Obja Borah Hazarika
Biographic Data
| ID | 1250352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Obja Borah Hazarika |
| GIVEN NAMES | Obja Borah |
| FAMILY NAME | Hazarika |
| SIGNATURE | HAZARIKA O B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dibrugarh University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2173-6290 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Abolishing the Free Movement Regime Between India and Myanmar
The Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the India-Myanmar border was designed as an innovative border management mechanism that addresses the cultural distribution and socio-economic needs of cross-border communities. The Government of India’s decision to abolish the FMR and fence the border, citing its misuse by certain factions, has faced opposition from various stakeholders. In this context, the current paper explores the relevance of the FMR in …
Elections in Myanmar and Bangladesh
Unpacking Ulfa
India and the BIMSTEC- regionalism, multilateral frameworks and a changing global order
The BRI in Myanmar and China’s multipronged strategy
Gandhian Intervention and the AFSPA in Northeast India
Political violence and conflicts have been predominant features in Northeast India which comprises the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, and Sikkim. Resistances in many states arose to counter the perceived loss of land, demographic change, and political, cultural, and economic marginalization of indigenous communities. Some of the resistances had arisen due to the harboring of national visions by…
The India-Russia Annual Summit resumes, with an eye on China
India–Myanmar bilateral relations since 2021
Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India
The underdevelopment of Northeast India is quite often explained in terms of economic isolation primarily on account of its geographical peripherality. To address this challenge, a new imagination, through the Look (Act) East Policy has been proposed. This approach, makes India’s Northeast the centre of a unified economic, physical and social space through its integration with the trans-border neighbouring regions. In this article, an attempt has…
Everyday sexism in higher education
The aim of this article is to explore the experiences of different women in higher educational institutions in India. Through this piece the authors investigate how the prevalence of sexism is affecting women in academia in general and their everyday professional negotiations in particular. Furthermore, the article reviews the position of women in higher administrative responsibilities, and academic positions and also views the mundane everyday a…
Paid and unpaid work during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic and the strategies implemented to deal with it have had economic and societal repercussions all over the world. In India, a nationwide lockdown was initiated on 25 March 2020 which continued in a diluted form as we were conducting the interviews for the paper in July 2020. The lockdown brought activities outside the home to a standstill and people were expected to stay indoors in order to ensure social distancing and break t…
Locating Northeast in India’s Neighbourhood Policy
India’s neighbourhood policy seems to be devoid of any strategy to integrate national interests with the concerns of border regions like Northeast India. India’s security-centric approach prevented a cooperative relationship from emerging with its neighbours, while a deeper and intense engagement with them would have benefitted India and helped solve many of the problems that Northeast India is facing today. However, the recent move by India unde…
Paid and unpaid work during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic and the strategies implemented to deal with it have had economic and societal repercussions all over the world. In India, a nationwide lockdown was initiated on 25 March 2020 which continued in a diluted form as we were conducting the interviews for the paper in July 2020. The lockdown brought activities outside the home to a standstill and people were expected to stay indoors in order to ensure social distancing and break t…
Locating Northeast in India’s Neighbourhood Policy
India’s neighbourhood policy seems to be devoid of any strategy to integrate national interests with the concerns of border regions like Northeast India. India’s security-centric approach prevented a cooperative relationship from emerging with its neighbours, while a deeper and intense engagement with them would have benefitted India and helped solve many of the problems that Northeast India is facing today. However, the recent move by India unde…
Locating Northeast in India’s Neighbourhood Policy
India’s neighbourhood policy seems to be devoid of any strategy to integrate national interests with the concerns of border regions like Northeast India. India’s security-centric approach prevented a cooperative relationship from emerging with its neighbours, while a deeper and intense engagement with them would have benefitted India and helped solve many of the problems that Northeast India is facing today. However, the recent move by India unde…
Paid and unpaid work during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic and the strategies implemented to deal with it have had economic and societal repercussions all over the world. In India, a nationwide lockdown was initiated on 25 March 2020 which continued in a diluted form as we were conducting the interviews for the paper in July 2020. The lockdown brought activities outside the home to a standstill and people were expected to stay indoors in order to ensure social distancing and break t…
Look (Act) East Policy and Northeast India
The underdevelopment of Northeast India is quite often explained in terms of economic isolation primarily on account of its geographical peripherality. To address this challenge, a new imagination, through the Look (Act) East Policy has been proposed. This approach, makes India’s Northeast the centre of a unified economic, physical and social space through its integration with the trans-border neighbouring regions. In this article, an attempt has…
Everyday sexism in higher education
The aim of this article is to explore the experiences of different women in higher educational institutions in India. Through this piece the authors investigate how the prevalence of sexism is affecting women in academia in general and their everyday professional negotiations in particular. Furthermore, the article reviews the position of women in higher administrative responsibilities, and academic positions and also views the mundane everyday a…
Gandhian Intervention and the AFSPA in Northeast India
Political violence and conflicts have been predominant features in Northeast India which comprises the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, and Sikkim. Resistances in many states arose to counter the perceived loss of land, demographic change, and political, cultural, and economic marginalization of indigenous communities. Some of the resistances had arisen due to the harboring of national visions by…
The India-Russia Annual Summit resumes, with an eye on China
India–Myanmar bilateral relations since 2021
Unpacking Ulfa
India and the BIMSTEC- regionalism, multilateral frameworks and a changing global order
The BRI in Myanmar and China’s multipronged strategy
Abolishing the Free Movement Regime Between India and Myanmar
The Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the India-Myanmar border was designed as an innovative border management mechanism that addresses the cultural distribution and socio-economic needs of cross-border communities. The Government of India’s decision to abolish the FMR and fence the border, citing its misuse by certain factions, has faced opposition from various stakeholders. In this context, the current paper explores the relevance of the FMR in …
Elections in Myanmar and Bangladesh
Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)