Vipulya Chari

Journal Articles

Chari, V., & Prasch, A. M. (2025). Nehru Goes to Washington: India’s Cold War Neutrality and the Politics of Non-Alignment. Rhetoric Society Quarterly,

(2025). Platforming Development: Smartphone Apps and the Labor of Digital Citizenship. New Media & Society,

Chari, V. (2022). Internet.Org and the Rhetoric of Connectivity. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies , 19(1). 54-73.

Presentations

Chari, V. (2026, May 2). Rhetorical Reckonings with Un/exceptional, Un/precedented Indignities . Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Portland, Oregon: Rhetoric Society of America.

Chari, V. (2026, May 2). Viral Devotion, Networked Hate: Hindutva Pop on YouTube. Rhetoric Society of America Conference. Portland, Oregon: Rhetoric Society of America.

Chari, V. (2026, October 2). Platforming Development: Smartphone Apps, e-Governance and the Labor of Digital Citizenship. The Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin: Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chari, V. (2026, June 2). Rhetoric of Development in Digital India. Rhetoric in Society 9. Zagreb, Croatia: Rhetoric Society of Euripe.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). A Rhetoric of Data Sovereignty. National Communication Association Conference. New Orleans, Louisiana: National Communication Association.

Chari, V., & Prasch, A. M. (2026, May 2). Decolonizing the Cold War: Nehru, Truman, and the Politics of Non-alignment. 22nd Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Denver, Colorado: Rhetoric Society of America.

Chari, V. (2026, April 2). Writing Diversity Statements. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Colloquium. Madison, Wisconsin: Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). The #girlboss on Shark Tank India: Gender, Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. National Communication Association. National Harbor, Maryland: Economics, Communication, and Society Division.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). After Technoliberalism. National Communication Association. National Harbor, Maryland: Critical and Cultural Studies Division.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). From Holy Land to Smart City: Hindutva, Populism, and Digital Development. National Communication Association. National Harbor, Maryland: Asian/Pacific American Caucus; Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). Mutual Mentoring, Networking and Community Building as Asian/Pacific Americans. National Communication Association. National Harbor, Maryland: Asian/Pacific American Caucus; Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division.

Chari, V. (2026, October 2). Citizenship, Gender, and Entrepreneurialism on Indian Reality TV. The Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin: Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). Self-reliance, technology and nationalism in contemporary India. National Communication Association. New Orleans, Louisiana: Asian/Pacific American Communication Studies Division.

Chari, V. (2026, October 2). Two Indias to New India: Rhetorics of development in state advertising of “Digital India”. The Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin: Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chari, V. (2026, May 2). Technology, Nationalism, and the Rhetorics of Self-Reliance in Digital-First India. 21st Biennial Conference of the Rhetoric Society of America. Baltimore, Maryland: Rhetoric Society of America.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). Rhetorics of Digital Development in Public Policy and Political Discourse in India. National Communication Association. New Orleans, Louisiana: Rhetorical and Communication Theory Division.

Chari, V. (2026, March 2). "An App for Every Gap”: Technology and Nationalism in the making of Aatmanirbhar Bharat. Rhetoric, Politics and Culture Colloquium. Madison, Wisconsin: Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). Infrastructures of Success: Narendra Modi, “Digital India,” and the Construction of a National Imaginary. National Communication Association. Indianapolis, Indiana (Online): Asian/Pacific American Studies Division.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). Scholars at the Crossroads: Mentoring, Networking, and Building Community as Asian/Pacific American Scholars. National Communication Association. Indianapolis, Indiana (Online): Asian/Pacific American Studies Division and Caucus.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). Toward an Infrastructural Turn in Rhetoric: Cases from “Digital India". National Communication Association. Indianapolis, Indiana (Online): Rhetoric and Communication Theory Division.

Chari, V. (2026, October 2). The Rhetoric of Netizenship: Narendra Modi and the Vision of a “Digital India". The Annual Conference on South Asia. Madison, Wisconsin: Center for South Asia, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). Digital Indians and their Digital Potential: Of Risk, Opportunity and Neoliberal Netizenship. National Communication Association. Baltimore, Maryland: Asian/Pacific American Studies Division.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). They’re Coming for Our Jobs: Automation, Class Warfare, and Universal Basic Income. National Communication Association. Baltimore, Maryland: Economics, Culture and Society Division.

Chari, V. (2026, March 2). The Logic of Connectivity: Digital Development Discourses over Facebook’s Internet.org in India. Rhetoric, Politics and Culture Colloquium. Madison, Wisconsin: Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). The Logic of Connectivity: Digital Development Discourses over Facebook’s Internet.org in India. National Communication Association. : Critical and Cultural Studies Division.

Chari, V. (2026, May 2). Transnational Networks as Rhetoric. Rhetoric Society of America Symposium. Madison, Wisconsin: Rhetoric Society of America.

Chari, V. (2026, November 2). ModiPunishesPak: Of Cartoons, History and a Circulating Vernacular. National Communication Association. Dallas, Texas: Asian/Pacific American Division and Caucus.

Reviews

Chari, V. (2026,March 2). Review of Petersen, Jennifer, How Machines Came to Speak: Media Technologies and Freedom of Speech. H-Sci-Med-Tech, H-Net Reviews.