Dishani Roy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3698004 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dishani Roy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dishani |
| FAMILY NAME | Roy |
| SIGNATURE | ROY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Presidency University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Dalit religion online: Clashing Sensoryscapes and Remote Ethnographies Behind the Screen
Gender, Education and Citizenship as Ideological Weapons of an ‘Army of Holy Women’ in Bengal: The Matua Matri Sena
This paper seeks to analyze the recent phenomenon of the development of a Matri Sena (literally, an ‘Army of Holy Women’) among the Matua sect of West Bengal, India. Historically known to have suffered caste-based untouchability and forced migration due to communal conflict, the Matua community’s current political motivations surround the issue of ‘refugeehood’ and Indian citizenship. Given this background, the emergence of the Matri Sena as a co…
Gender, Education and Citizenship as Ideological Weapons of an ‘Army of Holy Women’ in Bengal: The Matua Matri Sena
This paper seeks to analyze the recent phenomenon of the development of a Matri Sena (literally, an ‘Army of Holy Women’) among the Matua sect of West Bengal, India. Historically known to have suffered caste-based untouchability and forced migration due to communal conflict, the Matua community’s current political motivations surround the issue of ‘refugeehood’ and Indian citizenship. Given this background, the emergence of the Matri Sena as a co…
A Dalit religion online: Clashing Sensoryscapes and Remote Ethnographies Behind the Screen
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Affordance (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Caste (1 works) · Citizenship (1 works)