Pritha Sarkar
Biographic Data
| ID | 5880330 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pritha Sarkar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pritha |
| FAMILY NAME | Sarkar |
| SIGNATURE | SARKAR P |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-6180-8429 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Brahminical Patriarchy in Modern Marital Rituals of Bengal
This article attempts to scrutinize the contemporary shift in marital ritual(s) of Bengal, particularly the application of vermilion on the groom’s forehead by the bride. This act is being held as the epitome of gender equality, with women having equal privileges as men. While it appears that the act embodies equality, a deeper engagement reveals that it strengthens the existence of Brahminical patriarchy and its penetration into different layers…
Disentangling the relationship between the middle class and peasantry in the Naxalbari movement through the Lives of Others (2014)
This paper aims to explore the relationship between the middle class and the peasantry in the Naxalbari movement and thus demystify the romanticism around the association of the middle class with it. The Naxalbari movement (1965–1975) was the first peasant movement within twenty years of Indian Independence that erupted in a small village named Naxalbari in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. The goal of the movement was to remove the …
Locating Women in the Naxalbari Movement
The objective in this paper is to explore the role of women in the Naxalbari movement by studying how a woman resists all the patriarchal authorities and carves her own space in a male-dominated movement through The Naxalites: A Novel (1979), a representative text on the Naxalbari movement in Indian English Literature. The Naxalbari movement (1965-1975) is the first peasant revolution within twenty years of Indian Independence that initiated in a…
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Locating Women in the Naxalbari Movement
The objective in this paper is to explore the role of women in the Naxalbari movement by studying how a woman resists all the patriarchal authorities and carves her own space in a male-dominated movement through The Naxalites: A Novel (1979), a representative text on the Naxalbari movement in Indian English Literature. The Naxalbari movement (1965-1975) is the first peasant revolution within twenty years of Indian Independence that initiated in a…
Disentangling the relationship between the middle class and peasantry in the Naxalbari movement through the Lives of Others (2014)
This paper aims to explore the relationship between the middle class and the peasantry in the Naxalbari movement and thus demystify the romanticism around the association of the middle class with it. The Naxalbari movement (1965–1975) was the first peasant movement within twenty years of Indian Independence that erupted in a small village named Naxalbari in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. The goal of the movement was to remove the …
Brahminical Patriarchy in Modern Marital Rituals of Bengal
This article attempts to scrutinize the contemporary shift in marital ritual(s) of Bengal, particularly the application of vermilion on the groom’s forehead by the bride. This act is being held as the epitome of gender equality, with women having equal privileges as men. While it appears that the act embodies equality, a deeper engagement reveals that it strengthens the existence of Brahminical patriarchy and its penetration into different layers…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Peasant (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · BENGAL (1 work)