Amrita Datta

2 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Amrita Datta |Arani Basu

When two female officers of the Indian armed forces - one Hindu, one Muslim - took centre stage to announce Operation Sindoor, the government celebrated it as a landmark moment for gender inclusion. The image of uniformed women addressing the media from the front lines, avenging the deaths of 26 civilians, all men, and symbolically restoring the sindoor (vermilion) of widowhood, was widely praised as feminist iconography in service of the nation.

1 month ago | epw.in | Amrita Datta |Manish Kumar

Migration and Development in India: The Bihar Experience by Amrita Datta, Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2023; pp xviii + 220, price not indicated. Migration, a dynamic and multidimensional phenomenon, hasbeen an integral part of India’s socio-economic landscape. Over the centuries, the movement of people within and across the country’s borders has profoundly shaped its cultural, economic, and social fabric.