The BJP and the war on history (2023)
Book Chapter
Sharma. (2023). The BJP and the war on history. In Passionate politics Democracy, development and India’s 2019 general election (53-62). https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526157751.00012

This book illustrates the economic, social and cultural processes that shaped political passions in India during the summer of 2019. The contributors compel us to take seriously the ‘structures of feeling’ in politics.

The Chicago School goes east: Edward Shils and the dilemma of the Indian intellectuals, c.1956-67 (2020)
Journal Article
Sharma, S. (2020). The Chicago School goes east: Edward Shils and the dilemma of the Indian intellectuals, c.1956-67. Modern Asian Studies, 2087-2111. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X19000465

The sociologist Edward Shils (1910-95) is a neglected commentator on modern India. Best known in a South Asian context for his involvement in the Congress for Cultural Freedom, Shils also produced an influential study of Indian intellectuals, publish... Read More about The Chicago School goes east: Edward Shils and the dilemma of the Indian intellectuals, c.1956-67.