Author profile: Rudabeh Shahid

Rudabeh Shahid is a multidisciplinary scholar who studies South Asia combining the lens of political science, anthropology, and history. Over the years, her research has focused on civil society in post-partition South Asia and wider international relations of the region, including the situation concerning the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis and issues of statelessness developing in India’s north-eastern state of Assam. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the New College of Florida. She is also a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council, where her portfolio includes ethnic and migration issues in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and India. Additionally, she is a Senior Consultant at the European Institute for International Law and International Relations. A summary of her recent policy work can be found here. She Tweets @RudabehS

Opinion – Reconsidering India’s ‘Population Policy’ through a Regional Perspective

Rudabeh Shahid • Sep 1 2021 • Articles

Considering the cases two Indian states, it is evident that the population policies in both are driven by ‘demographic fears’ stemming from Islamophobia.

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