Dixita Deka
Biographic Data
| ID | 1680522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dixita Deka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dixita |
| FAMILY NAME | Deka |
| SIGNATURE | DEKA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Guwahati Campus, Guwahati, India |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7416-9605 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Guerrilla farms: Practicing food sovereignty in Assam
With the aim to free Assam from the 'colonial occupation of India' and reclaim its sovereignty, the guerrillas of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had led a self-determination movement in Assam since 1979. Their struggle is grounded upon the extractive nature of the Indian Government to turn Assam into what scholars have called to be a 'colonial hinterland' for oil, tea, coal, and forest products. This article is about the farming initi…
The ‘Secret Killings’ in Assam: Counterinsurgency and Censoring Perpetrator Information
In the late 1990s, a protracted armed conflict between the Indian government and the insurgent organization, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in the Northeast Indian state of Assam escalated to include ‘secret killings’ of family members, close aides, and sympathizers of ULFA among its many violent manifestations. The killers primarily targeted insurgents’ families to persuade their underground kin to surrender, and to create fear among com…
Hindutva regime in Assam: Saffron in the rainbow
Living without closure: Memories of counter-insurgency and secret killings in Assam
The experiences of insurgency and counter-insurgency in Northeast region of India have left behind some of the brutal memories of violence. This paper intends to explain how fear and suspicion in societies under counter-insurgency build up the narrative of silence and secrecy when the state and the security forces allegedly commit excesses against civilians. For this, the paper revisits the ‘secret killings’ of the family members, close aides, an…
Between underground and over ground: Narratives on the identity of women insurgents in Assam
The Assam Movement (1979–1985) has been a turning point in the politics of Assam in India that has raised the question of identity and at the same time triggered the struggle to self-determination by the insurgent organization United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). This paper aims to take identity as the point of departure to mark the transition of women’s role from the Assam Movement into their underground roles in ULFA. In such narratives of h…
Living without closure: Memories of counter-insurgency and secret killings in Assam
The experiences of insurgency and counter-insurgency in Northeast region of India have left behind some of the brutal memories of violence. This paper intends to explain how fear and suspicion in societies under counter-insurgency build up the narrative of silence and secrecy when the state and the security forces allegedly commit excesses against civilians. For this, the paper revisits the ‘secret killings’ of the family members, close aides, an…
Between underground and over ground: Narratives on the identity of women insurgents in Assam
The Assam Movement (1979–1985) has been a turning point in the politics of Assam in India that has raised the question of identity and at the same time triggered the struggle to self-determination by the insurgent organization United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). This paper aims to take identity as the point of departure to mark the transition of women’s role from the Assam Movement into their underground roles in ULFA. In such narratives of h…
Guerrilla farms: Practicing food sovereignty in Assam
With the aim to free Assam from the 'colonial occupation of India' and reclaim its sovereignty, the guerrillas of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had led a self-determination movement in Assam since 1979. Their struggle is grounded upon the extractive nature of the Indian Government to turn Assam into what scholars have called to be a 'colonial hinterland' for oil, tea, coal, and forest products. This article is about the farming initi…
Hindutva regime in Assam: Saffron in the rainbow
Between underground and over ground: Narratives on the identity of women insurgents in Assam
The Assam Movement (1979–1985) has been a turning point in the politics of Assam in India that has raised the question of identity and at the same time triggered the struggle to self-determination by the insurgent organization United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). This paper aims to take identity as the point of departure to mark the transition of women’s role from the Assam Movement into their underground roles in ULFA. In such narratives of h…
Hindutva regime in Assam: Saffron in the rainbow
Living without closure: Memories of counter-insurgency and secret killings in Assam
The experiences of insurgency and counter-insurgency in Northeast region of India have left behind some of the brutal memories of violence. This paper intends to explain how fear and suspicion in societies under counter-insurgency build up the narrative of silence and secrecy when the state and the security forces allegedly commit excesses against civilians. For this, the paper revisits the ‘secret killings’ of the family members, close aides, an…
The ‘Secret Killings’ in Assam: Counterinsurgency and Censoring Perpetrator Information
In the late 1990s, a protracted armed conflict between the Indian government and the insurgent organization, United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in the Northeast Indian state of Assam escalated to include ‘secret killings’ of family members, close aides, and sympathizers of ULFA among its many violent manifestations. The killers primarily targeted insurgents’ families to persuade their underground kin to surrender, and to create fear among com…
Guerrilla farms: Practicing food sovereignty in Assam
With the aim to free Assam from the 'colonial occupation of India' and reclaim its sovereignty, the guerrillas of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had led a self-determination movement in Assam since 1979. Their struggle is grounded upon the extractive nature of the Indian Government to turn Assam into what scholars have called to be a 'colonial hinterland' for oil, tea, coal, and forest products. This article is about the farming initi…
Political science (5 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Indian History and Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Gender, Security, and Conflict (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Law (2 works)