Sujata Ramachandran (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada)

Ms. Sujata Ramachandran
Ph. D Candidate
Department of Geography
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6  CANADA

and 

Visiting Graduate Associate
York Center for Asian Research (YCAR)
York University (Toronto, Canada)

email: sujata.ramachandran@utoronto.ca

Description of work:

My Doctoral-level dissertation (Title: 'Infiltrators, Quit India': 
Undocumented Bangladeshis and 'Thin' Hegemony of Hindu Nationalism) 
examines the 'Anti-Infiltration' strategy of the Hindu Right during the 
decade of the 90s and its consequences for undocumented Bangladeshis in 
New Delhi's slums.

Research interests: Cross-border migration in South Asia; Xenophobia; 
Migration and Development; Qualitative Research methods

Representative Publications:

2004, "'There are many Bangladeshis in New Delhi, but?': Methodological 
Routines and Fieldwork Anxieties," Population, Space and Place, 10 (2), 
pp. 255-70.

2003, "Operation Pushback," Economic and Political Weekly, 38 (7), 15, 
February, pp. 637-647.

2002, "Operation Pushback: Sangh Parivar, State, Slums, and Surreptitious
Bangladeshis in New Delhi," Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 23 
(3), (Special issue: Forced Evictions in Tropical Cities), pp.311-332.

1999, "Of boundaries and border crossings: undocumented Bangladeshi 
infiltrators and the hegemony of Hindu nationalism in India," 
Interventions: The International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 1 (2), 
(Special Issue: South Asia and the Partition), pp. 235-253.