Author profile: Aswathy Chandragiri

Aswathy Chandragiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai, India. She holds a Ph.D. in Humanities and Social Sciences from BITS Pilani, India, where her research examined questions of gender and border politics. Her current research interests include gender, spatiality, borders, and geopolitics.

Rethinking Terrorism After Afghanistan: India and the Politics of Recognition

Aswathy Chandragiri • Nov 28 2025 • Articles

The case of Afghanistan exposes the inherent asymmetries in how terrorism is defined, applied, and contested within the international system.

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