R Bhattacharyya
Biographic Data
| ID | 24977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Bhattacharyya |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhattacharyya |
| SIGNATURE | BHATTACHARYYA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4290-6172 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 169 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Stigma-Driven Trauma and Coping Strategies of Women Experiencing Infertility in Bangladesh
Xenophobia, necrospace and genocide in Bangladesh
The partition of undivided India through the two-nation theory created India and Pakistan, but it also laid the groundwork for deepening xenophobia within Pakistan's political structure, sharpening divisions between West and East Pakistan. In East Pakistan, Creole nationalism rooted in Bangla language, culture, and identity – combined with economic disparities and political marginalisation – intensified these fractures. The region gradually trans…
Life Against Deathworlds
The July–August 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh marked a definitive rupture in the nation’s political trajectory, culminating in the collapse of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s fifteen-year tenure. In the aftermath, the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus initiated a profound restructuring of the state. Throughout 2025, this transition materialised through three interconnected processes: the dismantling of the previous regime'…
Borderland as a necrospace
The origin of militancy in Manipur can be traced back to the secessionist movement in 1964 due to the nation-state’s failure to address the people’s grievances. This study investigates how the construction and reconstruction of ethnic identities, coupled with economic and geopolitical factors, sustain Militancy in a contested borderland like Manipur. By foregrounding the research questions: how have ethnonational movements, state policies, and il…
Resisting colonial and feudal oppression
This research paper examines the significant yet often overlooked revolts of the Bhil tribe in Rajasthan during the British Raj, focusing on their resistance against colonial and feudal oppression from the early 19th to the early twentieth century. The Bhils, an indigenous tribal community, faced severe encroachments on their traditional rights, autonomy, and livelihoods due to British colonial policies and exploitative practices by Rajput feudal…
Metoo Movement
Any form of sexual assault stems from the intersection of power, patriarchal structure and gender. While different countries take different measures to tackle cases of sexual assault, cases continue to rise like a pandemic. This study is a revisit to the # Metoo Movement that took the catbird seat in 2017 after Tarana Burke founded it in 2006. Although the #Metoo movement started with women calling out names of abusers, the movement was not confi…
Mass exodus of India’s internal migrant labourers during the first phase of Covid-19
Human Trafficking
Since the year 2000, 25 November has been observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to make the public aware of violence against women and girls (VAWG). Human Trafficking is one of the most brutal forms of VAWG. This brief communication in the form of an editorial discusses the despicable issues linked to human trafficking, calling for action research
Race and Ethnicity in the Pandemic
This study begins with the historical understanding of race and its modern perspectives as a social construct amid social identity and critical race theories. Next, race and ethnicity are explored within the context of COVID-19, whereby those of non-white backgrounds are seeing different disastrous health outcomes and experiencing heightened levels of racism in the pandemic. Examples and analyses from around the world are then provided, which hav…
Dress Code’ Controversy
In the middle of September 2021, a female candidate wearing ‘shorts’ (the so-called ‘half pant’), hailing from Biswanath Chariali, went to Tezpur to appear at an entrance test of Assam Agricultural University (AAU) at Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (GIPS), one of the agencies of AAU. While the gatekeeper of GIPS gave her access, the invigilator on duty at the examination hall raised eyebrows on her ‘dress code’ but all…
Sarah Everard & Nirbhaya
This brief communication in the form of the editorial attempts to draw out the parallels between two grisly incidents in two parts of the world. However, the vertiginous ferocity of the incidents jostled outrage across the nations— Sarah Everard’s kidnap and murder on 03 March 2021 and barbarity on Nirbhaya through gang-rape and subsequent murder in December 2012. Both the cases unveil an underlying culture of misogyny. The question remains how d…
Assembly Elections of India, 2021
In India, Assembly Elections were held in Assam, West Bengal, Kerela, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the first half of 2021. Driving this study is an attempt to analyse the election results of the state of Assam where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies, Mitrajot or National Democratic Alliance (NDA), successfully defeated the Indian National Congress (INC), and its allies, Mahajot (Grand Alliance). Drawing primarily upon secondary data and…
Revisiting geographies of nationalism and national identity in Bangladesh
Prime Minister Modi Returns, 2019
Publication about latest open access/open source resources
Researching Domestic Violence in Bangladesh
In-depth interviews are now an established method of qualitative research across disciplines – Geography, Sociology, Social Work and even in Medical Sciences. However, there is a dearth of discussion about the issues entailed in using semi-structured interviews in Bangladesh, especially while conducting research on sensitive issues such as violence against women including domestic violence (DV). Drawing upon our experiences of conducting 42 in-de…
India Rising
Editorial
What gender is, what gender does
Exclusion (and seclusion)
Sociologies of India's missing children
The sociologies of India's missing children merit spatial and contextual examination. The sociological space into which a child goes missing is highly under-researched in India. Building on overarching narratives emerging from secondary sources and existing literature on Indian children's vulnerability and precarity, the article aims to evaluate the landscape of missing children. The analyses suggest that a number of interconnected sociologies co…
Draft Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016
Chaired by honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Damodar Modi, the Union Cabinet on 24 August 2016 introduced and approved the draft bill on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in India, known popularly as the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016. The bill aims at regulating the ever-proliferating unregulated surrogacy industry interalia banning commercial surrogacy services for single parents, homosexuals, cohabiting partners in addition to …
Balancing Motherhood and Career in STEM Jobs
Proportion of women working in the hitherto male-dominated sectors such as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) jobs are primarily low because of gender stereotyping and motherhood roles. Using the findings of the article titled Entitled to a Sustainable Career? Motherhood in Science, Engineering, and Technology published in the Journal of Social Issues, this report attempts to explain as to how STEM jobs can retain more women
Street Violence against Women in India
Street violence against women ( SVAW ) in India is highly under researched. This article aims to understand the contextual factors responsible for the occurrence of SVAW in five cities of North‐east India: Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Shillong, and Guwahati. The aftermath of an horrific gang rape and the subsequent death of a 23‐year‐old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi in December 2012 served as a wake‐up call for the Government of India ( GOI ),…
Discounted life
Discounted life: the price of global surrogacy in India." Gender, Place & Culture, 23(12), pp. 1813–1814
Living with Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as everyday life
Semiotics of rape
Semiotics of rape: sexual subjectivity and violation in rural India." Asian Studies Review, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Understanding the spatialities of sexual assault against Indian women in India
Both domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault against women (SAAW) in public spaces continue to be significant problems facing Indian society. Moreover, the link between DV and SAAW is also commonly misconstrued. Adding to this confusion is the way in which forms of violence against women (VAW) - battering, rape, molestation and sexual abuse - lacks spatial and contextual analysis. There was nationwide outrage over the Nirbhaya incident of 16 De…
Street Violence against Women in India
Street violence against women ( SVAW ) in India is highly under researched. This article aims to understand the contextual factors responsible for the occurrence of SVAW in five cities of North‐east India: Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Shillong, and Guwahati. The aftermath of an horrific gang rape and the subsequent death of a 23‐year‐old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi in December 2012 served as a wake‐up call for the Government of India ( GOI ),…
Living with Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as everyday life
Discounted life
Discounted life: the price of global surrogacy in India." Gender, Place & Culture, 23(12), pp. 1813–1814
Exclusion (and seclusion)
Sociologies of India's missing children
The sociologies of India's missing children merit spatial and contextual examination. The sociological space into which a child goes missing is highly under-researched in India. Building on overarching narratives emerging from secondary sources and existing literature on Indian children's vulnerability and precarity, the article aims to evaluate the landscape of missing children. The analyses suggest that a number of interconnected sociologies co…
Revisiting geographies of nationalism and national identity in Bangladesh
Researching Domestic Violence in Bangladesh
In-depth interviews are now an established method of qualitative research across disciplines – Geography, Sociology, Social Work and even in Medical Sciences. However, there is a dearth of discussion about the issues entailed in using semi-structured interviews in Bangladesh, especially while conducting research on sensitive issues such as violence against women including domestic violence (DV). Drawing upon our experiences of conducting 42 in-de…
Good Governance and Development Mandate
Causes and Contexts of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence ( DV ) against married women is widely prevalent across Bangladesh and this merits nuanced attention. Multifarious factors are believed to perpetuate DV in different socioeconomic contexts within the country. This study aimed to understand the causes and contexts of DV in the Sylhet region (a distinct sub‐culture that carries Sylheti identity). This was a qualitative study based on the experiences of 42 victims of DV who sought …
Life and Times of Unborn Kamla
K.K.Varma.2013. New Delhi: Palimpsest Publishers, 131 pages, Kindle Edition: £1.87; Paperback £1.87/₹275
Semiotics of rape
Semiotics of rape: sexual subjectivity and violation in rural India." Asian Studies Review, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
What gender is, what gender does
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
The horrific gang-rape and the subsequent murder of Nirbyaya (fearless) in December 2012, impelled the Government of India to pass the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. The key aim of this article is to review this Act in the light of women's safety in public spaces
Race and Ethnicity in the Pandemic
This study begins with the historical understanding of race and its modern perspectives as a social construct amid social identity and critical race theories. Next, race and ethnicity are explored within the context of COVID-19, whereby those of non-white backgrounds are seeing different disastrous health outcomes and experiencing heightened levels of racism in the pandemic. Examples and analyses from around the world are then provided, which hav…
India Rising
Editorial
Draft Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016
Chaired by honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Damodar Modi, the Union Cabinet on 24 August 2016 introduced and approved the draft bill on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in India, known popularly as the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016. The bill aims at regulating the ever-proliferating unregulated surrogacy industry interalia banning commercial surrogacy services for single parents, homosexuals, cohabiting partners in addition to …
Publication Watch
In the journal Space and Culture, India, we endeavour to scan and highlight latest India-related publications and resources on developmental issues from around the world, which we consider to be useful to the scholars
A Mirage or a Rural Life Line? Analysing the impact of Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act on Women Beneficiaries of Assam
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), launched in February 2006 was renamed in October 02, 2009 as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (henceforth, MGNREGA). It is an anti-poverty flagship programme of the Government of India. The key purpose of MGNREGA is to enhance wage employment in the rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed employment to every household in a financial year. The MGNREGA i…
Publication Watch
We welcome you to the second issue of †̃Publication Watchâ€TM. Below is a list of latest publications in the field of social sciences. However, it is not exhaustive by any means
Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013
The horrific gang-rape and the subsequent murder of Nirbyaya (fearless) in December 2012, impelled the Government of India to pass the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013. The key aim of this article is to review this Act in the light of women's safety in public spaces
Tribute to Nirbhaya (Fearless)
We are happy to launch the first issue of the Journal Space and Culture, India. This first issue is a tribute to Nirbhaya (Fearless), who was brutally gang-raped and left in a †̃vegetative stateâ€TM to die, who subsequently succumbed to her injuries on December 29, 2012. Alongside, we also pay our last respect to Chief Justice Jagdish Charan Verma (January 18, 1933 – April 22, 2013), who headed the government-appointed panel, Justice Verma Commit…
Publication Watch
Hi Readers,In this special issue on methodology, we bring you the news of resources on methodology that is available free in the internet. These include on-line resources, e-books and journal articles. The following are the free resources
Life and Times of Unborn Kamla
K.K.Varma.2013. New Delhi: Palimpsest Publishers, 131 pages, Kindle Edition: £1.87; Paperback £1.87/₹275
Good Governance and Development Mandate
Understanding the spatialities of sexual assault against Indian women in India
Both domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault against women (SAAW) in public spaces continue to be significant problems facing Indian society. Moreover, the link between DV and SAAW is also commonly misconstrued. Adding to this confusion is the way in which forms of violence against women (VAW) - battering, rape, molestation and sexual abuse - lacks spatial and contextual analysis. There was nationwide outrage over the Nirbhaya incident of 16 De…
Causes and Contexts of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence ( DV ) against married women is widely prevalent across Bangladesh and this merits nuanced attention. Multifarious factors are believed to perpetuate DV in different socioeconomic contexts within the country. This study aimed to understand the causes and contexts of DV in the Sylhet region (a distinct sub‐culture that carries Sylheti identity). This was a qualitative study based on the experiences of 42 victims of DV who sought …
Draft Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016
Chaired by honourable Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Damodar Modi, the Union Cabinet on 24 August 2016 introduced and approved the draft bill on Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) in India, known popularly as the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016. The bill aims at regulating the ever-proliferating unregulated surrogacy industry interalia banning commercial surrogacy services for single parents, homosexuals, cohabiting partners in addition to …
Balancing Motherhood and Career in STEM Jobs
Proportion of women working in the hitherto male-dominated sectors such as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) jobs are primarily low because of gender stereotyping and motherhood roles. Using the findings of the article titled Entitled to a Sustainable Career? Motherhood in Science, Engineering, and Technology published in the Journal of Social Issues, this report attempts to explain as to how STEM jobs can retain more women
Street Violence against Women in India
Street violence against women ( SVAW ) in India is highly under researched. This article aims to understand the contextual factors responsible for the occurrence of SVAW in five cities of North‐east India: Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Shillong, and Guwahati. The aftermath of an horrific gang rape and the subsequent death of a 23‐year‐old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi in December 2012 served as a wake‐up call for the Government of India ( GOI ),…
Discounted life
Discounted life: the price of global surrogacy in India." Gender, Place & Culture, 23(12), pp. 1813–1814
Living with Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) as everyday life
India Rising
Editorial
What gender is, what gender does
Exclusion (and seclusion)
Sociologies of India's missing children
The sociologies of India's missing children merit spatial and contextual examination. The sociological space into which a child goes missing is highly under-researched in India. Building on overarching narratives emerging from secondary sources and existing literature on Indian children's vulnerability and precarity, the article aims to evaluate the landscape of missing children. The analyses suggest that a number of interconnected sociologies co…
Researching Domestic Violence in Bangladesh
In-depth interviews are now an established method of qualitative research across disciplines – Geography, Sociology, Social Work and even in Medical Sciences. However, there is a dearth of discussion about the issues entailed in using semi-structured interviews in Bangladesh, especially while conducting research on sensitive issues such as violence against women including domestic violence (DV). Drawing upon our experiences of conducting 42 in-de…
Prime Minister Modi Returns, 2019
Publication about latest open access/open source resources
Revisiting geographies of nationalism and national identity in Bangladesh
Dress Code’ Controversy
In the middle of September 2021, a female candidate wearing ‘shorts’ (the so-called ‘half pant’), hailing from Biswanath Chariali, went to Tezpur to appear at an entrance test of Assam Agricultural University (AAU) at Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (GIPS), one of the agencies of AAU. While the gatekeeper of GIPS gave her access, the invigilator on duty at the examination hall raised eyebrows on her ‘dress code’ but all…
Sarah Everard & Nirbhaya
This brief communication in the form of the editorial attempts to draw out the parallels between two grisly incidents in two parts of the world. However, the vertiginous ferocity of the incidents jostled outrage across the nations— Sarah Everard’s kidnap and murder on 03 March 2021 and barbarity on Nirbhaya through gang-rape and subsequent murder in December 2012. Both the cases unveil an underlying culture of misogyny. The question remains how d…
Assembly Elections of India, 2021
In India, Assembly Elections were held in Assam, West Bengal, Kerela, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in the first half of 2021. Driving this study is an attempt to analyse the election results of the state of Assam where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies, Mitrajot or National Democratic Alliance (NDA), successfully defeated the Indian National Congress (INC), and its allies, Mahajot (Grand Alliance). Drawing primarily upon secondary data and…
Political science (23 works) · Sociology (19 works) · Law (15 works) · Law (14 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Criminology (6 works)