2021

• (2021, June 1). Mobile women without mobile phones: Indian domestic workers in the Gulf. In M. R. Dehli & L. L. Guerrero (Eds.), Routed: Mobility & (Im)mobility Magazine, pp. 51-53, https://www.routedmagazine.com/mobile-women-without-mobile-phones


• (2021, June 18). There are 100,000 ‘irregular’ Indian immigrants in the UK – but repatriating them home isn’t easy. Scroll.in. https://scroll.in/article/997363/there-are-100000-irregular-indian-immigrants-in-the-uk-but-repatriating-them-home-isnt-easy


• (2021, May 27). Irregular Indians in the UK: A conflicted issue. Gateway House Newsletter, 10(21). https://www.gatewayhouse.in/irregular-indians-in-the-uk-a-conflicted-issue/


• (2021, August 8). Telangana to Gulf: A migration corridor at crossroads. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/telangana-to-gulf-a-migration-corridor-at-crossroads


• (2021, May 12). End the haunting silence. The New Indian Express. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2021/may/12/end-the-haunting-silence-2301324.html


• (2021, April 6). Migrant workers nowhere on the election horizon.Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/migrant-workers-nowhere-on-the-election-horizon/articleshow/81919513.cms

AY 2019-2020

• (2020, June 1). Covid-19 pandemic and internal migrants in Maharashtra: Implications and responses. Sambhāṣaṇ, 1(2), pp. 26-32. https://mu.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/26-32-Covid-19-Pandemic-and-Internal-Migrants-in-Maharashtra.pdf


• (2020, April 1). Health and safety of interstate migrant workers in India during COVID-19: Inadequacy of the labour laws. Roots and Routes, 9(1-4). https://www.grfdt.com/PublicationDetails.aspx?Type=Articles&TabId=10129


• (2020, April 1). In search of home. Telangana Today. https://telanganatoday.com/in-search-of-home


• (2020, March 30). They are our guests, let’s behave like hosts. The Times of India. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/they-are-our-guests-lets-behave-like-hosts/articleshow/74891433.cms

AY 2018-19

• (2019, May 30). Placing the misplaced priorities right: Diaspora in election manifestos and the case of MOIA. FLAME Newsroom. https://www.flame.edu.in/newsroom/placing-the-misplaced-priorities-right-diaspora-in-election-manifestos-and-the-case-of-moia


• (2019, August 27). Growing India-UAE ties to benefit expats. The Times of India.


• (2019, August 10). Contradictory impact of UAE golden card. The New Indian Express. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2019/aug/10/contradictory-impact-of-uae-golden-card-2016681.html


• (2019, October 28). Tales of the fringes: Reading Unni R.’s ‘one hell of a lover’. The Wire. https://thewire.in/books/tales-of-the-fringes-reading-unni-rs-one-hell-of-a-lover

INVITED LECTURES/PANEL DISCUSSIONS

AY 2021-22

• (2022, March 21). Understanding Indian diaspora. Faculty Induction Programme (FIP-04/05-2021-22), UGC-HRDC, Manipur University, Imphal.


• (2022, February 22). Women and migration: Locating and mainstreaming gender in migration discourses in India. Migration a long way to go: Trends and challenges, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.


• (2022, January 4-7). Publicness of personal memories and narrative identities in the expatriate literature of Kerala. Turbulence and Resilience: Exploring Diaspora Spaces, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.


• (2021, November 5). Indian women migrant labourers in the Gulf countries and the impact of COVID-19. Asia Panel Event on Female Migrant Labourers and COVID-19, Global Research Network, The United Kingdom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpIwnofetvY


• (2021, October 24). Migration and Indian gig economy. Migration and Telemigration in the Gig Economy, WageIndicator Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouFEOL4QJog&t=14s

AY 2020-21

• (2021, June 21). Refugee women and their everyday lives in India: Before and during the pandemic. Challenges and issues among refugees during pandemic, Galgotias University, Uttar Pradesh.


• (2021, February 18). India-United Kingdom relations in post-Brexit era. Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.


• (2021, January 30). Migration governance in India: Issues and the way forward. Payyannur College, Kannur, Kerala.


• (2020, December 17). India-EU engagement in migration and mobility: Issues and the way forward. Lecture Series on International Relations in the 21st Century, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala.


• (2020, November 20). COVID-19 and women migrant workers: Addressing the less addressed. Lecture series on Women and COVID-19, MES Asmabi College, Kodungallur, Kerala.


• (2020, October 31). Migrants and their narrative identity: Mapping the Indian diaspora literature. O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana.


• (2020, September 26). Migrant and left-behind women during the COVID-19. Panel Discussion on Covid-19 and women’s work in times of pandemic, All India Professionals’ Congress, Kerala.


• (2020, July 9). Capacity building of women and children who have migrated and left-behind. Panel Discussion on Migration a reality: Solutions and policies to promote safe internal migration, International Justice Mission, Patna (IJM), Bihar Office.

AY 2018-2019

• (2019, January 9). Gandhi and conflict resolution. Panel discussion on Is Gandhi Relevant Today?, FLAME International Relations Committee in partnership with Wellesley College, USA at Pune.


• (2018, September 7). Diaspora literature in the era of global migration. International Conference on Globalisation, Culture and Literature, Dnyansagar Institute of Management and Research, Pune.

AY 2017-2018

• (15 May 2018). Teaching and learning European Studies in India: A participant experience approach to understand the Europe from outside. Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel at Basel, Switzerland.


• (2015, December 15). Indian immigrants in Europe. Manipal University, Manipal.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

AY 2018-19

• (2019, June 14-15). Permanence of impermanence: The depiction of expatriate lives in the diasporic literature of Kerala, India. Vertex Research Society, The United Arab Emirates.


• (2019, March 14-16). Fragmented lives of expatriates: A rereading of Temporary People by Deepak Unnikrishnan. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Literature and Culture, Andra University, Vishakhapatanam, Andra Pradesh.


• (2018, December 14-16). Portrayal of cultural identity in diasporic literature: A rereading of Meera Syal’s Anita and Me. International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture, Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune.


• (2018, September 7-8). Longing for home: Mapping the Indian diasporic literature and popular culture in Europe. International Conference on Globalisation, Culture and Literature, Dnyansagar Institute of Management and Research, Pune.

AY 2017-2018

• (2018, June 18-21). Ethnic popular culture among the Indian diaspora in multicultural Britain: A case study approach. Annual IJAS International Conference, FIAP Jean Monnet, Paris, France.


• (2018, May 17-20). Diaspora problematics in the age of globalisation: A case of Indian immigrants in Britain. International Social Sciences and Humanities Conference, Berlin, Germany.


• (2018, April 25). European Studies in India: Opportunity gained or lost?. Workshop on The Politics of European Studies in Asia, University of Basel, Switzerland.


• (2017, December 15-17). Diaspora culture and identities: A curious case of survival in foreign lands. International Conference on Language, Literature and Culture, Institute of Advanced Studies in English, Pune.


• (2017, October 13-14). Migration in the age of (post) globalisation: Rise of far-right extremism and diaspora problematics. International Conference on Wither the Global Village: Is Globalisation in Retreat?, Central University of Kashmir, Nowgam Campus-2, Srinagar.


• (2017, October 5-7). Re-reading the banyan tree analogy: The everyday life of Indian diaspora in Europe. Global Conference on Diaspora Studies and Policies, VU University Amsterdam & Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands.

AY 2016-2017

• (2017, February 25). Contextualising diasporic culture and identity in the age of global migration. Conference on Globalisation, Culture and Identity: Challenges and Prospects FLAME University, Pune.


• (2016, November 26-27). Empowered or engulfed: A study on the impact of migration on the Gulf wives of Kerala. International Conference on Global Migration: Rethinking Skills, Knowledge and Culture, Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, New Delhi.

AY 2015-2016

• (2016, January 20-21). Quantitative Vs. qualitative equality: An analysis of social acceptability of women leadership in local governance. International Conference Series on Thinkers Workshop on Decentralisation and Development, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala.


• (2016, January 14-15). Towards a digitally empowered inclusive society: A case of Digital India Programme. International Conference on Understanding Contemporary India, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam & Kerala State Higher Education Council, Kerala.


• (2015, November 27-28). Cultural representation among Indian diaspora in multicultural Britain: An analysis of ethnic popular media and Bollywood effect. National Seminar on Dialogics of Cultural Encounters, Mercy College, Palakkad, Kerala.


• (2015, September 30 - October 1). ICT, democracy and governance: An analysis of emerging opportunities in the globalised era. National Seminar on Media, Technology and Democracy, Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala.


• (2015, July 29-31). Strategising Indianness abroad: A socio-cultural account of indian diasporic life in Britain. National Seminar on Travails of Uprootment: A Tribute to Refugees, Exiled, and Diasporic Communities, MSM College, Kayamkulam, Kerala.


• (2015, July 29). Living the double life: An analysis of the social lives of transgenders in Kasaragod District, Kerala. National Seminar on Literature and Gender Issues, Assabah Arts & Science College, Malappuram, Kerala.

AY 2014-2015

• (2015, January 30-31). ICT and e-democracy: A strategy for deepening global democracy and good governance. National Seminar on Democracy, Development and Globalisation: Perspectives and Experiences, Government College Madappally, Kerala.


• (2015, January 13-14). E-governance as a tool for national development and good governance in the age of globalisation. National Seminar on Redefining Avenues of Development: Emerging Concerns in the Liberalised Era St John’s College, Anchal, Kerala.

AY 2013-2014

• (2014, February 3). Digital democracy and ICT: A strategy for global governance. National Seminar on E-governance: A Step Towards Digital Democracy, Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Kerala & MES Asmabi College, Kodungallur, Kerala.


• (2014, January 19-21). Women empowerment and local governance. International Conference on Deepening Democracy, Department of Local Self Government, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.


• (2013, October 1-4). Evaluating methodology in International Relations. Workshop on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod.


• (2013, September 27-28). Empowerment through political participation: Analysis of decision making power of women in local governance. International Seminar on Women Empowerment: Global Perspective, Environmental Advisory for Sustainable Trust, Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari.

AY 2012-2013

• (2013, March 15-16). Negotiating contested spaces of identity: Indian diaspora in Britain. International Seminar on Emerging Identities in India and Europe: Exploring Critical Issues, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi.


• (2012, December 29). Indian emigration to the United Kingdom: A historical inquiry. Indian History Congress, Mumbai University, Mumbai.


• (2012, March 2). Indian immigrants in Britain: A socio-cultural profile. International Seminar on India and the European Union in a Changing World: Perceptions and Perspectives, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi.

AY 2011-2012

• (2011, September 22). The impact of the Lisbon Treaty on EU immigration policies: A special case analysis of Britain. International Seminar on European Identity after the Lisbon Treaty, School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi.