Nikita Sonavane

Nikita Sonavane is a lawyer and researcher working on criminalisation, caste and policing in India. She is the co-founder of the Criminal Justice and Police Accountability Project.

Colonial and casteist ideas still shape criminalisation and policing in India

The disproportionate policing and incarceration of Denotified Tribes and other caste-oppressed communities must be understood as a result of colonial and Brahminical power

By Nikita Sonavane

/ 24 Jan 2024

Colonial and casteist ideas still shape criminalisation and policing in India