Shubh Mathur is an anthropologist whose work is concerned with human rights, nations, borders, violence, sovereignty and environmental ethics. She has published numerous articles and two books, The Everyday Life of Hindu Nationalism (Three Essays Collective Press) and The Human Toll of the Kashmir Conflict: Grief and Courage in a South Asian Borderland (Palgrave Macmillan). She believes that the notion of sovereignty as unchecked power links political violence with environmental devastation: the way we treat the natural world is a reflection of the way we treat each other.