Publications

Journal articles

• Shahdeo, K. N. (2025). Book review: Uday Chandra, Resistance as Negotiation: Making States and Tribes in the Margins of Modern India.
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2025). Book review: Insurgency in India’s North-East : Identity Formation, Postcolonial Nation/State-Building, and Secessionist Resistance. By Jugdep S. Chima and Pahi Saikia. Pacific Affairs, 98(2), 410 – 412.

Online articles 

• Shahdeo, K. N. (2026, January 3). Jaipal Singh Munda’s journey from Oxford to the hockey field and the Constituent Assembly challenges narrow views of democracy. The Indian Express.
  https://​indi​an​ex​press​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​c​o​l​u​m​n​s​/​j​a​i​p​a​l​-​s​i​n​g​h​-​m​u​n​d​a​-​j​o​u​r​n​e​y​-​o​x​f​o​r​d​-​t​o​-​h​o​c​k​e​y​-​c​o​n​s​t​i​t​u​e​n​t​-​a​s​s​e​m​b​l​y​-​1​0​4​5​3393/
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2025, December 22). Jharkhand’s victory in domestic T20 cricket shouldn’t surprise us. The Indian Express.
  https://​indi​an​ex​press​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​c​o​l​u​m​n​s​/​j​h​a​r​k​h​a​n​d​-​s​y​e​d​-​m​u​s​h​t​a​q​-​a​l​i​-​d​o​m​e​s​t​i​c​-​t​2​0​-​c​r​i​c​k​e​t​-​i​s​h​a​n​-​k​i​s​h​a​n​-​d​h​o​n​i​-​1​0​4​3​2803/
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2025, November 16). Remembering the promise of Jharkhand at 25. The Indian Express.
  https://​indi​an​ex​press​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​c​o​l​u​m​n​s​/​r​e​m​e​m​b​e​r​i​n​g​-​t​h​e​-​p​r​o​m​i​s​e​-​o​f​-​j​h​a​r​k​h​a​n​d​-​at-25 – 10368290/
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2025, August 5). More than a chief minister: Shibu Soren should not be measured by political success alone. The Indian Express.
  https://​indi​an​ex​press​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​c​o​l​u​m​n​s​/​s​h​i​b​u​-​s​o​r​e​n​-​h​e​m​a​n​t​-​s​o​r​e​n​-​s​h​i​b​u​-​s​o​r​e​n​-​d​e​a​t​h​-​j​h​a​r​k​h​a​n​d​-​c​h​i​e​f​-​m​i​n​i​s​t​e​r​-​1​0​1​7​1076/
• Shahdeo, K., & Namchu, J. (2025, August 9). It’s time for India’s Scheduled Tribes to claim World Indigenous Peoples’ Day. The Wire.
• https://​thewire​.in/​r​i​g​h​t​s​/​i​t​s​-​t​i​m​e​-​f​o​r​-​i​n​d​i​a​s​-​s​c​h​e​d​u​l​e​d​-​t​r​i​b​e​s​-​t​o​-​c​l​a​i​m​-​w​o​r​l​d​-​i​n​d​i​g​e​n​o​u​s​-​p​e​o​p​l​e​s-day
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2025, March 10). Course correction? BJP falls on its trusted Adivasi face in Jharkhand. The Indian Express.
  https://​indi​an​ex​press​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​c​o​l​u​m​n​s​/​c​o​u​r​s​e​-​c​o​r​r​e​c​t​i​o​n​-​b​j​p​-​t​r​u​s​t​e​d​-​a​d​i​v​a​s​i​-​f​a​c​e​-​j​h​a​r​k​h​a​n​d​-​b​a​b​u​l​a​l​-​m​a​r​a​n​d​i​-​9​8​7​8533/
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2024, November 17). In the fierce battle for Jharkhand, Kalpana Soren is the JMM’s ace. The Quint.
  https://​www​.the​quint​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​i​n​-​t​h​e​-​f​i​e​r​c​e​-​b​a​t​t​l​e​-​f​o​r​-​j​h​a​r​k​h​a​n​d​-​e​l​e​c​t​i​o​n​-​k​a​l​p​a​n​a​-​s​o​r​e​n​-​i​s​-​t​h​e​-​j​m​m​s-ace
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2023, January 6). Chhattisgarh mob violence: The violent avatar of the old politics of conversion. Outlook India.
  https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​/​c​h​h​a​t​t​i​s​g​a​r​h​-​m​o​b​-​v​i​o​l​e​n​c​e​-​t​h​e​-​v​i​o​l​e​n​t​-​a​v​a​t​a​r​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​o​l​d​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​-​o​f​-​c​o​n​v​e​rsion – news-251270
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2023, March 21). The illusion of inclusion: The increasing marginalisation of disadvantaged students in elite educational institutions in India. Outlook India.
  https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​/​t​h​e​-​i​l​l​u​s​i​o​n​-​o​f​-​i​n​c​l​u​s​i​o​n​-​t​h​e​-​i​n​c​r​e​a​s​i​n​g​-​m​a​r​g​i​n​a​l​i​z​a​t​i​o​n​-​o​f​-​d​i​s​a​d​v​a​n​t​a​g​e​d​-​s​t​u​d​e​n​t​s​-​i​n​-​e​l​i​t​e​-​e​d​u​c​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​-​i​n​s​t​i​t​u​t​i​o​n​s​-​i​n​-​i​n​d​i​a​-​n​e​w​s​-​2​71918
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2023, June 17). From democracy to spectacle: Parliament inauguration as symbolic showcase. Outlook India.
  https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​/​f​r​o​m​-​d​e​m​o​c​r​a​c​y​-​t​o​-​s​p​e​c​t​a​c​l​e​-​m​o​d​i​-​p​a​r​l​i​a​m​e​n​t​-​i​n​a​u​g​u​r​a​t​i​o​n​-​a​s​-​a​-​s​y​m​b​o​l​i​c​-​s​h​o​w​c​a​s​e​-​w​e​e​k​e​n​d​e​r​_​s​t​o​r​y​-​2​95475
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2023, June 9). Remembering Birsa Munda: Champion of Adivasi rights and autonomy. Outlook India.
  https://​www​.out​lookin​dia​.com/​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​/​r​e​m​e​m​b​e​r​i​n​g​-​b​i​r​s​a​-​m​u​n​d​a​-​c​h​a​m​p​i​o​n​-​o​f​-​a​d​i​v​a​s​i​-​r​i​g​h​t​s​-​a​n​d​-​a​u​t​o​n​o​m​y​-​n​e​w​s​-​2​93274
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2024, February 15). H‑Pop: The secretive world of Hindutva pop stars [Book review]. The Daak.
  https://thedaak.in/2024/02/15/h‑pop-the-secretive-world-of-hindutva-pop-stars/
• Shahdeo, K. N. (2024, November 15). The political life of memory [Book review]. The Daak.
  https://​thedaak​.in/​2​0​2​4​/​1​1​/​1​5​/​t​h​e​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​a​l​-​l​i​f​e​-​o​f​-​m​e​mory/

On-going projects

• Deep Embedding, Shallow Hegemony: Hindutva’s Paradox in Jharkhand
  (Forthcoming book chapter in Hindutva in the East, edited by Uday Chandra and Ayan Guha)
• Sarna, Khatian and Reservation: The Resurgence of Nativist Politics in Jharkhand
  (Asian Ethnicity, under review)