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The article seeks to focus on rape as a form of sexual assault in contemporary India and analyse ... more The article seeks to focus on rape as a form of sexual assault in contemporary India and analyse the response of the state and its institutions to the crime. It also attempts to highlight how recent waves of polarisation and communalisation have used rape as a weapon to attain their desired political goals.
International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies
Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change
The article is an attempt to understand the phenomenon of domestic violence through an exploratio... more The article is an attempt to understand the phenomenon of domestic violence through an exploration of the lived experiences and vulnerabilities of women on whom violence had been inflicted in their ‘safe havens’. Focusing primarily on domestic violence, the narratives also bring to light the gendered aspects of women’s relationship with their family members and expose multiple patriarchies systematically maintained in the family in the context of Assam, a region where women were always thought to enjoy a better status. At a deeper level, the article, while examining a woman’s positionality in her own family, also challenges this notion of ‘a better status’ in the region.
Social Change
Conventional wisdom would have us believe that Assam is a state where the status of women is comp... more Conventional wisdom would have us believe that Assam is a state where the status of women is comparatively better off than that of their counterparts in the rest of India, that they suffer from fewer instances of domestic violence. The geographical contiguity of a region which contains some matrilineal tribal societies, significant female mobility, and a near absence of practices such as dowry or sati as part of tradition, might lend some credibility to this belief. However, present indicators and crime statistics have actually shown a high incidence of overall crimes against women in Assam. A complex socio-political milieu, characterised by increasing militarism and insurgency, continuing ethnic and group conflicts in an overall environment where ‘market forces’ dominate, has in its own way posed serious challenges to the security of women and led to the opening up of more and more ‘violent spaces’ –the home being one one of them. The present study endeavours to explore the socio-s...
ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change
Her academic and research interests cover political theory, Indian political thought and issues r... more Her academic and research interests cover political theory, Indian political thought and issues relating to gender violence and environmental jurisprudence with a specific focus on Northeast India.
The article seeks to focus on rape as a form of sexual assault in contemporary India and analyse ... more The article seeks to focus on rape as a form of sexual assault in contemporary India and analyse the response of the state and its institutions to the crime. It also attempts to highlight how recent waves of polarisation and communalisation have used rape as a weapon to attain their desired political goals.
International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies
Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change
The article is an attempt to understand the phenomenon of domestic violence through an exploratio... more The article is an attempt to understand the phenomenon of domestic violence through an exploration of the lived experiences and vulnerabilities of women on whom violence had been inflicted in their ‘safe havens’. Focusing primarily on domestic violence, the narratives also bring to light the gendered aspects of women’s relationship with their family members and expose multiple patriarchies systematically maintained in the family in the context of Assam, a region where women were always thought to enjoy a better status. At a deeper level, the article, while examining a woman’s positionality in her own family, also challenges this notion of ‘a better status’ in the region.
Social Change
Conventional wisdom would have us believe that Assam is a state where the status of women is comp... more Conventional wisdom would have us believe that Assam is a state where the status of women is comparatively better off than that of their counterparts in the rest of India, that they suffer from fewer instances of domestic violence. The geographical contiguity of a region which contains some matrilineal tribal societies, significant female mobility, and a near absence of practices such as dowry or sati as part of tradition, might lend some credibility to this belief. However, present indicators and crime statistics have actually shown a high incidence of overall crimes against women in Assam. A complex socio-political milieu, characterised by increasing militarism and insurgency, continuing ethnic and group conflicts in an overall environment where ‘market forces’ dominate, has in its own way posed serious challenges to the security of women and led to the opening up of more and more ‘violent spaces’ –the home being one one of them. The present study endeavours to explore the socio-s...
ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change
Her academic and research interests cover political theory, Indian political thought and issues r... more Her academic and research interests cover political theory, Indian political thought and issues relating to gender violence and environmental jurisprudence with a specific focus on Northeast India.