Publications

Peer Review journals

• K. Kalyani. (2024). ​“Music as an Anti-Caste Counterpublic: Notes from North India”. Social Change. Sage. 54(2). 229 – 242. DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​7​7​/​0​0​4​9​0​8​5​7​2​4​1​2​52697
• 2023. ​“Repertoires of Anti-Caste Sentiments in the Everyday Performance: Narratives of a Dalit Woman Singer”. Caste: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion. J‑Caste. 4(2): 213 – 229. US: Brandeis University. DOI: 10.26812/caste.v4i2.679  
•  Kalyani, K. (2023). दलित समाज में प्रतिरोध के गीतों का महत्व और सांस्कृतिक चेतना में इसका योगदान, सामाजिकी, 1(3). 
• 2022 Kalyani, K. ​“Aesthetics and Politics of Dalit women’s writings within Indian Pedagogic
  practices”. Contemporary Voice of Dalit. Sage Publication.
  DOI: https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​1​7​7​/​2​45532…
• 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. (2023). Music as the Language of the Bahujan Movement: Locating the Social History of the Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti. In S. Pai, D. Babu, & R. Verma (Eds.), Dalits in the New Millennium (pp. 115 – 132). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  doi:10.1017/9781009231220.007
• Pathania, Gaurav J. and K. Kalyani. (2023). ​“Contextualizing the Emergence of Dalit Studies in Indian Academia”. In ed. Critical Perspectives on the denial of Caste in Educational Debate: Towards a Nonderivative Curriculum Reason by Joao M. Paraskeva. U.S.: Routledge. DOI: 10.4324÷9781003155065−10 ISBN: 9780367725105
• 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

• K Kalyani, 11^th September,2024. ​“Data the missing piece in the subcategorization debate”. https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​/​d​a​t​a​-​t​h​e​-​m​i​s​s​i​n​g​-​p​i​e​c​e​-​i​n​-​t​h​e​-​s​u​b​-​c​a​t​e​g​o​r​i​s​a​t​i​o​n​-​d​ebate
• 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
• K. Kalyani, 9^th June, 2024. ​“The Dalit-Bahujan finally Roars”. Frontline. 
• K. Kalyani, 15^th August, 2024. ​“The Creamy Layer Myth: Caste can’t Wash away caste”. Frontline. (with Mukesh Kabir)

Online Articles

• K. Kalyani, 1^st April, 2024. ​“Bhakti to Babu Mangu Ram, where did anti-caste History go? Reduced merely to buzzwords”. The Print.
• K. Kalyani, 24^th April, 2024. ​“Imtiaz Ali obsesses over Vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s resistance against purity”. The Print.
• The Print (2022, 26 th August). Ambedkar in a savarna mundu? Why Babasaheb’s clothes matter.https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​a​m​b​e​d​k​a​r​-​i​n​-​a​-​s​a​v​a​r​n​a​-​m​u​n​d​u​-​w​h​y​-​b​a​b​a​s​a​h​e​b​s​-​c​l​o​t​h​e​s​-​m​a​t​t​e​r​/​1​0​9​9427/
• 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
• Forthcoming : Kalyani, K. (2023). Anna Johansson and Stellan Vinthagen, Conceptualizing ​‘Everyday Resistance’: A Transdisciplinary Approach (New York: Routledge, 2020), xiv + 212 pp. In South Asia Research, 43(3). London: Sage Publication.

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

Host

• For the podcast at New Books Network

Upcoming Book

• “Dissenting Melodies: Exploring Musical Practices from the Caste-Margins in India” from
  Cambridge University Press.

Conferences & Seminars

• Invited speaker at Center for South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, on 13^th June, 2024. Title: Defiance, Disobedience and Dialogism: Exploring the multiple trajectories of anti-caste music. https://www.s‑asian.cam.ac.uk/whats-on‑2/
• Invited speaker at Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. Title: Culture and Resistance in Contemporary India. Panel discussion along with Brahma Prakash and Shiraz Hussain, dated 20^th June 2024.
• Invited Speaker at King’s college London, dated 24^th June 2024. Title of paper: Spectacle, performativity, and resistance in anti-caste music.https://​www​.kcl​.ac​.uk/​e​v​e​n​t​s​/​s​p​e​c​t​a​c​l​e​-​p​e​r​f​o​r​m​a​t​i​v​i​t​y​-​a​n​d​-​r​e​s​i​s​t​a​n​c​e​-​i​n​-​a​n​t​i​-​c​a​s​t​e​-​music
• International Conference at Shiv Nadar University, NCR, India. Theme of the conference ​“Are the dead alive? Reckoning for the Dead and Death”. Paper title ​“Dying as ​‘fatal accident’: Experiences of loss within institutional spaces for oppressed-caste communities”. Dated 17^th Jan to 19^th Jan, 2024.
• International Conference at University of Cambridge. Theme of conference ​“Caste, Business and Society”. Paper title ​“Anti-caste musical production in
  Punjab: A case study of select production houses from early Bahujan movement”. Dated, 15 – 16 th June 2023.
• International Conference at Royal Anthropological Institute, Film Festival, Bristol, UK, 2023. Theme of the conference ​“Sedimented Vision: Transmedia
  Futures across visuality, politics and material world”. Presented paper titled ​“Re-entering subaltern voices through sonic counterpublics: A Study of select anti-caste musical sites of India”. Date: 10^th March 2023.
• Invited Speaker at Anna University, Chennai for International Conference on Challenges in Higher Education for Under Privileged Communities, (in-person). 14^th April, 2023.
• Invited Speaker at International Conference organized at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Conference theme ​“Whose Knowledge Matters
  and Why?”. Dated 7^th June, 2022.
• International conference organized by Center for South Asian Studies, University of Hawaii. Paper title ​“Unending ​‘Social’ Distancing: Experiences and
  Resilience of Dalit community in India during Covid-19”. Conference Title: Health and Community in South Asia.

Media /​Public appearance

• Words in CNN World. 18^th July, 2024. https://​edi​tion​.cnn​.com/​2​0​2​4​/​0​7​/​1​2​/​i​n​d​i​a​/​i​n​d​i​a​-​g​o​d​m​e​n​-​c​r​o​w​d​-​c​r​u​s​h​-​b​h​o​l​e​-​b​a​b​a​-​i​n​t​l​-​h​n​k​-​d​s​t​/​i​n​d​e​x​.html 
• Words in TOI, 7^th July, 2024. https://​time​sofind​ia​.indi​a​times​.com/​i​n​d​i​a​/​w​h​y​-​i​n​d​i​a​-​i​s​-​g​o​d​m​e​n​s​-​o​w​n​-​c​o​u​n​t​r​y​/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​s​h​o​w​/​1​1​1​5​3​9​1​0​2.cms 

Awards

• 2024 Summer Fellowship at Centre for the Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge. UK.