Shubh Mathur writes about nationalism, minorities, borderlands, counterinsurgency, human rights and environmental ethics. She has conducted fieldwork in India and Kashmir, focusing on state and state-supported violence. Her latest research looks at the history of Indian state violence against religious and ethnic minority groups.
She is the author of two books — The Human Toll of the Kashmir Conflict: Grief and Courage in a South Asian Borderland and The Everyday Life of Hindu Nationalism, and has co-edited a volume on Kashmir after 2019. She is currently working on a comparative history of Indian counterinsurgency since 1947.
Mathur has provided translation and community support services to asylum seekers in the New York - New Jersey area.
Caste discrimination or persecution, Deportees/criminal deportees, Ethnic discrimination or persecution, Forced marriage, Gang-related violence/non-state actors, Gender-based violence/domestic violence, Journalist persecution, Political persecution, Prison conditions, Religious discrimination or persecution, Government/state actor persecution, Risk of retaliation, Sexual abuse/assault, Torture, Trafficking, Tribal discrimination or persecution, State and state-supported violence, collective punishment
I have not previously served as an expert in asylum cases. However, I have done translations on a volunteer basis for asylum seekers from Pakistan and India in New York and New Jersey courts in 2001-2004. I have also provided community support to detained asylum seekers and am familiar with the legal and personal issues they face.