Amrita Datta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3686903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amrita Datta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amrita |
| FAMILY NAME | Datta |
| SIGNATURE | DATTA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7923-8235 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Migration, Livelihoods and Gender
Indian hometown associations in Germany
Hometown associations as sites of migrant transnationalism and diasporic identity formation have long held a significant place in diaspora and migration discourses. Hometown associations (HTAs) are localized spaces that cater to the immediate needs of migrants arriving in host countries from their hometowns. They hold crucial keys to understanding the manner in which diasporic networks are analyzed. Over time, hometown associations have paved the…
Odisha Migration Survey 2023
Migration from Odisha is understood to be increasing, and in 20148, the state government identified 11 of its 30 districts as migration-prone. However, little is known about the magnitude, patterns, or processes of Odisha migration. Based on a primary survey of 15,000 representative households, the Odisha Migration Survey 2023 estimates migration from the state, examines its key characteristics disaggregated by region and social group, presents m…
RGS-SA-2025-wl-6048-How Care Shapes Work
Homeworkers in the leather footwear cluster in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, are employed at the lowest end of the gendered global value chain (GVC). The study probes the experiences of women homeworkers in negotiating the continuum of paid work and unpaid household work. It examines the intra-household gendered and generational dynamics of care and brings to light the simultaneity of work and care in the everyday lives of women workers. Care significantly …
Unpacking women's work during the Covid-19 pandemic in India
This paper explores mainstream print media depictions of women’s work during COVID-19 and associated lockdowns in India. Specifically, it aims to understand perceptions of educated upper- and middle-class women regarding remote working arrangements during the pandemic. It delineates two broad themes that emerge from an analysis of selected articles in four national dailies; first, many women regarded these arrangements as mutually beneficial for …
The Future of Urbanisation
Internal Migration and Development in India
Internal migration; migration and development; circular migration; rural-urban migration; migration and urbanisation; inclusive development
Trade Unions in Contemporary India
This article explores diverse strategies adopted by Indian trade unions (TUs) to counteract their decline, with a specific focus on migrant labour in contemporary India. While studies in the past have analysed unionism and strategies at the nation-state level, this article draws from interviews with senior leaders of the three central Indian TUs to underscore the diversity of approaches among the TUs. It first draws on Frege and Kelly’s work on u…
Sreedeep Bhattacharya, Consumerist Encounters
Migration and Development in India
This book deals with a wide range of issues related to rural-urban migration in the context of neoliberal economic development in India. Focusing on three core areas, first it traces state discourses on rural-urban migration in India since the 1930s critically analysing its industrial, labour, rural and urban programmes, and policies. Second, through data on longitudinal surveys undertaken in rural Bihar in 1999, 2011 and 2016, it examines change…
Mobility as survival and freedom
This paper intends to move beyond the common knowledge of how pandemic restricts mobility at large and provokes us to think about those for whom mobility restriction was a way of life much before the coronavirus arrived. Looking at shadow pandemic of gender-based mobility restrictions of women and non-male actors in conservative societies in South Asia, in this paper I argue that social deconstruction of “immobility” is embedded in the process of…
Graphic migrations
Women, development, caste, and violence in rural Bihar, India
This article focuses on the contradictions that exist between economic development and gender equity in India. It deploys concepts of cultural violence and symbolic hegemony to understand how gender and caste-based violence is normalized and institutionalized over time through cultural norms. It also uses an intersectional lens to examine the layers of marginalization and oppression. Based on field studies in rural Bihar, it shows that despite de…
Manjusha Nair, Undervalued Dissent
Pride and shame in the city
This article explores the complex emotional experiences of young male rural migrants in the city of Delhi, India. Based on multi-sited fieldwork, and drawing on a long-term study in Bihar, India, this paper contributes to emerging scholarship on the emotional geographies of migration that prioritise young people’s perspectives. I show that while young migrants are active agents in their own migration, they are also subject to specific vulnerabili…
Contrasts in Development in Bihar
The article investigates the economic and social changes that have occurred over the last 30 years in two villages in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India. The two villages are on different development paths: one based on agricultural diversification and local non-agricultural employment, the other dependent on migration to distant labour markets. They therefore connect with India’s overall growth in different ways. Neither development model…
India's Poverty and the Origins of African Nationalism
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Pride and shame in the city
This article explores the complex emotional experiences of young male rural migrants in the city of Delhi, India. Based on multi-sited fieldwork, and drawing on a long-term study in Bihar, India, this paper contributes to emerging scholarship on the emotional geographies of migration that prioritise young people’s perspectives. I show that while young migrants are active agents in their own migration, they are also subject to specific vulnerabili…
Women, development, caste, and violence in rural Bihar, India
This article focuses on the contradictions that exist between economic development and gender equity in India. It deploys concepts of cultural violence and symbolic hegemony to understand how gender and caste-based violence is normalized and institutionalized over time through cultural norms. It also uses an intersectional lens to examine the layers of marginalization and oppression. Based on field studies in rural Bihar, it shows that despite de…
India's Poverty and the Origins of African Nationalism
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Contrasts in Development in Bihar
The article investigates the economic and social changes that have occurred over the last 30 years in two villages in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India. The two villages are on different development paths: one based on agricultural diversification and local non-agricultural employment, the other dependent on migration to distant labour markets. They therefore connect with India’s overall growth in different ways. Neither development model…
Pride and shame in the city
This article explores the complex emotional experiences of young male rural migrants in the city of Delhi, India. Based on multi-sited fieldwork, and drawing on a long-term study in Bihar, India, this paper contributes to emerging scholarship on the emotional geographies of migration that prioritise young people’s perspectives. I show that while young migrants are active agents in their own migration, they are also subject to specific vulnerabili…
Manjusha Nair, Undervalued Dissent
Women, development, caste, and violence in rural Bihar, India
This article focuses on the contradictions that exist between economic development and gender equity in India. It deploys concepts of cultural violence and symbolic hegemony to understand how gender and caste-based violence is normalized and institutionalized over time through cultural norms. It also uses an intersectional lens to examine the layers of marginalization and oppression. Based on field studies in rural Bihar, it shows that despite de…
Migration and Development in India
This book deals with a wide range of issues related to rural-urban migration in the context of neoliberal economic development in India. Focusing on three core areas, first it traces state discourses on rural-urban migration in India since the 1930s critically analysing its industrial, labour, rural and urban programmes, and policies. Second, through data on longitudinal surveys undertaken in rural Bihar in 1999, 2011 and 2016, it examines change…
Mobility as survival and freedom
This paper intends to move beyond the common knowledge of how pandemic restricts mobility at large and provokes us to think about those for whom mobility restriction was a way of life much before the coronavirus arrived. Looking at shadow pandemic of gender-based mobility restrictions of women and non-male actors in conservative societies in South Asia, in this paper I argue that social deconstruction of “immobility” is embedded in the process of…
Graphic migrations
The Future of Urbanisation
Internal Migration and Development in India
Internal migration; migration and development; circular migration; rural-urban migration; migration and urbanisation; inclusive development
Trade Unions in Contemporary India
This article explores diverse strategies adopted by Indian trade unions (TUs) to counteract their decline, with a specific focus on migrant labour in contemporary India. While studies in the past have analysed unionism and strategies at the nation-state level, this article draws from interviews with senior leaders of the three central Indian TUs to underscore the diversity of approaches among the TUs. It first draws on Frege and Kelly’s work on u…
Sreedeep Bhattacharya, Consumerist Encounters
Odisha Migration Survey 2023
Migration from Odisha is understood to be increasing, and in 20148, the state government identified 11 of its 30 districts as migration-prone. However, little is known about the magnitude, patterns, or processes of Odisha migration. Based on a primary survey of 15,000 representative households, the Odisha Migration Survey 2023 estimates migration from the state, examines its key characteristics disaggregated by region and social group, presents m…
RGS-SA-2025-wl-6048-How Care Shapes Work
Homeworkers in the leather footwear cluster in Ambur, Tamil Nadu, are employed at the lowest end of the gendered global value chain (GVC). The study probes the experiences of women homeworkers in negotiating the continuum of paid work and unpaid household work. It examines the intra-household gendered and generational dynamics of care and brings to light the simultaneity of work and care in the everyday lives of women workers. Care significantly …
Unpacking women's work during the Covid-19 pandemic in India
This paper explores mainstream print media depictions of women’s work during COVID-19 and associated lockdowns in India. Specifically, it aims to understand perceptions of educated upper- and middle-class women regarding remote working arrangements during the pandemic. It delineates two broad themes that emerge from an analysis of selected articles in four national dailies; first, many women regarded these arrangements as mutually beneficial for …
Migration, Livelihoods and Gender
Indian hometown associations in Germany
Hometown associations as sites of migrant transnationalism and diasporic identity formation have long held a significant place in diaspora and migration discourses. Hometown associations (HTAs) are localized spaces that cater to the immediate needs of migrants arriving in host countries from their hometowns. They hold crucial keys to understanding the manner in which diasporic networks are analyzed. Over time, hometown associations have paved the…
Sociology (8 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Indian Economic and Social Development (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Development economics (3 works)