Shirin M. Rai

Shirin M. Rai is Professor of International Political Economy, Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.

India: from populist nationalism to popular constitutionalism

A visit to Shaheen Bagh, in south east Delhi, reveals the surprising emergence of new shades of citizenship.

By Shirin M. Rai

/ 21 Jul 2020

India: from populist nationalism to popular constitutionalism

Visualising the human price of gold

An exhibition of powerful photographs brings home the real costs of illness and incapacitation for miners and their families.

By Shirin M. Rai and Beth Goldblatt

/ 28 Nov 2017

Imagining pasts and futures: the Indian Parliament Murals and South Africa’s Keiskamma Tapestry

The tapestry and the murals are part of the complex and multi-layered ‘archi-texture’ of the parliamentary buildings, which continue to echo with older articulations of power and what the nation is and should be.

By Dr. Rachel Johnson and Shirin M. Rai

/ 14 Dec 2012