Debolina Dutta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3648847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debolina Dutta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debolina |
| FAMILY NAME | Dutta |
| SIGNATURE | DUTTA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Management Bangalore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7170-1977 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“Technology is killing me!”
Purpose The fear of the pandemic, confinement at home and the need to work created a unique situation. The pandemic catalyzed work-from-anywhere practice by adopting information and communication technologies (ICT) across all industries. While ICT saved organizations, it increased technostress among the workforce. A better understanding of the adverse effects of ICT usage might enable organizations to manage the mental well-being of the workforce…
Inclusion for LGBTQ talent
Purpose There is an emerging interest in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) inclusion among researchers and practitioners. However, the interplay of macro-, meso- and micro-level factors that influence the behavior of various agencies, systems, structures and practices in different national, cultural and social contexts still needs to be researched. This paper aims to examine how organizations meaningfully engage with the margi…
(Re)imagining research, activism, and rights at the intersections of sexuality, health, and social justice
The Covid-19 pandemic inaugurated a new global order of public life and health marked by death, despair and alienation. As a crisis of a global scale, it made the task of (re)imagination simultaneously necessary and extremely difficult. It is this double bind of the difficulty and imminence of imagination that motivates the curation of this special issue. In this introduction, we map the connections between the theme of this volume and the key id…
Incongruous pedagogy
In the wake of the devastating second wave of the pandemic in India, I taught an elective subject called ‘A Politics of Frivolity? Feminism, Law and Humour’. I offered a subject that intellectually embraced frivolity, precisely for the purpose of responding to the serious anguish and hopelessness of the pandemic. That the study of law is serious business works as (almost) a truism. Understandably, laughter seldom goes with it. Feminists, and femi…
Are women from Venus? A mixed-method study determining important predictors of job pursuit intention across gender groups
Purpose Despite studies claiming gender inclusion is beneficial for organizations, the under-representation of females in the workforce is a reality. As recruitment practices impact employees' entry into organizations, examining the salient predictors of job pursuit intention might foster gender inclusivity. Design/methodology/approach Based on a mixed-method study conducted in two phases (Phase 1: a sample of 2,084 professionals; Phase 2: interv…
Another story of the Open Letter
Upendra Baxi in our times
Of Festivals, Rights and Public Life
In 2012, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), India’s largest sex workers’ collective, organised a major Hindu religious festival of Bengal called the Durga Puja. It was a part of their rights activism for the de-criminalisation of sex work. In this article, I provide an account of this event as an act of re-ordering public life by sex workers and contend that the worldview which informs DMSC’s practice of the festival has points of converge…
India's Winter of Discontent
news and views India's WinterofDiscontent: Some FeministDilemmas in the Wakeofa Rape Debolina Dutta and OishikSircar Few people in India had a problem shaking a leg to Punjabi rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh's songs until the December 2012 brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey. After this incident, numerous objec tions arose to the misogyny in the lyrics of his songs such as "Main Hoon Balaatkari" ("I'm a Rapist"), which describes raping a w…
Beyond compassion
In 2005, children of sex workers from Kolkata's Sonagachi red-light district formed their own collective, Amra Padatik ('We are Foot Soldiers'), to work for gaining dignity for their mothers and claiming their own rights as children of sex workers. In this article the authors speak to AP's founder members to demystify the culture of fear associated with their lives - perpetuated through popular representations - not to underplay their acute exper…
India's Winter of Discontent
news and views India's WinterofDiscontent: Some FeministDilemmas in the Wakeofa Rape Debolina Dutta and OishikSircar Few people in India had a problem shaking a leg to Punjabi rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh's songs until the December 2012 brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey. After this incident, numerous objec tions arose to the misogyny in the lyrics of his songs such as "Main Hoon Balaatkari" ("I'm a Rapist"), which describes raping a w…
Beyond compassion
In 2005, children of sex workers from Kolkata's Sonagachi red-light district formed their own collective, Amra Padatik ('We are Foot Soldiers'), to work for gaining dignity for their mothers and claiming their own rights as children of sex workers. In this article the authors speak to AP's founder members to demystify the culture of fear associated with their lives - perpetuated through popular representations - not to underplay their acute exper…
Of Festivals, Rights and Public Life
In 2012, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), India’s largest sex workers’ collective, organised a major Hindu religious festival of Bengal called the Durga Puja. It was a part of their rights activism for the de-criminalisation of sex work. In this article, I provide an account of this event as an act of re-ordering public life by sex workers and contend that the worldview which informs DMSC’s practice of the festival has points of converge…
Inclusion for LGBTQ talent
Purpose There is an emerging interest in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) inclusion among researchers and practitioners. However, the interplay of macro-, meso- and micro-level factors that influence the behavior of various agencies, systems, structures and practices in different national, cultural and social contexts still needs to be researched. This paper aims to examine how organizations meaningfully engage with the margi…
Another story of the Open Letter
Beyond compassion
In 2005, children of sex workers from Kolkata's Sonagachi red-light district formed their own collective, Amra Padatik ('We are Foot Soldiers'), to work for gaining dignity for their mothers and claiming their own rights as children of sex workers. In this article the authors speak to AP's founder members to demystify the culture of fear associated with their lives - perpetuated through popular representations - not to underplay their acute exper…
India's Winter of Discontent
news and views India's WinterofDiscontent: Some FeministDilemmas in the Wakeofa Rape Debolina Dutta and OishikSircar Few people in India had a problem shaking a leg to Punjabi rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh's songs until the December 2012 brutal gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh Pandey. After this incident, numerous objec tions arose to the misogyny in the lyrics of his songs such as "Main Hoon Balaatkari" ("I'm a Rapist"), which describes raping a w…
Another story of the Open Letter
Upendra Baxi in our times
Of Festivals, Rights and Public Life
In 2012, Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), India’s largest sex workers’ collective, organised a major Hindu religious festival of Bengal called the Durga Puja. It was a part of their rights activism for the de-criminalisation of sex work. In this article, I provide an account of this event as an act of re-ordering public life by sex workers and contend that the worldview which informs DMSC’s practice of the festival has points of converge…
Are women from Venus? A mixed-method study determining important predictors of job pursuit intention across gender groups
Purpose Despite studies claiming gender inclusion is beneficial for organizations, the under-representation of females in the workforce is a reality. As recruitment practices impact employees' entry into organizations, examining the salient predictors of job pursuit intention might foster gender inclusivity. Design/methodology/approach Based on a mixed-method study conducted in two phases (Phase 1: a sample of 2,084 professionals; Phase 2: interv…
(Re)imagining research, activism, and rights at the intersections of sexuality, health, and social justice
The Covid-19 pandemic inaugurated a new global order of public life and health marked by death, despair and alienation. As a crisis of a global scale, it made the task of (re)imagination simultaneously necessary and extremely difficult. It is this double bind of the difficulty and imminence of imagination that motivates the curation of this special issue. In this introduction, we map the connections between the theme of this volume and the key id…
Incongruous pedagogy
In the wake of the devastating second wave of the pandemic in India, I taught an elective subject called ‘A Politics of Frivolity? Feminism, Law and Humour’. I offered a subject that intellectually embraced frivolity, precisely for the purpose of responding to the serious anguish and hopelessness of the pandemic. That the study of law is serious business works as (almost) a truism. Understandably, laughter seldom goes with it. Feminists, and femi…
“Technology is killing me!”
Purpose The fear of the pandemic, confinement at home and the need to work created a unique situation. The pandemic catalyzed work-from-anywhere practice by adopting information and communication technologies (ICT) across all industries. While ICT saved organizations, it increased technostress among the workforce. A better understanding of the adverse effects of ICT usage might enable organizations to manage the mental well-being of the workforce…
Inclusion for LGBTQ talent
Purpose There is an emerging interest in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) inclusion among researchers and practitioners. However, the interplay of macro-, meso- and micro-level factors that influence the behavior of various agencies, systems, structures and practices in different national, cultural and social contexts still needs to be researched. This paper aims to examine how organizations meaningfully engage with the margi…
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