Ekata Bakshi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6284001 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ekata Bakshi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ekata |
| FAMILY NAME | Bakshi |
| SIGNATURE | BAKSHI E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8363-0037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Caste and ‘feminist-agency’ in India
This paper is a reflection on my academic journey with regards to the ethico-political and methodological challenges in researching the ‘Other(s)’. In trying to rethink the narration of the Partition-induced forced migration (1947–1971) through the intersecting lenses of caste, gender, labour and region, I took the intersectional category of lowered caste (Dalit-Bahujan), refugee women, located in the non-metropolitan city of Asansol in West Beng…
Unpacking Refuge
The Partition of British India (1947) marks a crucial chapter in South Asian history. Scholarship, particularly from West Bengal, India, reveals that dominant narratives have largely ignored caste-based differences in the experiences of displacement and rehabilitation, creating homogenized national memories. Official narratives often portrayed Partition as a necessary cost of independence, with refugees being blamed for their own plight. In respo…
Envisaging Just Energy Transitions in Jharkhand
One of the major concerns around in coal mining and extractive regimes more generally in India has been the role of the private sector in managing precarious labor environments through intermediation, which has deep political roots. While the state–corporate nexus is well established in the coal mining sector, we observe here that an important part of sustaining productivity and profitability from mining has been the organized intermediation of p…
The Dominant Post-constitutional Indian Feminist Discourse
The dominant post-constitutional Indian feminist discourse is a product of diverse movements born from different histories. These diverse feminist movements continue to inadequately provide a comprehensive and inclusive theorisation of the relationship between caste and gender. Dalit feminist movements have successfully made ‘Dalit women’ a critical part of the dominant feminist discourse and have confronted it for including a caste framework as …
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The Dominant Post-constitutional Indian Feminist Discourse
The dominant post-constitutional Indian feminist discourse is a product of diverse movements born from different histories. These diverse feminist movements continue to inadequately provide a comprehensive and inclusive theorisation of the relationship between caste and gender. Dalit feminist movements have successfully made ‘Dalit women’ a critical part of the dominant feminist discourse and have confronted it for including a caste framework as …
Envisaging Just Energy Transitions in Jharkhand
One of the major concerns around in coal mining and extractive regimes more generally in India has been the role of the private sector in managing precarious labor environments through intermediation, which has deep political roots. While the state–corporate nexus is well established in the coal mining sector, we observe here that an important part of sustaining productivity and profitability from mining has been the organized intermediation of p…
Caste and ‘feminist-agency’ in India
This paper is a reflection on my academic journey with regards to the ethico-political and methodological challenges in researching the ‘Other(s)’. In trying to rethink the narration of the Partition-induced forced migration (1947–1971) through the intersecting lenses of caste, gender, labour and region, I took the intersectional category of lowered caste (Dalit-Bahujan), refugee women, located in the non-metropolitan city of Asansol in West Beng…
Unpacking Refuge
The Partition of British India (1947) marks a crucial chapter in South Asian history. Scholarship, particularly from West Bengal, India, reveals that dominant narratives have largely ignored caste-based differences in the experiences of displacement and rehabilitation, creating homogenized national memories. Official narratives often portrayed Partition as a necessary cost of independence, with refugees being blamed for their own plight. In respo…
Political science (4 works) · Caste (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (2 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work)