Rabindranath Tagore: The patriot Rabindranath Tagore, as a theatrician, occupies a very important position in the history of Bengal theatre. Writing at a time when theatre practices in Bengal were still in a very nascent stage, Tagore introduces an air of freshness. Though initially he drew inspiration from the European dramas, those of Shakespeare and…
Author: Ritabrata Roy
Gender pronouns and personal choice: Exploring the unexplored
Gender is indeed one of our complex volatile identities that we construct through our social interactions. Gone are the days when the concept of ‘gender’ was perceived to biological binaries of ‘men and women’. The society has indeed evolved from such Parsonian views towards a more complex ethnomethodological understanding of gender as a constructed social…
Trolling culture and its astonishing sexist traits
This post is written by Ritabrata Roy who is a Doctoral Tutor at University of Sussex, Law School. Women with a public platform get more shit than their male counterparts. And now what’s long been known through anecdote and, in some cases, unpleasant direct experience has some numbers behind it. In a study of the…
5 tips to write a winning research proposal !!!
This blog is written by Ritabrata Roy who is a Doctoral Tutor at University of Sussex Law School. His research interests are topics on honour crimes, gender studies and sexuality issues. TIP 1. Have a clear title …. Always begin with a CLEAR title. Oh its an absolute must! Let’s look at it in this…
Misogynistic “Motherfu***er!” : Reflections on the underlined sexism in cuss words
This post is written by Ritabrata Roy, Doctoral Tutor at University of Sussex, Law School, UK. Do you cuss often? No that’s not the question that I intend to ask here. Well .. we all do. Indeed cuss words have become an integral part of our daily vocabulary. It is certainly not my job here…
The ‘Muslim Question’ in West Bengal’s electoral politics: A Critical Analysis of the Assembly Elections 2021
This post is written by Ritabrata Roy, PhD Scholar at University of Sussex, UK I. CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND The state of West Bengal occupies a distinct place within the political demography of Indian sub-continent since pre-independence era. Throughout the three centuries-old colonial history of India, Calcutta (now Kolkata) which was the capital of Bengal also…