Browsing by Author "Vishal Singh Bhadauriya"

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From Colonial Ambiguities to Contemporary Brinkmanship: The Evolving India-China Rivalry in the Himalayan Frontier
(McFarland and Company, Inc, 2025) Vishal Singh Bhadauriya; Rana Abhyendra Singh
Purpose—This research paper examines how evolving leadership styles in India and China—shifting from Jiang Zemin's pragmatic stance to Xi Jinping's assertive ideology— reshaped Himalayan relations, highlighting nationalism, populism, and economic ambition. Methodology—Using Critical Discourse Analysis, this study examines documents to reveal cooperation, competition, and national rejuvenation. Strategic culture theory illuminates how colonial legacies and unresolved borders shape ideology. Drawing on multiple sources, it shows how smaller Himalayan states navigate pressures, risking shifts from collaboration to tension. Findings—The study finds that under Xi Jinping, China's Himalayan approach, shaped by economic assertiveness and ideological confidence, has pushed India under Modi toward greater vigilance and militarization. Incidents like the 2017 Doklam standoff and 2020 Galwan clash illustrate fraying trust, increasingly overshadowed by present-day nationalism and fears of strategic encirclement. Practical Implications—The paper highlights that leadership ideologies shape IndiaChina ties, urging caution against assuming steady détente. By acknowledging cyclical rivalry, India can partner with democracies and manage economic reliance on China. Originality—This study presents a fresh viewpoint on Himalayan geopolitics, analyzing leadership transformations that realign India-China dynamics and reconfigure bilateral relations. © 2025, McFarland and Company, Inc. All rights reserved.
India-China bilateral relations: From Nehru Regime to Modi era
(Taylor and Francis, 2022) Vishal Singh Bhadauriya
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Intersecting Oppressions: The Lived Realities of Dom Women in Banaras, India
(ACCB Publishing, 2025) Anuradha Singh; Rana Abhyendra Singh; Prateek Gupta; Vishal Singh Bhadauriya
This research presents a theory-driven, qualitative account of how caste and gender work together to shape structural oppression in the lives of Dom women in Banaras (Varanasi), India. Based on fifteen in-depth interviews and approximately eighty hours of participant observation in the cremation settlements adjacent to the Manikarnika and Harishchandra Ghats, the research adopts an intersectional lens rooted in feminist standpoint epistemology. Inductive coding of verbatim transcripts identifies three mutually reinforcing mechanisms—affective discipline (gendered coercion through gratitude and fear), spatial stigma (postal-code proxies for ritual pollution), and metabolic inequality (unequal exposure to toxic ash, bleach, and smoke) — that lock Dom women into hazardous, low-wage niches of the informal economy. Compared with both upper-caste women and Dom men, participants experience significantly higher rates of occupational injury, wage theft and everyday humiliation, confirming that caste-gender oppression is not additive but synergistic. The findings refine intersectionality theory by specifying how “purity” logics operate as a caste-gender gearbox in a South-Asian urban context. By foregrounding the voices of one of India’s most marginalised constituencies, the study demonstrates why adequate social protection must address caste and gender simultaneously, rather than in parallel. © 2025 Singh et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Resisting colonial and feudal oppression: the Bhil revolts in British Raj Rajasthan and their impact on India's freedom movement
(Discover, 2025) Vishal Singh Bhadauriya; Anuradha Singh; Rituparna Bhattacharyya
This research paper examines the significant yet often overlooked revolts of the Bhil tribe in Rajasthan during the British Raj, focusing on their resistance against colonial and feudal oppression from the early 19th to the early twentieth century. The Bhils, an indigenous tribal community, faced severe encroachments on their traditional rights, autonomy, and livelihoods due to British colonial policies and exploitative practices by Rajput feudal lords. Through an in-depth analysis of key events such as the Bhil revolts in Udaipur State (1818, 1881–1882) and insurrections in Banswara, the study highlights these uprisings as powerful manifestations of resistance by oppressed groups against systemic marginalization. The paper also explores how these tribal revolts influenced and inspired broader movements within India's struggle for independence. © The Author(s) 2025.