Publications

Journal Articles

• Kalyani, K. (Forthcoming). Aesthetics and politics of Dalit women’s writings within Indian pedagogic practices. Contemporary Voice of Dalit.
• Kalyani, K. (Forthcoming). दलित समाज में प्रतिरोध के गीतों का महत्व और सांस्कृतिक चेतना में इसका योगदान, सामाजिकी, 1(3).
• Kalyani, K. (2022). Resistance in popular visuals and iconography: A study of Dalit-Bahujan calendar art in North India. Journal of Social Inclusion Studies, 8(1), 64 – 85. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​7​7​/​2​3​9​4​4​8​1​1​2​2​1​0​87489
• Kalyani, K. (2022). Emergence of Dalit Art entrepreneurs: Exploring anti-caste songs as the new-creative industry in North India. Local Development and Society, 2(1), 1 – 15. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​8​0​/​2​6​8​8​3​5​9​7​.​2​0​2​2​.​2​0​45087
• Kalyani, K. (2020). The Culture-economy of beauty industry in popular magazines. Journal of Sociology, Jadavpur University, 11(11),36 – 54. 
• Kalyani, K. (2020). Tathagata Buddha songs: Buddhism as religion and cultural-resistance among Dalit women singers of Uttar Pradesh. Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion (J‑Caste). 1(2), 51 – 62. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​2​6​8​1​2​/​c​a​s​t​e​.​v​1​i​2.184
• Kalyani, K. (2020). ​‘Gaze’ and ​‘Bodies’ in Popular Print: Understanding the changing representation of women in visual culture. J​ournal of Media and Communication, 4​(1)​,​47 – 63. http://​jmc​.cutn​.ac​.in/​d​o​c​s​/​J​M​&​C​2​0​2​0​J​u​n​e​P​a​p​e​r​4​_​2​1​1​2​2​0​2​0.pdf
• Kalyani, K. (2017). Gender violence, caste identity and their representation in media. The Voice, 4(3), 94 – 108.
• Kalyani, K. (2016). Changing patterns of sexuality in Caribbean: Indian diaspora and popular culture. Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, 2(8), 5 – 14. https://grfdt.com/PublicationDetails.aspx?Type=Working%20papers&TabId=9088

Chapters in Edited Books

• Kalyani, K., Singh, S. (Forthcoming). From DS4 to contemporary BSP politics: Role of songs in the emergence of Bahujan identity. In S. Pai, D. Babu, & R. Verma (Eds.), Dalits in the New Millennium. Cambridge University Press. https://​www​.cam​bridge​.org/​c​o​r​e​/​b​o​o​k​s​/​d​a​l​i​t​s​-​i​n​-​t​h​e​-​n​e​w​-​m​i​l​l​e​n​n​i​u​m​/​A​4​2​3​E​E​9​6​2​D​9​A​B​B​F​8​1​9​4​C​2​C​9​3​4​C​8​CBB69
• Pathania, G.J., Kalyani, K. (Forthcoming). Contextualizing the emergence of Dalit studies in Academia. In J. M. Paraskeva (Ed.), On Caste: The Unforgettable Silence Towards a Non-derivative Curriculum Reason. Routledge.

• Kalyani, K. (2020). Popular culture and changing gender roles: A study of Indian diaspora in the Caribbean. In A. Pande (Ed.), Women in the Indian Diaspora: Historical Narratives and Contemporary Challenge (pp. 211 – 225). Springer. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7/978 – 981-15 – 1177-6_15

Magazine article

• Kalyani, K. (2021, December 06). Dalit-Bahujan women in politics and the missing narratives. Outlook. https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​w​e​b​s​i​t​e​/​s​t​o​r​y​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​-​u​p​-​p​o​l​l​s​-​d​a​l​i​t​-​b​a​h​u​j​a​n​-​w​o​m​e​n​-​i​n​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​-​a​n​d​-​t​h​e​-​m​i​s​s​i​n​g​-​n​a​r​r​a​t​i​v​e​s​/​4​03528

Online Articles

• Kalyani, K. (2022, April 14). Seeing Ambedkar as Dalit icon is narrow. Understand his feminist vision for Indian women. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​s​e​e​i​n​g​-​a​m​b​e​d​k​a​r​-​a​s​-​d​a​l​i​t​-​i​c​o​n​-​i​s​-​n​a​r​r​o​w​-​u​n​d​e​r​s​t​a​n​d​-​h​i​s​-​f​e​m​i​n​i​s​t​-​v​i​s​i​o​n​-​f​o​r​-​i​n​d​i​a​n​-​w​o​m​e​n​/​9​1​5663/
• Kalyani, K. (2022, January 30). Songs of UP elections: Ka ba, sab ba, Mangat ba Akhilesh ke. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​s​o​n​g​s​-​o​f​-​u​p​-​e​l​e​c​t​i​o​n​s​-​k​a​-​b​a​-​s​a​b​-​b​a​-​m​a​a​n​g​a​t​-​b​a​-​a​k​h​i​l​e​s​h​-​k​e​-​a​n​d​-​m​a​y​a​-​b​a​h​i​n​-​k​e​-​j​i​t​i​y​a​h​a​/​8​1​6401/
• Kalyani, K. (2021, December 21). You can’t exclude Dalits when talking feminism. See what bell hooks did for Black Women. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​y​o​u​-​c​a​n​t​-​e​x​c​l​u​d​e​-​d​a​l​i​t​s​-​w​h​e​n​-​t​a​l​k​i​n​g​-​f​e​m​i​n​i​s​m​-​s​e​e​-​w​h​a​t​-​b​e​l​l​-​h​o​o​k​s​-​d​i​d​-​f​o​r​-​b​l​a​c​k​-​w​o​m​e​n​/​7​8​3259/
• Kalyani, K. (2021, November 04). Diwali isn’t what you thought it was- it’s actually Deep Daan Utsav, a Buddhist festival. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​d​i​w​a​l​i​-​i​s​n​t​-​w​h​a​t​-​y​o​u​-​t​h​o​u​g​h​t​-​i​t​-​w​a​s​-​i​t​s​-​a​c​t​u​a​l​l​y​-​d​e​e​p​-​d​a​a​n​-​u​t​s​a​v​-​a​-​b​u​d​d​h​i​s​t​-​f​e​s​t​i​v​a​l​/​7​6​1499/

• Kalyani, K. (2021, July 10). Ashok Vijayadashmi to Dhola — National archives, central libraries failed Dalit-Bahujan History. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​a​s​h​o​k​a​-​t​o​-​v​i​j​a​y​a​d​a​s​h​a​m​i​-​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​-​a​r​c​h​i​v​e​s​-​c​e​n​t​r​a​l​-​l​i​b​r​a​r​i​e​s​-​f​a​i​l​e​d​-​d​a​l​i​t​-​b​a​h​u​j​a​n​-​h​i​s​t​o​r​y​/​6​9​3310/

• Kalyani, K. (2021, April 14). New Dalit women autobiographies are opening up private, intimate spaces, rewriting history. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​n​e​w​-​d​a​l​i​t​-​w​o​m​e​n​-​a​u​t​o​b​i​o​g​r​a​p​h​i​e​s​-​a​r​e​-​o​p​e​n​i​n​g​-​u​p​-​p​r​i​v​a​t​e​-​i​n​t​i​m​a​t​e​-​s​p​a​c​e​s​-​r​e​w​r​i​t​i​n​g​-​h​i​s​t​o​r​y​/​6​3​9569/

• Kalyani, K. (2021, March 14). Kanshi Ram’s Bahujan movement was also cultural, not just political. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​k​a​n​s​h​i​-​r​a​m​-​j​a​y​a​n​t​i​-​b​a​h​u​j​a​n​-​m​o​v​e​m​e​n​t​-​c​u​l​t​u​r​a​l​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​a​l​/​6​2​1192/
• Kalyani, K. (2021, January 10). Why Dalit-Bahujan icons of Cultural resistance are under Attack. NewsClick. https://​www​.newsclick​.in/​w​h​y​-​d​a​l​i​t​-​b​a​h​u​j​a​n​-​i​c​o​n​s​-​c​u​l​t​u​r​a​l​-​r​e​s​i​s​t​a​n​c​e​-​u​n​d​e​r​-​a​ttack
• Kalyani, K. (2020, November 25). This is why Dalit women are singing Tathagata Buddha songs in UP. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​t​h​i​s​-​i​s​-​w​h​y​-​d​a​l​i​t​-​w​o​m​e​n​-​a​r​e​-​s​i​n​g​i​n​g​-​t​a​t​h​a​g​a​t​a​-​b​u​d​d​h​a​-​s​o​n​g​s​-​i​n​-​u​p​/​5​5​0635/
• Kalyani, K., Pariyar, S. (2020, August 27). What is similar between India and Nepal? Dalit Atrocities. NewsClick. https://​www​.newsclick​.in/​W​h​a​t​-​i​s​-​S​i​m​i​l​a​r​-​B​e​t​w​e​e​n​-​I​n​d​i​a​-​a​n​d​-​N​e​p​a​l​-​D​a​l​i​t​-​A​t​r​o​c​ities
• Kalyani, K. (2020, June 19). COVID-19 recession’s impact on women goes bbeyond the lipstick and kajal index. Feminism In India. https://​fem​i​nis​minin​dia​.com/​2​0​2​0​/​0​6​/​1​9​/​c​o​v​i​d​-​1​9​-​i​m​p​a​c​t​-​o​n​-​w​o​m​e​n​-​r​e​c​e​s​s​i​o​n​-​l​i​p​s​t​i​c​k​-​k​a​j​a​l​-​s​ales/
• Kalyani, K., Ingole, P. (2020, July 27). Why arguments against reservation are flawed. NewsClick. https://​www​.newsclick​.in/​w​h​y​-​a​r​g​u​m​e​n​t​s​-​a​g​a​i​n​s​t​-​r​e​s​e​r​v​a​t​i​o​n​-​f​lawed
• Kalyani, K. (2020, June 07). Not just Mayawati, these are the unsung women who led Kanshiram’s Bahujan struggle. ThePrint. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​n​o​t​-​j​u​s​t​-​m​a​y​a​w​a​t​i​-​t​h​e​s​e​-​u​n​s​u​n​g​-​w​o​m​e​n​-​l​e​d​-​k​a​n​s​h​i​r​a​m​-​b​a​h​u​j​a​n​-​s​t​r​u​g​g​l​e​/​4​3​7317/
• Kalyani, K. (2018, July 27). My idea of India as a closed society was like a bedtime story: Kusum. Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT). https://​grfdt​.com/​I​n​t​e​r​v​i​e​w​D​e​t​a​i​l​s​.​a​s​p​x​?​T​a​b​I​d​=2048

Book Review

• Kalyani, K. (2022). Book review: Gaurav J. Pathania, The University as a site of resistance: Identity and student politics. Contemporary Voice of Dalit, Sage. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​7​7​/​2​4​5​5​3​2​8​X​2​1​1​0​29436

Translation

• Pathania, G.J. (2021). Reflections. Kalyani, K. J‑Caste, 2(2), 379 – 380. https://​jour​nals​.library​.bran​deis​.edu/​i​n​d​e​x​.​p​h​p​/​c​a​s​t​e​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​v​i​e​w​/​2​88/88