Antara Chakraborthy is a Senior Analyst for the Social Resilience Program in CENS. She previously graduated from S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (NTU) with a MSc in International Relations. With a demonstrated working experience as a journalist covering Indian politics, her shift into academia is marked by her interest to delve deeper into the nuances of citizenship and multiculturalism in plural societies. Antara loves cats, tea and a big fantasy novel.

• Ethnic and Diasporic studies
• Citizenship, multiculturalism and its impact on south Asian society
• Nationalism and Religious Extremism

Commentaries

• Hindu Nationalism: Impact on Multicultural Societies

  07 March, 2023

• Hindutva’s Rise and Social Cohesion

  08 February, 2022

Commemorative / Event Reports

• CRISIS OF THE SOCIAL: FAULTLINES, (UN)TRUTHS, AND MANIPULATION

  26 July, 2023

• EXTREMISM: OLD PARADIGMS; NEW FRONTIERS

  23 November, 2022

• Religious Nationalism and Extremism in Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and India: Assessing the Impact of Structural Conditions

  17 May, 2022

Op-Eds

• “The Singapore leg of #gotagohome: diaspora sentiments” (with Yasmine Wong), new mandala, 26 August 2022
• “A tale of two countries: interpreting The Kashmir Files” (with Pravin Prakash), The Interpreter , 27 May 2022
• “Extremism in India Fuels Extremism in Bangladesh and Vice-Versa”, International Policy Digest, 12 December 2021
• “Uttar Pradesh 2022: A Blueprint for the Yogi’s Hindu Rashtra” (with Pravin Prakash), The Diplomat, 11 December 2021

• Speaker, “National Impact and Consequences of Far-Right Governments in Academia: India”, The Spectre Haunting Academia: Understanding the Role of Academia in the Rise of the Far-Right Conference, Heidelberg University, Germany, 3-4 September, 2022.
• Speaker, “Race and Racial Relations: Origins and Impact of Racial Relations in Singapore”, Republic Polytechnic, 9 March 2021.