Debjani Sengupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 5042886 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debjani Sengupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debjani |
| FAMILY NAME | Sengupta |
| SIGNATURE | SENGUPTA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of English, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6847-4996 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Byomkesh Bakshi’s Calcutta
Like the social novel in Bengal, Detective literature, a popular branch of fiction amongst the burgeoning middle classes, originated with the colonial encounter, paralleling the growth of a reading public that were buttressed by the ubiquitous presence of schools and colleges imparting an English education. Genealogies are always messy but if we look at the origins of this branch of popular literature then it is inevitable that we must link it to…
Pedagogic insularities and fragmented identities
Amid the increasing bureaucratisation of Indian universities, this article examines the evolving pedagogical implications, including the challenges of syllabus design and the growing bureaucratic interference in classroom practices. Drawing on Edward Said's notion of humanism, it interrogates the concept of the ‘differentiated human’ – fragmented and discrete identities that lack common ground for meaningful dialogue, a phenomenon that is deeply …
Gendered Journeys
Hariprabha Takeda's intimate first person account of her voyage to Japan was first published in 1915 from Dhaka, titled Bongomohilar Japan Jatra (A Bengali Woman's Voyage to Japan). She was married to a Japanese entrepreneur in Dhaka and the journey was undertaken to meet her husband's family. Without knowing a word of Japanese and against the misgivings of her family and friends, Hariprabha Takeda embarks on this travel that is both a discovery …
Partition’s Shadow
Assam’s Barak Valley is an example of how the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan left behind long-term conflicts and issues pertaining to identity, place, and belonging that have created turmoil in the geo-political space that we refer to as India’s Northeast. The transformation of this space from a frontier during colonial times to a borderland in 1947 is not only significant for the genealogy and configuration of states within the region but …
The dark forest of exile
The Partition of India in 1947 has often been studied through the lenses of territoriality, communal identity, and the high nationalist politics of the attainment of the two nation-states of India and Pakistan. However, the history of nation-making is inextricably linked with the account of Dalit communities in divided Bengal, their aspirations and arrival in West Bengal, and their subsequent exile outside the newly formed state to a government-c…
The Partition of Bengal
This study looks at the rich literature that has been spawned through the historical imagination of Bengali-speaking writers in West Bengal and Bangladesh through issues of homelessness, migration and exile to see how the Partition of Bengal in 1947 has thrown a long shadow over memories and cultural practices. Through a rich trove of literary and other materials, the book lays bare how the Partition has been remembered or how it has been forgott…
Diffusion, Mediation, Suppression
India’s strategy towards the Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka shifted over the course of the conflict from a strategy of diffusion to a strategy of mediation and then finally to a strategy of suppression—each strategy marking a distinct phase in the conflict. While India’s strategy shifted at different phases in the Sri Lankan conflict, the foundation on which the strategies were based—considerations of national security—remained constant. The centr…
From Dandakaranya to Marichjhapi
The Partition of India (1947) is commonly understood as a violent territorial and political separation of peoples, their forced evictions and migration as well as communal upheavals. But India's Partition can be seen as something more than separation of communities and the creation of distinct national identities. This paper suggests that refugee rehabilitation, one of the important processes of the post-Partition years, formed the rubric through…
The Partition of Bengal
This study looks at the rich literature that has been spawned through the historical imagination of Bengali-speaking writers in West Bengal and Bangladesh through issues of homelessness, migration and exile to see how the Partition of Bengal in 1947 has thrown a long shadow over memories and cultural practices. Through a rich trove of literary and other materials, the book lays bare how the Partition has been remembered or how it has been forgott…
Diffusion, Mediation, Suppression
India’s strategy towards the Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka shifted over the course of the conflict from a strategy of diffusion to a strategy of mediation and then finally to a strategy of suppression—each strategy marking a distinct phase in the conflict. While India’s strategy shifted at different phases in the Sri Lankan conflict, the foundation on which the strategies were based—considerations of national security—remained constant. The centr…
From Dandakaranya to Marichjhapi
The Partition of India (1947) is commonly understood as a violent territorial and political separation of peoples, their forced evictions and migration as well as communal upheavals. But India's Partition can be seen as something more than separation of communities and the creation of distinct national identities. This paper suggests that refugee rehabilitation, one of the important processes of the post-Partition years, formed the rubric through…
Pedagogic insularities and fragmented identities
Amid the increasing bureaucratisation of Indian universities, this article examines the evolving pedagogical implications, including the challenges of syllabus design and the growing bureaucratic interference in classroom practices. Drawing on Edward Said's notion of humanism, it interrogates the concept of the ‘differentiated human’ – fragmented and discrete identities that lack common ground for meaningful dialogue, a phenomenon that is deeply …
From Dandakaranya to Marichjhapi
The Partition of India (1947) is commonly understood as a violent territorial and political separation of peoples, their forced evictions and migration as well as communal upheavals. But India's Partition can be seen as something more than separation of communities and the creation of distinct national identities. This paper suggests that refugee rehabilitation, one of the important processes of the post-Partition years, formed the rubric through…
Diffusion, Mediation, Suppression
India’s strategy towards the Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka shifted over the course of the conflict from a strategy of diffusion to a strategy of mediation and then finally to a strategy of suppression—each strategy marking a distinct phase in the conflict. While India’s strategy shifted at different phases in the Sri Lankan conflict, the foundation on which the strategies were based—considerations of national security—remained constant. The centr…
The Partition of Bengal
This study looks at the rich literature that has been spawned through the historical imagination of Bengali-speaking writers in West Bengal and Bangladesh through issues of homelessness, migration and exile to see how the Partition of Bengal in 1947 has thrown a long shadow over memories and cultural practices. Through a rich trove of literary and other materials, the book lays bare how the Partition has been remembered or how it has been forgott…
The dark forest of exile
The Partition of India in 1947 has often been studied through the lenses of territoriality, communal identity, and the high nationalist politics of the attainment of the two nation-states of India and Pakistan. However, the history of nation-making is inextricably linked with the account of Dalit communities in divided Bengal, their aspirations and arrival in West Bengal, and their subsequent exile outside the newly formed state to a government-c…
Partition’s Shadow
Assam’s Barak Valley is an example of how the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan left behind long-term conflicts and issues pertaining to identity, place, and belonging that have created turmoil in the geo-political space that we refer to as India’s Northeast. The transformation of this space from a frontier during colonial times to a borderland in 1947 is not only significant for the genealogy and configuration of states within the region but …
Gendered Journeys
Hariprabha Takeda's intimate first person account of her voyage to Japan was first published in 1915 from Dhaka, titled Bongomohilar Japan Jatra (A Bengali Woman's Voyage to Japan). She was married to a Japanese entrepreneur in Dhaka and the journey was undertaken to meet her husband's family. Without knowing a word of Japanese and against the misgivings of her family and friends, Hariprabha Takeda embarks on this travel that is both a discovery …
Byomkesh Bakshi’s Calcutta
Like the social novel in Bengal, Detective literature, a popular branch of fiction amongst the burgeoning middle classes, originated with the colonial encounter, paralleling the growth of a reading public that were buttressed by the ubiquitous presence of schools and colleges imparting an English education. Genealogies are always messy but if we look at the origins of this branch of popular literature then it is inevitable that we must link it to…
Pedagogic insularities and fragmented identities
Amid the increasing bureaucratisation of Indian universities, this article examines the evolving pedagogical implications, including the challenges of syllabus design and the growing bureaucratic interference in classroom practices. Drawing on Edward Said's notion of humanism, it interrogates the concept of the ‘differentiated human’ – fragmented and discrete identities that lack common ground for meaningful dialogue, a phenomenon that is deeply …
Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (5 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (5 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (4 works) · BENGAL (3 works) · Bengali (3 works)