Papers by Darshan Karki
HIMALAYA - The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 2022
This paper is an examination of the ways in which the residents and political actors of the Tarāi... more This paper is an examination of the ways in which the residents and political actors of the Tarāi-Madhes (lowlands) in Nepal construct and contest Madhesi identity. It juxtaposes interpretations of Madhesi along geographic, linguistic, ethnic, and religious lines, with the experiential aspect of "being a Madhesi." The paper demonstrates how Madhesi evolved into a politically charged, emotion-laden identity category, and argues that the experience of being othered is central to the construction and reification of Madhesi identity.
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EchoGéo, 2020
This paper seeks to understand how elites utilize toponyms to either underscore territorial claim... more This paper seeks to understand how elites utilize toponyms to either underscore territorial claims and belonging to a nation or to undermine those claims. Analyzing the names of the Nepali flatlands, Tarai and Madhes with a focus on the latter, it shows how ambivalent meanings attached to the toponyms became instrumental in symbolic resistance against an exclusionary idea of the Nepali nation and the struggle for belonging to it. Drawing on interviews with politicians, activists, political analysts, and journalists we propose to understand toponyms as temporary anchor points around which elites strategically assemble otherwise ambivalent identities to place demands in ways that are understandable to state officials. This article highlights the complexities and contradictions in place naming processes when entangled with ethnic politics and territorial restructuring.
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Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2020
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