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Vinay Lal

Vinay Lal

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Freelance Contributor, Freelance

Los Angeles, New Delhi

Biography

Vinay Lal is a blogger, cultural critic, writer, public commentator, and Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he has been teaching since 1993. He writes widely on Indian history, politics, public and popular culture; Gandhi and nonviolence; the Indian diaspora; colonial histories; American politics; and global culture. His intellectual interests also include history and theory, historiography, political philosophy, the Global South, and the politics of knowledge systems. He writes for Open (New Delhi), Economic and Political Weekly (Mumbai), Indian Express, The Hindu, and various other publications. He is the author or editor of eighteen books.

Final Covers

Sexuality, South Asia , Cinema, World Politics , Globalization, Art, Political Thought, Culture, Contemporary World , Politics, Literature, Philosophy , History

Doesn’t Cover

engineering, computer science, hard core science, accounting

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Seniority Positions

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Content

Total articles 88

  • Modi’s Government Aims to Trample India’s History

    By Vinay Lal · Scientific American

    Jan. 22, 2025

  • Counting the dead in Gaza: Is there anything that can temper Israel?

    By Vinay Lal · The Indian Express

    Jul. 19, 2024

  • Violence at UCLA: Open Letter to Chancellor Gene Block

    By Vinay Lal · By Vinay Lal

    May. 03, 2024

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Company Info

Freelance

De Pere, Wisconsin, United States