Abhijit Dasgupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686788 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abhijit Dasgupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abhijit |
| FAMILY NAME | Dasgupta |
| SIGNATURE | DASGUPTA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vellore Institute of Technology University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3562-0803 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Christianity, Civil Society and Homoerotic Men in Times of Legal Change
This ethnographic study documents the voices of homoerotically inclined men amidst religious and societal sanctions on same-sex sexuality among the Mizos of Aizawl in the north-eastern state of Mizoram. While there is a law legitimising consensual sexual acts, which has been adopted since September 2018 in India, it does not change the fact that there are Indian citizens who are afraid to claim their rights lest they be stigmatised by society. Th…
Village, Kinship and the Wider World Tadahiko Hara’s Contributions to Sociology in South Asia
Navigating Hindu Family and Christian Belief
The paper is an ethnographic study of an urban Bengali Christian neighbourhood in Kolkata where Hindu women from nearby places attend the two Christian prayer meetings – Catholic and Pentecostal – run by the local preachers of the neighbourhood. Borrowing the theoretical understanding of belief, the paper interrogates the question, posed by Cannell (2006) ‘what difference does Christianity make, in the lives of these Hindu women? The paper looks …
Remembering James C. Scott (1936–2024)
Hindu Nationalist Anxiety Around Its Feminine ‘Own’ and the ‘Other’
Quality of Life, Sexual Health, and Associated Factors Among the Sexually Active Adults in a Metro City of India
More than one-fourth of the study population reported sexual dysfunction during the first wave of the pandemic in India. The study findings highlight the role of poor mental health issues in this regard. In fact, issues like depression and stress were associated with poor quality of life as well. The current findings unequivocally warrant specific interventions to improve mental health of the respondents
Kinship and Family among Muslims in Bengal
Alternatives in Development
Displacement and Exile
This volume highlights some emerging issues in the study of displaced persons in India, like the agency and voices of people who flee across an international border, the identities they forge for themselves, their relations with the hosts and their interactions with the state and non-governmental organizations. Three case studies included here are: (a) 'Partition refugees' from East Pakistan to West Bengal, (b) 'Tamil refugees' from Sri Lanka to …
Displacement and Exile
This volume highlights some emerging issues in the study of displaced persons in India, like the agency and voices of people who flee across an international border, the identities they forge for themselves, their relations with the hosts and their interactions with the state and non-governmental organizations. Three case studies included here are: (a) 'Partition refugees' from East Pakistan to West Bengal, (b) 'Tamil refugees' from Sri Lanka to …
Displacement and Exile
This volume highlights some emerging issues in the study of displaced persons in India, like the agency and voices of people who flee across an international border, the identities they forge for themselves, their relations with the hosts and their interactions with the state and non-governmental organizations. Three case studies included here are: (a) 'Partition refugees' from East Pakistan to West Bengal, (b) 'Tamil refugees' from Sri Lanka to …
Kinship and Family among Muslims in Bengal
Alternatives in Development
Quality of Life, Sexual Health, and Associated Factors Among the Sexually Active Adults in a Metro City of India
More than one-fourth of the study population reported sexual dysfunction during the first wave of the pandemic in India. The study findings highlight the role of poor mental health issues in this regard. In fact, issues like depression and stress were associated with poor quality of life as well. The current findings unequivocally warrant specific interventions to improve mental health of the respondents
Hindu Nationalist Anxiety Around Its Feminine ‘Own’ and the ‘Other’
Navigating Hindu Family and Christian Belief
The paper is an ethnographic study of an urban Bengali Christian neighbourhood in Kolkata where Hindu women from nearby places attend the two Christian prayer meetings – Catholic and Pentecostal – run by the local preachers of the neighbourhood. Borrowing the theoretical understanding of belief, the paper interrogates the question, posed by Cannell (2006) ‘what difference does Christianity make, in the lives of these Hindu women? The paper looks …
Remembering James C. Scott (1936–2024)
Village, Kinship and the Wider World Tadahiko Hara’s Contributions to Sociology in South Asia
Christianity, Civil Society and Homoerotic Men in Times of Legal Change
This ethnographic study documents the voices of homoerotically inclined men amidst religious and societal sanctions on same-sex sexuality among the Mizos of Aizawl in the north-eastern state of Mizoram. While there is a law legitimising consensual sexual acts, which has been adopted since September 2018 in India, it does not change the fact that there are Indian citizens who are afraid to claim their rights lest they be stigmatised by society. Th…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Hinduism (2 works) · Kinship (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)