Article

Chawla, Swati and Gohain, Swargajyoti (2025) Tibetan and Himalayan Studies in India : state of the field and possible future trajectories. The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 42 (2). pp. 28-53. Copenhagen Business School . ISSN 2246-2163 Available at: https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/7...

Chawla, Swati (2024) A Tibetan window into the twentieth-century Himalayan world. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 62. OpenEdition Journal . ISSN 2823-6114 Available at: https://journals.openedition.org/ebhr/2317

Chawla, Swati (2023) Fashioning a ‘Buddhist’ Himalayan cartography: Sikkim darbar and the cabinet mission plan. India Quarterly : A Journal of International Affairs, 79 (1). pp. 29-44. SAGE & Indian Council of World Affairs . ISSN 0975-2684 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/09749284221147271

Chawla, Swati (2020) Chinese cultural policies in Tibet: A perspective from India. The Asian Forum, 8 (25). The Asian Institute for Policy Studies . ISSN 2288-5757 Available at: https://theasanforum.org/chinese-cultural-policies...

Article in Newspapers and Magazine

Chawla, Swati ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-6563 (2025) India Must Endorse The Dalai Lama’s Statement On His Succession. India's World. pp. 54-57. Pax Analysis (OPC) Pvt Ltd. , India. Available at: https://indiasworld.in/india-must-endorse-the-dala...

Chawla, Swati (2025) Ambassadors of the Dharma : meet the nuns leading Buddhism into a new era. Mint. pp. 1-2. Available at: https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/ideas/tibetan...

Chawla, Swati (2023) What India owes Tibetans in exile. Times of India. Available at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/w...

Chawla, Swati (2023) We must confer a Bharat Ratna upon the Dalai Lama. Live Mint. Available at: https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/we-m...

Balasubramaniam, Ramaswamy and Chawla, Swati (2023) Writing more of India into Tibetology. The Hindu. Available at: https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/writing-mor...

Chawla, Swati (2022) Thich Nhat Hanh, the Monk who stood against Vietnam war, also led me home. The Quint. Available at: https://www.thequint.com/voices/blogs/thich-nhat-h...

Chawla, Swati, Namakkal, Jessica, Ramnath, Kalyani and Walker, Lydia (2020) Who is a citizen in contemporary India? Epicenter-Harvard University. Available at: https://epicenter.wcfia.harvard.edu/blog/who-citiz...

Chawla, Swati, Namakkal, Jessica, Ramnath, Kalyani and Walker, Lydia (2020) Microsyllabus: Citizenship and provisional belonging in South Asia. The Abusable Past. Available at: https://abusablepast.org/microsyllabus-citizenship...

Book Section

Chawla, Swati (2024) Transnational Buddhism and ecological awareness : The case of Tibetan Nuns in exile. In: Fostering an ecological shift through effective environmental education. IGI Global Publishing. pp. 54-64. ISBN 9798369325773 Available at: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2577-3.ch004

Chawla, Swati (2023) “Nothing in common with ‘Indian’ India:” Bhutan and the cabinet mission plan. In: South Asia Unbound : New International Histories of the Subcontinent. Global Connections: Routes and Roots, vol. 6. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam. pp. 61-82. ISBN 9789400604544 Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/9789400604544-008

Book Review

Chawla, Swati (2023) Book review | Mystics and sceptics. [Book Review] Available at: https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/leisure/story/2...

Preprint

Chawla, Swati (2024) Centring ‘Tibetan’ in Tibetan and Himalayan studies in India. [Preprint] Available at: https://snu.edu.in/centres/centre-of-excellence-fo...

Other Article

Chawla, Swati ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-6563 (2026) How Not To Read The Dalai Lama's Statement On His Reincarnation. South Asia Monitor, New Delhi. Available at: https://www.southasiamonitor.org/indo-pacific-chin...

Chawla, Swati ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7480-6563 (2026) How Not To Read The Dalai Lama’s Statement On His Reincarnation. South Asia Monitor, New Delhi. Available at: https://southasiamonitor.org/indo-pacific-china-wa...

Chawla, Swati (2022) Geleck Palsang’s ‘Amala’: Chronicling a life of service. TIBETSCAPES, India. Available at: https://tibetscapes.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/gelec...