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{{Short description|Political scientist}}
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'''Sanjib Baruah''' is an Indian professor of Political Studies at [[Bard College]] in New York,<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 November 2021|title=Sanjib Baruah|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=101|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327042241/https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=101|archive-date=27 March 2021|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> and an author and commentator specializing in the politics of [[Northeast India]]. His books include ''India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality'', ''Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India'', and ''[[In the Name of the Nation|In the Name of the Nation: India and its Northeast]]''.

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'''Sanjib Baruah''' is an Indian professor of Political Studies at Bard College in New York,<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 November 2021|title=Sanjib Baruah|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=101|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327042241/https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=101|archive-date=30 Oct 2017|access-date=7 November 2021}}</ref> and an author and commentator specializing in the politics of [[Northeast India]]. His books include ''India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality'', ''Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India'', and ''[[In the Name of the Nation|In the Name of the Nation: India and its Northeast]]''.


== Early life and career ==
== Early life and career ==
In an interview in 2008 Baruah said he was born in 1951 in [[Shillong]], which was then the capital of [[Assam]].{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=0m}}{{efn|[[Shillong]] was the capital of [[undivided Assam]] until 21 January 1972 when it became part of the new state of [[Meghalaya]]; the redefined start of Assam forming its capital at [[Dispur]] in [[Guwahati]].}} In the interview he explained his father was a provincial government official who was required to move from time to time, and that they moved to [[Guwahati]] when he was about nine or ten years old.{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=0m}} He said he finished high school in [[Nagaon]].{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=2m 44s}}
Baruah was born in 1951 in [[Shillong]], which was then the capital of [[Assam]].{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=0m}}{{efn|[[Shillong]] was the capital of [[undivided Assam]] until 21 January 1972 when it became part of the new state of [[Meghalaya]]; the redefined start of Assam forming its capital at [[Dispur]] in [[Guwahati]].}}


Baruah obtained his Bachelor of Arts from [[Cotton College, Guwahati]], Assam.<ref name="BardBio"/> At interview he said the political science he studied there was more "academic" orientated.{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=5m 12s}} He went on to complete his Master of Arts from the [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]].<ref name="BardBio">{{Cite web|title=Sanjib Baruah — Professor of Political Studies|website=Bard College|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=101|access-date=27 January 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> He has said the experience of [[New Delhi]] and the "big city" was very important to him.{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=6m}}
Baruah obtained his Bachelor of Arts from [[Cotton College, Guwahati]], Assam.<ref name="BardBio"/> He went on to complete his Master of Arts from the [[Delhi University|University of Delhi]].<ref name="BardBio">{{Cite web|title=Sanjib Baruah — Professor of Political Studies|website=Bard College|url=https://www.bard.edu/faculty/details/?id=101|access-date=27 January 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030103240/http://www.bard.edu:80/faculty/details/?id=101 |archive-date=2017-10-30 }}</ref> He has said the experience of [[New Delhi]] and its intellectual and political life had a profound impact on him.{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=6m}}


From 1985 to 1987 Sanjib Baruah worked as an Associate of Committee on Southern Asian Studies at the [[University of Chicago]], the institution that awarded him his PhD.<ref name="BardBio"/> He said at interview that his research into the Northeast India topic only really began some time after he had completed his PhD.{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=4m 35s}}
From 1985 to 1987 Sanjib Baruah worked as an Associate of Committee on Southern Asian Studies at the [[University of Chicago]], the institution that awarded him his PhD.<ref name="BardBio"/> He said at interview that his research into the Northeast India topic only really began some time after he had completed his PhD.{{sfn|Baruah|Rebecca|2008|loc=4m 35s}}


Baruah is serving as a Professor at [[Bard College]] in [[New York (state)|New York State]], [[United States|USA]]. Since 1989 Sanjib Baruah was a Research Associate at South Asia Center at [[Syracuse University]].<ref name="BardBio"/>
Baruah has been serving as a professor at [[Bard College]] in [[New York (state)|New York state]]. Since 1989 Sanjib Baruah was a research associate at South Asia Center at [[Syracuse University]].<ref name="BardBio"/>


Baruah also holds a concurrent position as Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rebecca Schiel|first=Jonathan Powell|date=9 September 2020|title=IC Conference Session 2|url=https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/ucf_section/ic-conference-session-2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207235053/https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/ucf_section/ic-conference-session-2/|archive-date=8 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021|website=[[University of Central Florida]]}}</ref>
Baruah also holds a concurrent position as Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rebecca Schiel|first=Jonathan Powell|date=9 September 2020|title=IC Conference Session 2|url=https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/ucf_section/ic-conference-session-2/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207235053/https://sciences.ucf.edu/politics/ucf_section/ic-conference-session-2/|archive-date=7 December 2021|access-date=8 December 2021|website=[[University of Central Florida]]}}</ref>


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==
===Books===
===Books===
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=1999|title=India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|isbn=9780812234916 |author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="Asia Society">{{cite web |last1=Shaikh |first1=Nermeen |title=Interview with Sanjib Baruah |url=https://asiasociety.org/interview-sanjib-baruah |website=Asia Society |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hauser 1999">{{cite news |last1=Hauser |first1=Walter |title=Future Imperfect |url=https://asianstudies.github.io/area-studies/SouthAsia/Misc/Sss/whfuture99.html |access-date=26 January 2022 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=October 29, 1999}}</ref><ref name="Hazarika 1999">{{cite news |last1=Hazarika |first1=Sanjoy |title=Book review: Sanjib Baruah's 'India Against Itself' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19990913-book-review-of-india-against-itself-by-sanjib-baruah-824260-1999-09-13 |access-date=26 January 2022 |work=[[India Today]] |date=September 13, 1999}}</ref><ref name="Chadda 2000">{{cite journal |last1=Chadda |first1=Maya |title=Reviewed Work: India against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[Political Science Quarterly]] |date=Summer 2000 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=320-322 |doi=10.2307/2657927 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2657927 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Banerjee 2000">{{cite journal |last1=Banerjee |first1=Sikata |title=Reviewed Works: India against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality by Sanjib Baruah; Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism, and Development in Contemporary India by Niraja Gopal Jayal; Development and Democracy in India by Shalendra D. Sharma |journal=[[The American Political Science Review]] |date=September 2000 |volume=94 |issue=3 |pages=732-734 |doi=10.2307/2585874 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2585874 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=1999|title=India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|isbn=9780812234916 |author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="Asia Society">{{cite web |last1=Shaikh |first1=Nermeen |title=Interview with Sanjib Baruah |url=https://asiasociety.org/interview-sanjib-baruah |website=Asia Society |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Hauser 1999">{{cite news |last1=Hauser |first1=Walter |title=Future Imperfect |url=https://asianstudies.github.io/area-studies/SouthAsia/Misc/Sss/whfuture99.html |access-date=26 January 2022 |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |date=October 29, 1999}}</ref><ref name="Hazarika 1999">{{cite news |last1=Hazarika |first1=Sanjoy |title=Book review: Sanjib Baruah's 'India Against Itself' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19990913-book-review-of-india-against-itself-by-sanjib-baruah-824260-1999-09-13 |access-date=26 January 2022 |work=[[India Today]] |date=September 13, 1999}}</ref><ref name="Chadda 2000">{{cite journal |last1=Chadda |first1=Maya |title=Reviewed Work: India against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[Political Science Quarterly]] |date=Summer 2000 |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=320–322 |doi=10.2307/2657927 |jstor=2657927 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2657927 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Banerjee 2000">{{cite journal |last1=Banerjee |first1=Sikata |title=Reviewed Works: India against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality by Sanjib Baruah; Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism, and Development in Contemporary India by Niraja Gopal Jayal; Development and Democracy in India by Shalendra D. Sharma |journal=[[The American Political Science Review]] |date=September 2000 |volume=94 |issue=3 |pages=732–734 |doi=10.2307/2585874 |jstor=2585874 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2585874 |access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|date=2012|title=Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India |orig-year=2005|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|oclc=1120638444 |author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="Wright Jr. 2008">{{cite journal |last1=Wright Jr. |first1=Theodore P. |title=Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India. By Sanjib Baruah. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. |journal=[[Perspectives on Politics]] |date=18 August 2008 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=616 - 617 |doi=10.1017/S1537592708081577 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/durable-disorder-understanding-the-politics-of-northeast-india-by-sanjib-baruah-new-york-oxford-university-press-2005-286p-3500-cloth-2495-paper/C350C85FE9468ED576554929EFB379CF |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=American Political Science Association}}</ref><ref name="Cameron 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Cameron |first1=John |title=Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah. |journal=[[Development and Change]] |date=January 1, 2007 |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=576-578}} - via ''EBSCOhost''</ref><ref name="Saikia 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Saikia |first1=Yasmin |title=Reviewed Work: Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[The Journal of Asian Studies]] |date=August 2006 |volume=65 |issue=3 |pages=636-638 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25076105 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Association for Asian Studies}}</ref><ref name="Corbridge 2005">{{cite journal |last1=Corbridge |first1=Stuart |title=Reviewed Work: Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[Political Science Quarterly]] |date=Winter 2005 |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=726-727 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20202639 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=The Academy of Political Science}}</ref><ref name="Chandra 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Chandra |first1=Sudhir |title=Understanding the Problem of Northeast India. |journal=India Review |date=March 2007 |volume=6 |issue=1}} - via ''EBSCOhost''</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Phanjoubam|first=Pradip|title=Review of Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of North-East India, by S. Baruah|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4416301|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=40|pages=941-943|via=JSTOR}}</ref>
* {{cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|date=2012|title=Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India |orig-year=2005|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|oclc=1120638444 |author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="Wright Jr. 2008">{{cite journal |last1=Wright Jr. |first1=Theodore P. |title=Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India. By Sanjib Baruah. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. |journal=[[Perspectives on Politics]] |date=18 August 2008 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=616–617 |doi=10.1017/S1537592708081577 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/abs/durable-disorder-understanding-the-politics-of-northeast-india-by-sanjib-baruah-new-york-oxford-university-press-2005-286p-3500-cloth-2495-paper/C350C85FE9468ED576554929EFB379CF |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=American Political Science Association|s2cid=145323279 }}</ref><ref name="Cameron 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Cameron |first1=John |title=Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah. |journal=[[Development and Change]] |date=January 1, 2007 |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=576–578|doi=10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00423_16.x }} - via ''EBSCOhost''</ref><ref name="Saikia 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Saikia |first1=Yasmin |title=Reviewed Work: Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[The Journal of Asian Studies]] |date=August 2006 |volume=65 |issue=3 |pages=636–638 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25076105 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Association for Asian Studies|doi=10.1017/S0021911806001379 |jstor=25076105 |s2cid=153861644 }}</ref><ref name="Corbridge 2005">{{cite journal |last1=Corbridge |first1=Stuart |title=Reviewed Work: Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[Political Science Quarterly]] |date=Winter 2005 |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=726–727 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20202639 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=The Academy of Political Science|doi=10.1002/j.1538-165X.2005.tb01456.x |jstor=20202639 }}</ref><ref name="Chandra 2007">{{cite journal |last1=Chandra |first1=Sudhir |title=Understanding the Problem of Northeast India. |journal=India Review |date=March 2007 |volume=6 |issue=1|pages=46–56 |doi=10.1080/14736480601172683 |s2cid=154050009 }} - via ''EBSCOhost''</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Phanjoubam|first=Pradip|title=Review of Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of North-East India, by S. Baruah|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4416301|journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]]|volume=40|pages=941–943|jstor=4416301|via=JSTOR}}</ref>
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2007|title=Postfrontier blues: toward a new policy framework for Northeast India |series=Policy studies|publisher=East-West Center Washington|isbn=9781932728606|author-mask=0|ref=none}}
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2007|title=Postfrontier blues: toward a new policy framework for Northeast India |series=Policy studies|publisher=East-West Center Washington|isbn=9781932728606|author-mask=0|ref=none}}
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2009|title=Beyond Counterinsurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India |orig-year=2009|oclc=775416874|location=New York; New Delhi|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198078975 |author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="McDuie-Ra 2011">{{cite journal |last1=McDuie-Ra |first1=Duncan |title=Reviewed Work: Beyond Counter-Insurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[The Journal of Asian Studies]] |date=August 2011 |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=861-863 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41302433 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Association for Asian Studies}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sirnate |first1=Vasundhara |title=Reviewed Work: Beyond Counter-Insurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[Journal of Peace Research]] |date=September 2009 |volume=46 |issue=5 |page=719 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25654467 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Sage Publications, Inc.}}</ref>
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2009|title=Beyond Counterinsurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India |orig-year=2009|oclc=775416874|location=New York; New Delhi|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198078975 |author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="McDuie-Ra 2011">{{cite journal |last1=McDuie-Ra |first1=Duncan |title=Reviewed Work: Beyond Counter-Insurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[The Journal of Asian Studies]] |date=August 2011 |volume=70 |issue=3 |pages=861–863 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41302433 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Association for Asian Studies|doi=10.1017/S002191181100132X |jstor=41302433 |s2cid=162798780 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sirnate |first1=Vasundhara |title=Reviewed Work: Beyond Counter-Insurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah |journal=[[Journal of Peace Research]] |date=September 2009 |volume=46 |issue=5 |page=719 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25654467 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Sage Publications, Inc.|jstor=25654467 }}</ref>
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2012|title=Ethnonationalism in India: A Reader |location=New Delhi|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Critical issues in Indian politics|oclc=930806555|author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="Viplav 2010">{{cite journal |last1=Viplav |title=Reviewed Work: Ethnonationalism in lndia: A Reader by Sanjib Baruah |journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |date=April 2010 |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=689-691 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42753729 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Indian Political Science Association}}</ref>
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2012|title=Ethnonationalism in India: A Reader |location=New Delhi|publisher=Oxford University Press|series=Critical issues in Indian politics|oclc=930806555|author-mask=0|ref=none}}<ref name="Viplav 2010">{{cite journal |last1=Viplav |title=Reviewed Work: Ethnonationalism in lndia: A Reader by Sanjib Baruah |journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |date=April 2010 |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=689–691 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42753729 |access-date=26 January 2022 |publisher=Indian Political Science Association|jstor=42753729 }}</ref>
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2020|title=[[In the Name of the Nation]] |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|isbn=9781503611290|author-mask=0|ref=none}}
* {{Cite book|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|year=2020|title=[[In the Name of the Nation]] |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|isbn=9781503611290|author-mask=0|ref=none}}


===Journals===
===Journals===
* {{cite journal|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|date=1 November 2003|title=Nationalizing Space: Cosmetic Federalism and the Politics of Development in Northeast India|journal=Development and Change|volume=34|issue=5|pp=915—939|publisher=Estados Unidos : Institute of Social Studies|oclc=926308153|ref=none}}
* {{cite journal|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib|date=1 November 2003|title=Nationalizing Space: Cosmetic Federalism and the Politics of Development in Northeast India|journal=Development and Change|volume=34|issue=5|pages=915–939|publisher=Estados Unidos : Institute of Social Studies|doi=10.1111/j.1467-7660.2003.00334.x|oclc=926308153|ref=none|doi-access=free}}


===Interviews and commentaries===
===Interviews and commentaries===
Baruah has been sought for commentaries and interviews over a wide range of publications including: [[Time (magazine)|''Time Magazine'']];<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Bagri|first=Neha Thirani|date=5 September 2021|title=India's Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://time.com/6092299/india-anti-immigrant-crackdown-assam/|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Karan Deep|last2=Baruah|first2=Bondita|date=17 October 2021|title=Amid Flames and Gunfire, They Were Evicted From Where They Called Home|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/world/asia/india-assam-muslim-evictions.html|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[Times of India]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Choudhury|first=Sushmita|date=6 December 2021|title=What is AFSPA and why is it controversial?|work=[[Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/what-is-afspa-and-why-is-it-controversial/articleshow/88126265.cms|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Statesman (India)]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chowdhury|first=Prasenjit|date=20 December 2021|title=Of outrageous fortune|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/of-outrageous-fortune-1503031682.html|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[TRT World]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bagchi|first=Suvojit|date=11 August 2021|title=Unrest in India's northeastern frontier may morph into a big problem|work=[[TRT World]]|url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/unrest-in-india-s-northeastern-frontier-may-morph-into-a-big-problem-49109|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Agarwala|first=Tora|date=28 September 2021|title=Explained: Assam's conflict over land|work=[[The Indian Express]]|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/assam-sipajhar-eviction-drive-violence-police-civilians-protests-7536183/|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[Scroll.in]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Saikia|first=Arunabh|date=15 March 202|title=In Assamese heartland, those who fought BJP's citizenship law are now voting for 'development'|work=[[Scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/article/989524/in-assamese-heartland-those-who-fought-bjps-citizenship-law-are-now-voting-for-development|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Saikia|first=Arunabh|date=27 March 2021|title=Interview: Sanjib Baruah on Assam elections, identity politics and the ‘cash-transfer state’|work=[[Scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/article/990541/interview-sanjib-baruah-on-assam-elections-identity-politics-and-the-cash-transfer-state|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Wire (India)]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bose|first=Tapan Kumar|date=27 September 2018|title=The Economic Basis of Assam's Linguistic Politics and Anti-Immigrant Movements|work=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]|url=https://thewire.in/politics/the-economic-basis-of-assams-linguistic-politics-and-anti-immigrant-movements|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Al Jazeera English]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ameen|first=Furquan|date=25 March 2021|title=‘Stress on Hindu identity’: BJP hate campaign in poll-bound Assam|work=[[Al Jazeera English]]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/stress-on-hindu-identity-bjp-hate-campaign-in-poll-bound-assam|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>
Baruah has been sought for commentaries and interviews over a wide range of publications including: [[Time (magazine)|''Time Magazine'']];<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Bagri|first=Neha Thirani|date=5 September 2021|title=India's Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://time.com/6092299/india-anti-immigrant-crackdown-assam/|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Karan Deep|last2=Baruah|first2=Bondita|date=17 October 2021|title=Amid Flames and Gunfire, They Were Evicted From Where They Called Home|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/world/asia/india-assam-muslim-evictions.html|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[Times of India]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Choudhury|first=Sushmita|date=6 December 2021|title=What is AFSPA and why is it controversial?|work=[[Times of India]]|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/what-is-afspa-and-why-is-it-controversial/articleshow/88126265.cms|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Statesman (India)]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chowdhury|first=Prasenjit|date=20 December 2021|title=Of outrageous fortune|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/of-outrageous-fortune-1503031682.html|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[TRT World]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bagchi|first=Suvojit|date=11 August 2021|title=Unrest in India's northeastern frontier may morph into a big problem|work=[[TRT World]]|url=https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/unrest-in-india-s-northeastern-frontier-may-morph-into-a-big-problem-49109|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Indian Express]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Agarwala|first=Tora|date=28 September 2021|title=Explained: Assam's conflict over land|work=[[The Indian Express]]|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/assam-sipajhar-eviction-drive-violence-police-civilians-protests-7536183/|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[Scroll.in]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Saikia|first=Arunabh|date=15 March 202|title=In Assamese heartland, those who fought BJP's citizenship law are now voting for 'development'|work=[[Scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/article/989524/in-assamese-heartland-those-who-fought-bjps-citizenship-law-are-now-voting-for-development|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Saikia|first=Arunabh|date=27 March 2021|title=Interview: Sanjib Baruah on Assam elections, identity politics and the 'cash-transfer state'|work=[[Scroll.in]]|url=https://scroll.in/article/990541/interview-sanjib-baruah-on-assam-elections-identity-politics-and-the-cash-transfer-state|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> ''[[The Wire (India)]]'';<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bose|first=Tapan Kumar|date=27 September 2018|title=The Economic Basis of Assam's Linguistic Politics and Anti-Immigrant Movements|work=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]|url=https://thewire.in/politics/the-economic-basis-of-assams-linguistic-politics-and-anti-immigrant-movements|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Al Jazeera English]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ameen|first=Furquan|date=25 March 2021|title='Stress on Hindu identity': BJP hate campaign in poll-bound Assam|work=[[Al Jazeera English]]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/stress-on-hindu-identity-bjp-hate-campaign-in-poll-bound-assam|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Cite web|title=Sanjib Baruah Books|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Sanjib+Baruah%22|url-status=live|website=[[Google Scholar]]}}
* {{Cite web|title=Sanjib Baruah Books|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Sanjib+Baruah%22|website=[[Google Scholar]]}}
* [https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-anxiety-of-incompleteness-an-extract-from-sanjib-baruahs-in-the-name-of-the-nation-india-and-its-northeast/article30819834.ece The anxiety of incompleteness: An extract from Sanjib Baruah's ''In the Name of the Nation: India and Its Northeast''] (''The Hindu'', February 15, 2020)
* [https://www.thehindu.com/books/the-anxiety-of-incompleteness-an-extract-from-sanjib-baruahs-in-the-name-of-the-nation-india-and-its-northeast/article30819834.ece The anxiety of incompleteness: An extract from Sanjib Baruah's ''In the Name of the Nation: India and Its Northeast''] (''The Hindu'', February 15, 2020)


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Sanjib Baruah
Born1951
Shillong, Assam
Occupation(s)Academic, writer

Sanjib Baruah is an Indian professor of Political Studies at Bard College in New York,[1] and an author and commentator specializing in the politics of Northeast India. His books include India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality, Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India, and In the Name of the Nation: India and its Northeast.

Early life and career

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Baruah was born in 1951 in Shillong, which was then the capital of Assam.[2][a]

Baruah obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam.[3] He went on to complete his Master of Arts from the University of Delhi.[3] He has said the experience of New Delhi and its intellectual and political life had a profound impact on him.[4]

From 1985 to 1987 Sanjib Baruah worked as an Associate of Committee on Southern Asian Studies at the University of Chicago, the institution that awarded him his PhD.[3] He said at interview that his research into the Northeast India topic only really began some time after he had completed his PhD.[5]

Baruah has been serving as a professor at Bard College in New York state. Since 1989 Sanjib Baruah was a research associate at South Asia Center at Syracuse University.[3]

Baruah also holds a concurrent position as Global Fellow at the Peace Research Institute in Oslo, Norway.[6]

Selected works

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Books

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  • India Against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1999. ISBN 9780812234916.[7][8][9][10][11]
  • Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2012 [2005]. OCLC 1120638444.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
  • Postfrontier blues: toward a new policy framework for Northeast India. Policy studies. East-West Center Washington. 2007. ISBN 9781932728606.
  • Beyond Counterinsurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India. New York; New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2009 [2009]. ISBN 9780198078975. OCLC 775416874.[18][19]
  • Ethnonationalism in India: A Reader. Critical issues in Indian politics. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. 2012. OCLC 930806555.[20]
  • In the Name of the Nation. Stanford University Press. 2020. ISBN 9781503611290.

Journals

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Interviews and commentaries

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Baruah has been sought for commentaries and interviews over a wide range of publications including: Time Magazine;[21] The New York Times;[22] Times of India;[23] The Statesman (India);[24] TRT World;[25] The Indian Express;[26] Scroll.in;[27][28] The Wire (India);[29] and Al Jazeera English.[30]

Awards and honors

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  • 2021 ICAS Book Prize, Most Accessible and Captivating Work for the Non-Specialist Reader Accolade, from the International Convention of Asia Scholars[31]

Notes

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  1. ^ Shillong was the capital of undivided Assam until 21 January 1972 when it became part of the new state of Meghalaya; the redefined start of Assam forming its capital at Dispur in Guwahati.

References

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  1. ^ "Sanjib Baruah". 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  2. ^ Baruah & Rebecca 2008, 0m.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sanjib Baruah — Professor of Political Studies". Bard College. Archived from the original on 2017-10-30. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ Baruah & Rebecca 2008, 6m.
  5. ^ Baruah & Rebecca 2008, 4m 35s.
  6. ^ Rebecca Schiel, Jonathan Powell (9 September 2020). "IC Conference Session 2". University of Central Florida. Archived from the original on 7 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  7. ^ Shaikh, Nermeen. "Interview with Sanjib Baruah". Asia Society. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. ^ Hauser, Walter (October 29, 1999). "Future Imperfect". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. ^ Hazarika, Sanjoy (September 13, 1999). "Book review: Sanjib Baruah's 'India Against Itself'". India Today. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  10. ^ Chadda, Maya (Summer 2000). "Reviewed Work: India against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality by Sanjib Baruah". Political Science Quarterly. 15 (2): 320–322. doi:10.2307/2657927. JSTOR 2657927. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  11. ^ Banerjee, Sikata (September 2000). "Reviewed Works: India against Itself: Assam and the Politics of Nationality by Sanjib Baruah; Democracy and the State: Welfare, Secularism, and Development in Contemporary India by Niraja Gopal Jayal; Development and Democracy in India by Shalendra D. Sharma". The American Political Science Review. 94 (3): 732–734. doi:10.2307/2585874. JSTOR 2585874. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  12. ^ Wright Jr., Theodore P. (18 August 2008). "Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India. By Sanjib Baruah. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005". Perspectives on Politics. 6 (3). American Political Science Association: 616–617. doi:10.1017/S1537592708081577. S2CID 145323279. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  13. ^ Cameron, John (January 1, 2007). "Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah". Development and Change. 38 (3): 576–578. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00423_16.x. - via EBSCOhost
  14. ^ Saikia, Yasmin (August 2006). "Reviewed Work: Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah". The Journal of Asian Studies. 65 (3). Association for Asian Studies: 636–638. doi:10.1017/S0021911806001379. JSTOR 25076105. S2CID 153861644. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  15. ^ Corbridge, Stuart (Winter 2005). "Reviewed Work: Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah". Political Science Quarterly. 120 (4). The Academy of Political Science: 726–727. doi:10.1002/j.1538-165X.2005.tb01456.x. JSTOR 20202639. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  16. ^ Chandra, Sudhir (March 2007). "Understanding the Problem of Northeast India". India Review. 6 (1): 46–56. doi:10.1080/14736480601172683. S2CID 154050009. - via EBSCOhost
  17. ^ Phanjoubam, Pradip. "Review of Durable Disorder: Understanding the Politics of North-East India, by S. Baruah". Economic and Political Weekly. 40: 941–943. JSTOR 4416301 – via JSTOR.
  18. ^ McDuie-Ra, Duncan (August 2011). "Reviewed Work: Beyond Counter-Insurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah". The Journal of Asian Studies. 70 (3). Association for Asian Studies: 861–863. doi:10.1017/S002191181100132X. JSTOR 41302433. S2CID 162798780. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  19. ^ Sirnate, Vasundhara (September 2009). "Reviewed Work: Beyond Counter-Insurgency: Breaking the Impasse in Northeast India by Sanjib Baruah". Journal of Peace Research. 46 (5). Sage Publications, Inc.: 719. JSTOR 25654467. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  20. ^ Viplav (April 2010). "Reviewed Work: Ethnonationalism in lndia: A Reader by Sanjib Baruah". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 71 (2). Indian Political Science Association: 689–691. JSTOR 42753729. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  21. ^ Bagri, Neha Thirani (5 September 2021). "India's Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Has Torn Apart Families and Locked Up Hundreds. 1.9 Million People Fear They Could Be Next". Time. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  22. ^ Singh, Karan Deep; Baruah, Bondita (17 October 2021). "Amid Flames and Gunfire, They Were Evicted From Where They Called Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  23. ^ Choudhury, Sushmita (6 December 2021). "What is AFSPA and why is it controversial?". Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  24. ^ Chowdhury, Prasenjit (20 December 2021). "Of outrageous fortune". The Statesman. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  25. ^ Bagchi, Suvojit (11 August 2021). "Unrest in India's northeastern frontier may morph into a big problem". TRT World. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  26. ^ Agarwala, Tora (28 September 2021). "Explained: Assam's conflict over land". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  27. ^ Saikia, Arunabh (15 March 202). "In Assamese heartland, those who fought BJP's citizenship law are now voting for 'development'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  28. ^ Saikia, Arunabh (27 March 2021). "Interview: Sanjib Baruah on Assam elections, identity politics and the 'cash-transfer state'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  29. ^ Bose, Tapan Kumar (27 September 2018). "The Economic Basis of Assam's Linguistic Politics and Anti-Immigrant Movements". The Wire. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  30. ^ Ameen, Furquan (25 March 2021). "'Stress on Hindu identity': BJP hate campaign in poll-bound Assam". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  31. ^ "In the Name of the Nation". Stanford University Press. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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