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sciendo, 2020
The Supreme Court of India recently decriminalized section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to outlaw... more The Supreme Court of India recently decriminalized section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to outlaw the unfair violence and discrimination against transgender people. The paper argues that despite the legal acceptance of Section 377, the discrimination and social exclusion of transgender people continue in the Indian public sphere. The method of Interpretative Phenomenological Approach has been used to analyze the interviews of five transgender people from Jammu city. The findings suggest patterns and relationships within the data which are useful for understanding various ways in which transgender people negotiate and contemplate their lives outside the known social network they resort to. By analyzing the interpretations of selected transgender people, the study reveals that they bear the brunt of social and economic exclusion due to their gender identity on day-today basis.
Space and Culture, India, 2020
The study attempts to locate transgender counter-public as an alternate public sphere in India. I... more The study attempts to locate transgender counter-public as an alternate public sphere in India. It argues that transgender counter-public is necessitated owing to the exclusionary practices of the Indian public sphere as well as the successive counter-public spheres. The study, further claims that transgender counter-public is constructed by critiquing the marginalisation of transgender people through exclusionary practices, and articulation of concerns linked to transgender people. Public discourse analysis of both discursive arenas-print: newspaper articles, journal articles, autobiographies, biographies, memoir, and others, and non-discursive arenas-activism, pride parade, protests and alike have been adopted as methodology. The study concludes that transgender counter-public achieves the dissemination of their concerns to the wider public that exclusion and discrimination of transgender people are a denial of social justice in the democratic social structure.
The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and ar... more The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and argues that the nature of rhetoric in both the spheres is dialectically construed by various agencies which on the one hand ensure the execution of public sphere rhetoric, and on the other hand, defer counter-public discourse to be implemented in practice, especially in case of sexual violence against women in India. The paper contextualises the same argument using various newspaper articles which are reflective of the ineffectiveness of the rhetorical counter-public and its consequent deferral.
Media Watch, 2018
The present paper aims at analyzing the inevitable relationship of patriarchal impunity with coun... more The present paper aims at analyzing the inevitable relationship of patriarchal impunity with counterpublic in India with reference to Onaatah of the Earth (2017) by Paulami Duttagupta. It is apparent that much of the discourse on counterpublic emphasizes on either countering the existing state agencies as mentioned by Nancy Frazer where she critiques the exclusionary practices of bourgeois public sphere labeling the process as undemocratic or advocating locational counterpublic to uplift the subalterns to establish democracy discussed by Kanika Batra. However, not much has been discussed about the exclusion of discourses critiquing impunity which forms an essential background to establish a correlation between patriarchal impunity and the counterpublic. Thus, the paper attempts to examine bourgeois public sphere mainly as a patriarchal discursive arena disseminating and strengthening the idea of impunity granted, especially in cases of sexual violence within the framework of Habermas's public sphere. The study also focuses on how the novel Onaatah of the Earth acts as a counterpublic to undermine or neutralize the impunity by addressing issues related to gender sensitivity bringing them forth not only in discursive space but in activism too. Counterpublic, as a theoretical framework, has experienced an efficacious upsurge in recent times dealing with matters of gender, democracy, location which are not only integral constituents of our culture but also form an indispensable part of wide spectrum of academia. However, as an essential component of a comprehensive range of discourses, counterpublic has witnessed conflicting standpoints by various researchers and academicians addressing various unfamiliar issues demanding a much required attention. Nancy Fraser has provided a different outlook concerning counterpublic with a critique of Habermas's public sphere propounding on various exclusionary practices that have been significant in the formation of Habermas's bourgeois public sphere. Where Habermas's public sphere stood for incorporating distinct deliberations on different issues for the welfare of the public, according to Fraser (1990), "the full utopian potential of the bourgeois conception of the public sphere was never realized in practice" (p. 58). There is an inexorable exclusion of certain groups from the mainstream public discursive domain which makes it a biased and restrictedly driven sphere for contemplation of ideas. Nancy Fraser contests that gender becomes an inevitable part of those exclusionary groups and this contention is assisted by Landes, who proposes that due to gender disparity, women are denied a 278
Postcolonial Interventions, 2019
Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded from two major Indian social ... more Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded
from two major Indian social movements: the Feminist Movement
and the Dalit Movement. The researcher explores that how dalit women
have made creative use of their marginality - their ‘outsider-within’
status and represented their lived experience. The study consists of
the scrutiny of select life narratives of dalit women writers: Bama’s
Sangati-Events (2005), Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life (2015), Baby
Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke (2008) to discuss and explore the sociological
significance of three characteristic themes in these narratives
(1) the interlocking nature of dalit women’s oppression, (2) endurance
and resilience, (3) role in transformation of community.
Thus the perspectives of dalit women writers create new knowledge
about their life, family and community. Their perspectives may well
provide a preparatory point for the development of the Dalit Feminist
Standpoint. This study may help other marginalized sections or sociologists
by putting greater trust in the creative potential of their own
narratives and cultural biographies.
The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and ar... more The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and argues that the nature of rhetoric in both the spheres is dialectically construed by various agencies which on the one hand ensure the execution of public sphere rhetoric, and on the other hand, defer counter-public discourse to be implemented in practice, especially in case of sexual violence against women in India. The paper contextualises the same argument using various newspaper articles which are reflective of the ineffectiveness of the rhetorical counter-public and its consequent deferral.
sciendo, 2020
The Supreme Court of India recently decriminalized section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to outlaw... more The Supreme Court of India recently decriminalized section 377 of the Indian Penal Code to outlaw the unfair violence and discrimination against transgender people. The paper argues that despite the legal acceptance of Section 377, the discrimination and social exclusion of transgender people continue in the Indian public sphere. The method of Interpretative Phenomenological Approach has been used to analyze the interviews of five transgender people from Jammu city. The findings suggest patterns and relationships within the data which are useful for understanding various ways in which transgender people negotiate and contemplate their lives outside the known social network they resort to. By analyzing the interpretations of selected transgender people, the study reveals that they bear the brunt of social and economic exclusion due to their gender identity on day-today basis.
Space and Culture, India, 2020
The study attempts to locate transgender counter-public as an alternate public sphere in India. I... more The study attempts to locate transgender counter-public as an alternate public sphere in India. It argues that transgender counter-public is necessitated owing to the exclusionary practices of the Indian public sphere as well as the successive counter-public spheres. The study, further claims that transgender counter-public is constructed by critiquing the marginalisation of transgender people through exclusionary practices, and articulation of concerns linked to transgender people. Public discourse analysis of both discursive arenas-print: newspaper articles, journal articles, autobiographies, biographies, memoir, and others, and non-discursive arenas-activism, pride parade, protests and alike have been adopted as methodology. The study concludes that transgender counter-public achieves the dissemination of their concerns to the wider public that exclusion and discrimination of transgender people are a denial of social justice in the democratic social structure.
The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and ar... more The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and argues that the nature of rhetoric in both the spheres is dialectically construed by various agencies which on the one hand ensure the execution of public sphere rhetoric, and on the other hand, defer counter-public discourse to be implemented in practice, especially in case of sexual violence against women in India. The paper contextualises the same argument using various newspaper articles which are reflective of the ineffectiveness of the rhetorical counter-public and its consequent deferral.
Media Watch, 2018
The present paper aims at analyzing the inevitable relationship of patriarchal impunity with coun... more The present paper aims at analyzing the inevitable relationship of patriarchal impunity with counterpublic in India with reference to Onaatah of the Earth (2017) by Paulami Duttagupta. It is apparent that much of the discourse on counterpublic emphasizes on either countering the existing state agencies as mentioned by Nancy Frazer where she critiques the exclusionary practices of bourgeois public sphere labeling the process as undemocratic or advocating locational counterpublic to uplift the subalterns to establish democracy discussed by Kanika Batra. However, not much has been discussed about the exclusion of discourses critiquing impunity which forms an essential background to establish a correlation between patriarchal impunity and the counterpublic. Thus, the paper attempts to examine bourgeois public sphere mainly as a patriarchal discursive arena disseminating and strengthening the idea of impunity granted, especially in cases of sexual violence within the framework of Habermas's public sphere. The study also focuses on how the novel Onaatah of the Earth acts as a counterpublic to undermine or neutralize the impunity by addressing issues related to gender sensitivity bringing them forth not only in discursive space but in activism too. Counterpublic, as a theoretical framework, has experienced an efficacious upsurge in recent times dealing with matters of gender, democracy, location which are not only integral constituents of our culture but also form an indispensable part of wide spectrum of academia. However, as an essential component of a comprehensive range of discourses, counterpublic has witnessed conflicting standpoints by various researchers and academicians addressing various unfamiliar issues demanding a much required attention. Nancy Fraser has provided a different outlook concerning counterpublic with a critique of Habermas's public sphere propounding on various exclusionary practices that have been significant in the formation of Habermas's bourgeois public sphere. Where Habermas's public sphere stood for incorporating distinct deliberations on different issues for the welfare of the public, according to Fraser (1990), "the full utopian potential of the bourgeois conception of the public sphere was never realized in practice" (p. 58). There is an inexorable exclusion of certain groups from the mainstream public discursive domain which makes it a biased and restrictedly driven sphere for contemplation of ideas. Nancy Fraser contests that gender becomes an inevitable part of those exclusionary groups and this contention is assisted by Landes, who proposes that due to gender disparity, women are denied a 278
Postcolonial Interventions, 2019
Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded from two major Indian social ... more Dalit women have long occupied marginal positions and been excluded
from two major Indian social movements: the Feminist Movement
and the Dalit Movement. The researcher explores that how dalit women
have made creative use of their marginality - their ‘outsider-within’
status and represented their lived experience. The study consists of
the scrutiny of select life narratives of dalit women writers: Bama’s
Sangati-Events (2005), Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life (2015), Baby
Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke (2008) to discuss and explore the sociological
significance of three characteristic themes in these narratives
(1) the interlocking nature of dalit women’s oppression, (2) endurance
and resilience, (3) role in transformation of community.
Thus the perspectives of dalit women writers create new knowledge
about their life, family and community. Their perspectives may well
provide a preparatory point for the development of the Dalit Feminist
Standpoint. This study may help other marginalized sections or sociologists
by putting greater trust in the creative potential of their own
narratives and cultural biographies.
The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and ar... more The paper hypothesises that public and counter-public spheres are rhetorically constructed and argues that the nature of rhetoric in both the spheres is dialectically construed by various agencies which on the one hand ensure the execution of public sphere rhetoric, and on the other hand, defer counter-public discourse to be implemented in practice, especially in case of sexual violence against women in India. The paper contextualises the same argument using various newspaper articles which are reflective of the ineffectiveness of the rhetorical counter-public and its consequent deferral.