papia sengupta

Jawaharlal Nehru University, Cente for Political Studies,School of Social Sciences, Faculty Member

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Does Political Representation Empower Women? The Case of Women in India’s Political Parties

State Capacity, Ideology and the Management of COVID-19 in South Asia: India and Sri Lanka in Perspective

Journal of South Asian Development

Book review: Akhil Ranjan Dutta, Hindutva Regime in Assam: Saffron in the Rainbow and Nani Gopal Mahanta, Citizenship Debate over NRC & CAA: Assam and the Politics of History

Studies in Indian Politics

Akhil Ranjan Dutta, Hindutva Regime in Assam: Saffron in the Rainbow. SAGE Publications. 2021. 32... more

Language, communication, and the COVID-19 pandemic: criticality of multi-lingual education

International Journal of Multilingualism

This paper aims at identifying and explaining the correlation between the Covid-19 and multi-ling... more This paper aims at identifying and explaining the correlation between the Covid-19 and multi-lingualism through cross-country research, drawing on three datasets: WHO data on the expanse of the pandemic, UNESCO data on endangered languages, and the LDI (Linguistic Diversity Index). Results establishing a direct correlation between the pandemic and multi-lingualism vary across the countries, except the USA, India, and Brazil. The three countries experiencing the highest global pandemic caseload occupy the top positions in the number of endangered languages and are among the top ten linguistically diverse countries. Drawing from the research findings, the paper addresses the criticality of investing in multi-lingualism and calls for a shift of perspective among policymakers driven by neoliberal rationale towards greater recognition and higher funding for multi-lingual education.

Les cultures à la rencontre du droit : l’Inde

Assessing Inclusion in India’s Higher Education: NEP 2020 in Perspective

Critical Sites of Inclusion in India’s Higher Education, 2022

Language Conundrum

Nation-Building, Education and Culture in India and Canada

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Can ideas be deleted? Curriculum in Perspective

Academia Letters, 2021

The recent reduction in the secondary and higher secondary school curriculum by the Central Board... more The recent reduction in the secondary and higher secondary school curriculum by the Central Board of Secondary Education has resulted in relief among most students while drawing criticism from teachers, scholars and academics who see a method into the presumably random deletion of topics to reduce the workload of students. The CBSE clarified that these are one-time changes resultant of the extraordinary situation arising from COVID-19. This article raises the critical question whether removing important conceptual notions as secularism, federalism and citizenship can lead to deletion of these ideas from the political discourse and public memory. © 2021 Economic and Political Weekly. All rights reserved.

Language as Identity in Colonial India

Language as Identity in Colonial India, 2018

Analyzes language and its role in identity formation in British India, an area devoid of any syst... more Analyzes language and its role in identity formation in British India, an area devoid of any systematic study ▶ Systematically tracks the politics of language in the colonial period, and shows how that conditioned post-independence politics ▶ Places language at the core of thinking and rationalizing about India This book is a systematic narrative, tracking the colonial language policies and acts responsible for the creation of a sense of &quot; self-identity &quot; and culminating in the evolution of nationalistic fervor in colonial India. British policy on language for administrative use and as a weapon to rule led to the parallel development of Indian vernaculars: poets, novelists, writers and journalists produced great and fascinating work that conditioned and directed India&#39;s path to independence. The book presents a theoretical proposition arguing that language as identity is a colonial construct in India, and demonstrates this by tracing the events, policies and changes that led to the development and churning up of Indian national sentiments and attitudes. It is a testimony of India&#39;s linguistic journey from a British colony to a modern state. Demonstrating that language as basis of identity was a colonial construct in modern India, the book asserts that any in-depth understanding of identity and politics in contemporary India remains incomplete without looking at colonial policies on language and education, from which the multiple discourses on &quot; self &quot; and belonging in modern India emanated.

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Construction of Plural Selves in India

This chapter discusses the construction of diverse selves in India. It asserts that plurality is ... more This chapter discusses the construction of diverse selves in India. It asserts that plurality is the necessary condition for conceptualizing India. Nineteenth-century India was a period during which developed the varied identities that were to shape Indian politics in the future. The chapter presents a scrutiny of construction of plural selves from the perspective of caste, gender, nationality, religion and class.

Theoretical Developments: Linking Language to Identity

This chapter gives a detailed analysis of theoretical development that links language to human id... more This chapter gives a detailed analysis of theoretical development that links language to human identity. Historical insights from Western and Indian philosophy of language is analyzed by outlining how language shares an intimate relationship with nationhood, being and belonging. It is argued that knowledge- transmission, interpretation, epistemological understanding and information- generation are impossible without language, be this words, symbols, signs. The chapter asserts that the hierarchical relationship between writing and speech needs to be challenged as the history of many cultural communities is based on oral narratives.

Language as Identity in Colonial India: Policies and Politics

Building Identity: Information, Intellect and Inspiration

This chapter studies how indigenous historiography was the first step in perceiving India as a na... more This chapter studies how indigenous historiography was the first step in perceiving India as a nation. It investigates the role of print media, intellectuals, scholars and poets in the construction and consolidation of national identity by highlighting economic drainage and the poverty of the Indian masses owing to colonial exploitation. The chapter narrates how data collection, surveys and reports about the languages and religions of Indians equipped the colonial administration in politicizing religious–linguistic categories.

The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Rural Development: a Study in Selected Sectors in West Bengal

In spite of the fact that the state is the prime mover of development in the developing countries... more In spite of the fact that the state is the prime mover of development in the developing countries and the development efforts are mostly state initiated, the administration in these countries are suffering from their own contradictions and the development process is largely thwarted. In a selfdevelopment participatory process of development the role of nonbureaucratic organization has consequently assume rising importance especially in creating awareness and developing real participation among the deprived sections of the rural population. In a changed (market economy) economic environment the state has also come forward to encourage voluntarism that makes development endogenous and springs from the heart of the people. Struggles for organizing the poor, conscientization and people’s empowerment have become the key words for voluntary actions.

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Making (Ab)sense of Women’s Agency and Belonging in Citizenship Debates in India: Analysing the Shaheen Bagh Protests as ‘Act(s) of Citizenship’

Social Change

The developments in citizenship in India that took place in 2019–2020 witnessed intervention from... more The developments in citizenship in India that took place in 2019–2020 witnessed intervention from women belonging to minority communities who have emerged as forebears of resistance to the authoritarian-masculine imposition of citizenship as religious exclusion in the form of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019. The article revisits the women protests against the Act through the lens of ‘acts of citizenship’. The Shaheen Bagh protests, as these are called popularly, have been studied mainly as Muslim women exhibiting their defiance against a draconian law adversely affecting them. I argue that these protests can be interpreted as acts of citizenship where women spearheaded demonstrations against the Indian state to withhold their rights of citizenship as ‘activist citizens’, asserting the constitutional value of respecting diversity and democratic citizenship, thereby demonstrating ‘constitutional patriotism’. The article contributes to the ongoing debate on gendered citizen...

From democratic participation to participatory governance: Applicability of the PPACID Model in development policies for adivasis

The last few years have seen an upsurge in the field of innovation studies especially ‘inclusive ... more The last few years have seen an upsurge in the field of innovation studies especially ‘inclusive innovation’, aiming not only at economic but social development. In developing countries like India, inclusive innovation must incorporate governance and governance to be inclusive should encompass participation by all, especially the marginalized, to make public policies efficacious and delivering. The paper introduces PPACID a new model developed to facilitate inclusive innovation of the marginalized communities and groups often neglected in the process of governance. I argue that any model of inclusive innovation needs to take cognizance of participation by all stakeholders. Objective of innovations must be to enable and empower people at the periphery through awareness, accessibility and democratic deliberations rather than solely aiming at economic outcomes. Implementation of PPACID promotes the United Nation’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) by making governance participatory,...

Endangered Languages: Some Concerns

A recent UNESCO report indicates that India has the largest number of endangered languages in the... more A recent UNESCO report indicates that India has the largest number of endangered languages in the world. A matter of concern, besides the absolute numbers, is the distribution of these endangered languages across number of speakers. The languages under threat include both scheduled, non-scheduled as well as official languages of some of the states. Policies for protecting and promoting the entire range of endangered languages are needed if the linguistic diversity of India is to be preserved. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (UNESCO) Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger (2009), the third in the series, presents a grave picture of the world’s languages which are extinct or are on the verge of extinction.1 The report (the Atlas from here on) provides updated data on about 2,500 endangered languages, which are classified on the basis of several criteria into five different levels of vitality: unsafe, definitely endangered, severely endangered, ...

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The Language Situation in Colonial India: Story of Bengal

This chapter elucidates the language situation in Bengal when the English East India Company land... more This chapter elucidates the language situation in Bengal when the English East India Company landed for the first time. Translations carried by English scholars and officials were initiated to understand India and its people, facilitating the colonial administrators to penetrate into the Indian society. Analyzing the first language conflict in colonial India on the issue of medium of instruction for educating Indians, between the East India Company officials, the chapter examines British policies on education in India, specifically the Charter Act of 1813 which laid the edifice for future education policies.

Does Political Representation Empower Women? The Case of Women in India’s Political Parties

State Capacity, Ideology and the Management of COVID-19 in South Asia: India and Sri Lanka in Perspective

Journal of South Asian Development

Book review: Akhil Ranjan Dutta, Hindutva Regime in Assam: Saffron in the Rainbow and Nani Gopal Mahanta, Citizenship Debate over NRC & CAA: Assam and the Politics of History

Studies in Indian Politics

Akhil Ranjan Dutta, Hindutva Regime in Assam: Saffron in the Rainbow. SAGE Publications. 2021. 32... more

Language, communication, and the COVID-19 pandemic: criticality of multi-lingual education

International Journal of Multilingualism

Les cultures à la rencontre du droit : l’Inde

Assessing Inclusion in India’s Higher Education: NEP 2020 in Perspective

Critical Sites of Inclusion in India’s Higher Education, 2022

Language Conundrum

Nation-Building, Education and Culture in India and Canada

The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this p... more

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Can ideas be deleted? Curriculum in Perspective

Academia Letters, 2021

Language as Identity in Colonial India

Language as Identity in Colonial India, 2018

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY Faculty Profile Form

Construction of Plural Selves in India

Theoretical Developments: Linking Language to Identity

Language as Identity in Colonial India: Policies and Politics

Building Identity: Information, Intellect and Inspiration

The Role of Voluntary Organizations in Rural Development: a Study in Selected Sectors in West Bengal

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Making (Ab)sense of Women’s Agency and Belonging in Citizenship Debates in India: Analysing the Shaheen Bagh Protests as ‘Act(s) of Citizenship’

Social Change

From democratic participation to participatory governance: Applicability of the PPACID Model in development policies for adivasis

Endangered Languages: Some Concerns

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The Language Situation in Colonial India: Story of Bengal

Language as Identity in Colonial India

Analyzes language and its role in identity formation in British India, an area devoid of any syst... more Analyzes language and its role in identity formation in British India, an area devoid of any systematic study ▶ Systematically tracks the politics of language in the colonial period, and shows how that conditioned post-independence politics ▶ Places language at the core of thinking and rationalizing about India This book is a systematic narrative, tracking the colonial language policies and acts responsible for the creation of a sense of " self-identity " and culminating in the evolution of nationalistic fervor in colonial India. British policy on language for administrative use and as a weapon to rule led to the parallel development of Indian vernaculars: poets, novelists, writers and journalists produced great and fascinating work that conditioned and directed India's path to independence. The book presents a theoretical proposition arguing that language as identity is a colonial construct in India, and demonstrates this by tracing the events, policies and changes that led to the development and churning up of Indian national sentiments and attitudes. It is a testimony of India's linguistic journey from a British colony to a modern state. Demonstrating that language as basis of identity was a colonial construct in modern India, the book asserts that any in-depth understanding of identity and politics in contemporary India remains incomplete without looking at colonial policies on language and education, from which the multiple discourses on " self " and belonging in modern India emanated.

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