I am interested in the teaching of sociological imagination in helping to create new realities. My first books, on Tourism in India – Shifting Paradigm, developed a theory which sought to account for the Tourism theory of the sociological imagination in the wake of modernism.
My first book has widened the scope of this inquiry, to address the sociology of development more broadly. This edited volume “Gender Based Violence – A Global Perspective” presents a novel and insightful examination of gender-based violence, inviting readers to consider this topic from various perspectives. It encompasses various conceptual discussions and international regulations and trends, while concurrently emphasising the legal regulations and practices across the globe. Significantly underrepresented in legal scholarship, this region has been overlooked and subject to limited comprehensive analyses. The authors address different aspects of gender-based violence, also covering some areas that have received little attention in academic literature, such as gender- based violence in academia and cyberstalking. Furthermore, the book incorporates recent empirical studies, thereby endowing readers with valuable insights into the specific challenges encountered in the region. By contributing to current research on gender-based violence in different countries, this book is an invaluable resource for researchers, students, policymakers, and general readers interested in gender-based violence and the fight against it across the globe.
My most recent articles in international Journals are ‘Urban Poverty and Slum Development: An Empirical Case Study of Asansol, West Bengal, India’, published in Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports, Reports, Volume -19, Issue-8, Page 340-350, 2025; ISSN:2582-3248, DOI: 10.9734/ajarr/2025/v19i81134.
“An Assessment Study of Displacement Due to Land Acquisition in West Bengal, India”, Published In European Journal of Sociology Vol. 15, 2024.
“The Causes, Consequences, and Challenges of Development-Induced Displacement with Special Reference to West Bengal, India”, published in European researchers Vol 15, 2024.
“Paradigms Lost: Toward A new understanding of participation in Public Health Programmes” published in International Journal of Social Science and Humanities, Volume 7, Issue 4, 2025, Page No. 31-36.
‘Land acquisition in West Bengal – shifting paradigm’ published in International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research, ISSN: 2455-2070, Volume 11, Issue 4, 2025, Page No. 105-110, 2025.
“Social Impact Analysis of Land Acquisition in West Bengal, India” published in International Journal of Advanced Education and Research, ISSN: 2455-5746, Volume 10, Issue 3, 2025, Page No. 35-42, 2025.
I teach primarily in the modern and contemporary sociology at college level. I have taught special author courses and a range of period courses, as well as courses on sociological theory, on development and displacement, and on land acquisition and policies. I lecture on writers and topics from the nineteenth century to the present. I also teach across the wider theoretical range, on the sociology of the development, and on the tradition of sociological imagining.
I have supervised more than hundred graduate students, on topics ranging from science and the humanities to literature and encyclopaedism to literary arts to language and artificial intelligence.
