Debashish Mitra
Biographic Data
| ID | 6676185 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Debashish Mitra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Debashish |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitra |
| SIGNATURE | MITRA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Diamond Harbour Women's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3530-0914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The sublimation of the simulation
This article critically examines the post-2024 election trajectories in West Bengal, culminating in the recently concluded 2026 Assembly election results. Moving beyond the welfare pragmatism emphasised in contemporary scholarship, this study utilises Jean Baudrillard's theory of simulacra to reframe welfarism not as a material redistributive mechanism, but as a simulated framework of affective governance. This article argues that the Trinamool C…
From widowhood to sex work
The present study examines the intersection of widowhood, migration, and sex work in Sonagachi, Kolkata, exploring how widowed women negotiate stigma, survival, and agency. Situated within feminist political economy, intersectionality, and postcolonial urban theory, the study conceptualises Sonagachi as a “subaltern counter-space” where alternative moral economies and solidarities emerge. Drawing on N = 20 ethnographic, semi-structured interviews…
Systemic Crises and Democratic Consolidation
Changing preferences and societal dynamics
This article analyzes public preferences toward affirmative action (reservation policy) designed for disadvantaged social groups in India by examining the co‐relational and causal relationship between the perceived fairness of the reservation policies and the citizens' preferences for reservation policies available in the political sphere, government jobs, and higher education institutions; and how urban India—particularly the metropolitan cities…
Can Free Food Attract Attendees to Political Meetings? An Analysis of Attendance Buying to Political Meetings Using Multi-method Approaches with a Particular Emphasis on Scheduled Caste
Vote-buying has become such a frequent kind of electoral ‘malpractice’ in India that it has become conspicuous in election culture. Despite this, we know very little about how it operates, its consequences, and how voters perceive it. While there is a significant body of literature on vote-buying in Indian elections, the research focuses specifically on attendance buying and its impact on diverse demographic groups and caste categories. By examin…
The changing nature of dominant castes
The idea of “dominant caste” has been important in the discourse of caste that saw the movement from social intercourse (hierarchy, purity-pollution) to political mediation (representation, demand for positive discrimination) in various literature. This paper offers a longitudinal study of caste relations in and around Varanasi in North India, focusing on the Brahmin caste vis-à-vis another dominant caste (non-Brahmin). It combines historical mat…
The changing nature of dominant castes
The idea of “dominant caste” has been important in the discourse of caste that saw the movement from social intercourse (hierarchy, purity-pollution) to political mediation (representation, demand for positive discrimination) in various literature. This paper offers a longitudinal study of caste relations in and around Varanasi in North India, focusing on the Brahmin caste vis-à-vis another dominant caste (non-Brahmin). It combines historical mat…
The changing nature of dominant castes
The idea of “dominant caste” has been important in the discourse of caste that saw the movement from social intercourse (hierarchy, purity-pollution) to political mediation (representation, demand for positive discrimination) in various literature. This paper offers a longitudinal study of caste relations in and around Varanasi in North India, focusing on the Brahmin caste vis-à-vis another dominant caste (non-Brahmin). It combines historical mat…
Can Free Food Attract Attendees to Political Meetings? An Analysis of Attendance Buying to Political Meetings Using Multi-method Approaches with a Particular Emphasis on Scheduled Caste
Vote-buying has become such a frequent kind of electoral ‘malpractice’ in India that it has become conspicuous in election culture. Despite this, we know very little about how it operates, its consequences, and how voters perceive it. While there is a significant body of literature on vote-buying in Indian elections, the research focuses specifically on attendance buying and its impact on diverse demographic groups and caste categories. By examin…
Changing preferences and societal dynamics
This article analyzes public preferences toward affirmative action (reservation policy) designed for disadvantaged social groups in India by examining the co‐relational and causal relationship between the perceived fairness of the reservation policies and the citizens' preferences for reservation policies available in the political sphere, government jobs, and higher education institutions; and how urban India—particularly the metropolitan cities…
Systemic Crises and Democratic Consolidation
The sublimation of the simulation
This article critically examines the post-2024 election trajectories in West Bengal, culminating in the recently concluded 2026 Assembly election results. Moving beyond the welfare pragmatism emphasised in contemporary scholarship, this study utilises Jean Baudrillard's theory of simulacra to reframe welfarism not as a material redistributive mechanism, but as a simulated framework of affective governance. This article argues that the Trinamool C…
From widowhood to sex work
The present study examines the intersection of widowhood, migration, and sex work in Sonagachi, Kolkata, exploring how widowed women negotiate stigma, survival, and agency. Situated within feminist political economy, intersectionality, and postcolonial urban theory, the study conceptualises Sonagachi as a “subaltern counter-space” where alternative moral economies and solidarities emerge. Drawing on N = 20 ethnographic, semi-structured interviews…
Politics (6 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Social and Economic Development in India (3 works) · Caste (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Aesthetics (1 work)