Antara Datta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3600165 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Antara Datta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Antara |
| FAMILY NAME | Datta |
| SIGNATURE | DATTA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4530-3980 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Only connect”
Ethics of Witnessing
The paper examines Han Kang’s The Vegetarian as a critique of militarized masculinities, extractivism, and systemic violence. The Vegetarian exposes the limitations of conventional liberalism by problematizing the concept of the ‘human’. It argues that The Vegetarian reveals how South Korea’s militarized history and capitalist culture and economy are entangled with patriarchy and extractivism. The paper shows how the novel interrogates anthropoce…
South Asian Bodies at British Borders in the 1970s
This article looks at two critical moments in British immigration – the case of the ‘stateless’ Ugandan Asian husbands, whose wives successfully argued for their entry in Britain in 1973 and the ‘virginity test’ performed on Mrs K at Heathrow Airport in 1979. The article argues that in the late 1960s, the focus of immigration legislation was to keep male primary and dependant migrants out of Britain. Thus, the Ugandan Asian women constructed a na…
“The Humble Mahar Women Fall at Your Feet, Master.” Portrayal of the Psyche and Suffering of Mahar Women in Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke
This article delves into the nature of suffering as experienced by Mahar women struggling with the implemented difficulties by the prevailing patriarchal ideology rooted in Brahminism. Baby Kamble dislikes the humanitarian aversion to agony and disparity. She is sensitive to the predicament of Dalit women and conscious of their sufferings. She has managed to dredge into the psyche of Mahar women, prioritizing sisterhood and Dalit femininity over …
India, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and the 1979 Virginity Testing Scandal
This article looks at India’s complaint at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in 1979 about the ‘virginity test’ performed on a migrant Indian woman at Heathrow. It examines the use of arguments about race and racial discrimination by India to compel Britain to discuss immigration on a bilateral basis. The article argues that the pivot to a race-based argument was deliberately patriarchal and India’s main concern in these negotiations was…
Bordering Assam Through Affective Closure
In 1971 when nearly ten million refugees crossed the border between East Pakistan and India following the outbreak of violence in Dacca on 25 March 1971, it would have surprised many to know that nearly fifty years later that date would be the dividing line between India's putative citizens and those it deemed ‘foreigners’. This article takes a look at the immigration debate in Assam, and the protests against the National Register of Citizens and…
The repatriation of 1973 and the re-making of modern South Asia
In the aftermath of the 1971 war, nearly 250,000 people found themselves stranded in various parts of the subcontinent. These ‘trapped minorities’ became hostages in a complex negotiation process that highlighted how questions of citizenship and belonging remained unresolved in post-Partition South Asia. By studying three groups - the non-Bengalis, the Bengalis and the prisoners of war in a comparative perspective, this paper re-visits the questi…
The repatriation of 1973 and the re-making of modern South Asia
In the aftermath of the 1971 war, nearly 250,000 people found themselves stranded in various parts of the subcontinent. These ‘trapped minorities’ became hostages in a complex negotiation process that highlighted how questions of citizenship and belonging remained unresolved in post-Partition South Asia. By studying three groups - the non-Bengalis, the Bengalis and the prisoners of war in a comparative perspective, this paper re-visits the questi…
South Asian Bodies at British Borders in the 1970s
This article looks at two critical moments in British immigration – the case of the ‘stateless’ Ugandan Asian husbands, whose wives successfully argued for their entry in Britain in 1973 and the ‘virginity test’ performed on Mrs K at Heathrow Airport in 1979. The article argues that in the late 1960s, the focus of immigration legislation was to keep male primary and dependant migrants out of Britain. Thus, the Ugandan Asian women constructed a na…
Bordering Assam Through Affective Closure
In 1971 when nearly ten million refugees crossed the border between East Pakistan and India following the outbreak of violence in Dacca on 25 March 1971, it would have surprised many to know that nearly fifty years later that date would be the dividing line between India's putative citizens and those it deemed ‘foreigners’. This article takes a look at the immigration debate in Assam, and the protests against the National Register of Citizens and…
The repatriation of 1973 and the re-making of modern South Asia
In the aftermath of the 1971 war, nearly 250,000 people found themselves stranded in various parts of the subcontinent. These ‘trapped minorities’ became hostages in a complex negotiation process that highlighted how questions of citizenship and belonging remained unresolved in post-Partition South Asia. By studying three groups - the non-Bengalis, the Bengalis and the prisoners of war in a comparative perspective, this paper re-visits the questi…
Bordering Assam Through Affective Closure
In 1971 when nearly ten million refugees crossed the border between East Pakistan and India following the outbreak of violence in Dacca on 25 March 1971, it would have surprised many to know that nearly fifty years later that date would be the dividing line between India's putative citizens and those it deemed ‘foreigners’. This article takes a look at the immigration debate in Assam, and the protests against the National Register of Citizens and…
India, the United Nations Human Rights Commission, and the 1979 Virginity Testing Scandal
This article looks at India’s complaint at the United Nations Human Rights Commission in 1979 about the ‘virginity test’ performed on a migrant Indian woman at Heathrow. It examines the use of arguments about race and racial discrimination by India to compel Britain to discuss immigration on a bilateral basis. The article argues that the pivot to a race-based argument was deliberately patriarchal and India’s main concern in these negotiations was…
“The Humble Mahar Women Fall at Your Feet, Master.” Portrayal of the Psyche and Suffering of Mahar Women in Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke
This article delves into the nature of suffering as experienced by Mahar women struggling with the implemented difficulties by the prevailing patriarchal ideology rooted in Brahminism. Baby Kamble dislikes the humanitarian aversion to agony and disparity. She is sensitive to the predicament of Dalit women and conscious of their sufferings. She has managed to dredge into the psyche of Mahar women, prioritizing sisterhood and Dalit femininity over …
Ethics of Witnessing
The paper examines Han Kang’s The Vegetarian as a critique of militarized masculinities, extractivism, and systemic violence. The Vegetarian exposes the limitations of conventional liberalism by problematizing the concept of the ‘human’. It argues that The Vegetarian reveals how South Korea’s militarized history and capitalist culture and economy are entangled with patriarchy and extractivism. The paper shows how the novel interrogates anthropoce…
South Asian Bodies at British Borders in the 1970s
This article looks at two critical moments in British immigration – the case of the ‘stateless’ Ugandan Asian husbands, whose wives successfully argued for their entry in Britain in 1973 and the ‘virginity test’ performed on Mrs K at Heathrow Airport in 1979. The article argues that in the late 1960s, the focus of immigration legislation was to keep male primary and dependant migrants out of Britain. Thus, the Ugandan Asian women constructed a na…
“Only connect”
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (3 works) · Citizenship (2 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works) · Immigration (2 works)