Books by Rituparna Bhattacharyya
I am an avid academician with expertise in GeoHumanities linked to Gender, Inequalities, Poverty,... more I am an avid academician with expertise in GeoHumanities linked to Gender, Inequalities, Poverty, Violence, Sustainable Goals, and Development in the Global South. I have over two decades of teaching and research experience spending the first seven years (1996-2003
Papers by Rituparna Bhattacharyya
Journal Space and Culture, India, 2024
Any form of sexual assault stems from the intersection of power, patriarchal structure and gender... more Any form of sexual assault stems from the intersection of power, patriarchal structure and gender. While different countries take different measures to tackle cases of sexual assault, cases continue to rise like a pandemic. This study is a revisit to the # Metoo Movement that took the catbird seat in 2017 after Tarana Burke founded it in 2006. Although the #Metoo movement started with women calling out names of abusers, the movement was not confined to female voices alone. It helped expose the cases of sexual abuse across all genders. Taking examples of various instances of sexual assaults against gender across societies, committed under the bulwarks of power, domination and (or) patriarchy, and the newly emergent ways of exploitation of gender, such as Catfishing and Love Jihad, this communication aims to probe whether the #Metoo movement has faced backlash or is simply a rhetoric or both.
Space and culture, India, Nov 26, 2023
Since the year 2000, 25 November has been observed as International Day for the Elimination of Vi... more Since the year 2000, 25 November has been observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to make the public aware of violence against women and girls (VAWG). Human Trafficking is one of the most brutal forms of VAWG. This brief communication in the form of an editorial discusses the despicable issues linked to human trafficking, calling for action research.
Advances in geographical and environmental sciences, 2020
Almost the whole of India is currently witnessing a massive drought due to the relentless increas... more Almost the whole of India is currently witnessing a massive drought due to the relentless increase in water demand to cater its more than one billion people alongside the growing demand for water for agricultural activities, industries and other allied activities. However, there is a lack of research focusing on water scarcity in India. Central Water Commission data shows that water levels in 91 major reservoirs have reached staggeringly low. This chapter, however, aims to assess the water supply system in Delhi, the capital city of India and the world’s third largest conurbation after Tokyo and Mumbai. Currently, there are nine major Water Treatment Plants (WTP) in Delhi, National Capital Territory responsible for catering water to its 16.8 million people. Using Geographical Information System (GIS) alongside the 2011 Census data of Delhi and taking into account the water supply norm of Delhi Jal Board (DJB), which is 60 Gallon Per Capita per Day (GPCD), a simple metric is developed to calculate the freshwater demand of its people residing within the command area of each WTP. For this, the 2011 Census population size of each WTP is multiplied by 60 GPCD to retrieve the approximate water demand of the people residing in each WTP, which in turn allows us to seek the amount of water scarcity/surplus for each of the WTP command area. Based on the findings and the current understanding of the guiding indicators of water scarcity, we map for possible solutions.
Progress in Development Studies, Jul 1, 2015
Dyson, Jane. 2014: Working childhoods: Youth, agency and the environment in India. Cambridge, Uni... more Dyson, Jane. 2014: Working childhoods: Youth, agency and the environment in India. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 186 pp. £50.00 hardback. ISBN: 9781107058385.
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2023
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2023
Routledge eBooks, May 25, 2023
GeoJournal, Sep 22, 2016
Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), a legislation of the Government of India promulgated in ... more Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), a legislation of the Government of India promulgated in the ‘disturbed areas’ of India’s North-East since 1958 and in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) since the 1990s merits spatial and contextual analysis. This is because in these regions where AFSPA operates, the armed forces are alleged to have committed one of the world’s least-known abuses of human rights but revel in legal impunity. For this, AFSPA is perceived as ‘draconian’ and ‘colonial’. Drawing upon ethnographic research, supplemented by 20 informal interviews, the key aim of the research is to examine the extent to which the people of these highly contested spaces continue to live with AFSPA as a part of their daily lives. Alongside, the research aims to highlight upon Ms Irom Chanu Sharmila’s silent protest; she was on her world’s longest fast for 16 years (since 4 November 2000 demanding revocation of AFSPA) until 9 August 2016. The key findings demonstrate that the ‘sense of alienation’ created by AFSPA is one of the major causes of disturbance in the regions, where the people desperately crave for peace to be restored.
Advances in geographical and environmental sciences, 2023
Routledge eBooks, Jun 15, 2022
Springer eBooks, 2020
Public spaces are those spaces where all citizens, irrespective of gender, caste, class, sexualit... more Public spaces are those spaces where all citizens, irrespective of gender, caste, class, sexuality, disability or any other social identity have a right to access. Importantly, the geographies of public space are gendered and ‘practiced place’, where individuals use these spaces to fulfil their varied needs and aspirations of their everyday life while trying to maintain dignity, safety and self-respect. With increased urbanization and neoliberal economic transformation, Indian women’s mobility through public spaces has increased. A number of recent evidence including the high-profile December 2012 Nirbhaya (fearless) gang-rape case in New Delhi suggest that the towns and cities lack a sense of belongingness and fail to safeguard its women and vulnerable population. The horrific Nirbhaya incident, which triggered massive nationwide protest led to the constitution of a number of committee/commission like Justice Verma Committee (JVC), Justice Usha Mehra Commission as well as amendments to a number of legislations—Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013, Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015—all aimed at enhancing women’s safety. Yet, the incidents of women’s assaults continue to bear powerful resonance. Arguably, women’s safety is development. The key aim of this chapter is two-fold. First, it aims to review the spatialities of women’s unsafety using the National Crime Records Bureau database. Second, using these data and in conjunction with the recommendations of the JVC report, Justice Usha Mehra Commission, the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, it makes suggestions for improving the geographies of gendered public space in order to make them liveable.
Routledge eBooks, Jun 15, 2022
Routledge eBooks, Aug 31, 2020
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