Publications:

Book and Book Chapters

• Bhattacharjee, Malini.(2019). Disaster Relief and the RSS: Resurrecting ​‘Religion’ Through Humanitarianism. Sage Publications.

• Bhattacharjee, Malini.(Eds.)(2019). Hindutva as a ​‘Sacred Form’: A Case Study of Karnataka’ in Religion in Indian Politics. Routledge.

Journal Articles

• Bhattacharjee, Malini (2020). The politics of perception and the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019. Dialogue. 22 (2). pp. 25 – 32. http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct%20020.pdf#page=25

• Bhattacharjee, Malini (2021). Building a ​‘Hindu Rashtra’ through ​‘Seva’ a ​‘Hindu Rashtra’ through ​‘Seva’. Economic and Political Weekly, 56 (3). https://www.epw.in/engage/article/building-hindu-%20rashtra-through-seva

• Bhattacharjee, Malini, Book Review: R. Srivatsan. 2015. Seva, Saviour and State: Caste Politics, Tribal Welfare and Capitalist Development, New Delhi: Routledge. 406/ Contributions to Indian Sociology, 51, 3 (2017) : 379 – 414. https://​jour​nals​.sagepub​.com/​d​o​i​/​a​b​s​/​1​0​.​1​1​7​7​/​0​0​6​9​9​6​6​7​1​7​7​13408

• Bhattacharjee, Malini (2016). ​‘Seva, Hindutva and the Politics of Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in Rural Kutch’ as part of Salvage and Salvation: Religion and Disaster Relief in Asia (Special Issue). In Asian Ethnology 75:1. https://asianethnology.org/downloads/ae/pdf/AE%2075 – 1%20Bhattacharjee.pdf

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2016). Tracing the Emergence and Consolidation of Hindutva in Assam (Special Article) in Economic and Political Weekly.51(16), Issue no. 16, pp. 80 – 87. https://​www​.epw​.in/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​2​0​1​6​/​1​6​/​s​t​r​a​t​e​g​i​c​-​a​f​f​a​i​r​s​/​t​r​a​c​i​n​g​-​e​m​e​r​g​e​n​c​e​-​a​n​d​-​c​o​n​s​o​l​i​d​a​t​i​o​n​-​h​i​n​d​u​t​v​a​-​a​s​s​a​m​.html

• Bhattacharjee, Malini and Dolashree Mysoor. (2015). Unredressed Grievances under RTE: Navigating the State Labyrinth. In Governance. DOI: 10.1111/gove.12132. https://​onlineli​brary​.wiley​.com/​d​o​i​/​a​b​s​/​1​0​.​1​1​1​1​/​g​o​v​e​.​12132

• Bhattacharjee, Malini, Dolashree Mysoor, and Arun Sivaramakrishnan. (2014). RTE Grievance Redress in Karnataka. in Economic and Political Weekly, XLIX : 23, pp.37 – 41. https://​www​.epw​.in/​j​o​u​r​n​a​l​/​2​0​1​4​/​2​3​/​i​n​s​i​g​h​t​/​r​t​e​-​g​r​i​e​v​a​n​c​e​-​r​e​d​r​e​s​s​-​k​a​r​n​a​t​a​k​a​.html

Popular Press

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2021). Book Review of Book review of ​‘RSS: Evolution from an Organization to a Movement’. India Chapter. http://publications.azimpremjifoundation.org/2567/1/Book%20Review%20on%20%27RSS_%20Evolution%20from%20an%20Organization%20to%20a%20Movement%27.pdf

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2020, October 11). Did the First Amendment to the Constitution lay the foundation for an authoritarian state?.The Indian Express. . https://​indi​an​ex​press​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​b​o​o​k​s​-​a​n​d​-​l​i​t​e​r​a​t​u​r​e​/​d​i​d​-​t​h​e​-​f​i​r​s​t​-​a​m​e​n​d​m​e​n​t​-​t​o​-​t​h​e​-​c​o​n​s​t​i​t​u​t​i​o​n​-​l​a​y​-​t​h​e​-​f​o​u​n​d​a​t​i​o​n​-​f​o​r​-​a​n​-​a​u​t​h​o​r​i​t​a​r​i​a​n​-​s​t​a​t​e​-​6​7​2​0006/

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2021, Forthcoming). Serving the ​‘Other’ During the Pandemic: Hindu Nationalist Groups and Covid Relief in India, Religion and Covid-19 under observation: the Asia-focused research blog CoronAsur, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (Converted into a book chapter). https://​ari​.nus​.edu​.sg/​20331 – 28/

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2020, July 6). 73 yrs ago, Sylhet Referendum left a Hindu community homeless between Assam and Bangladesh. The Print . https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​7​3​-​y​r​s​-​s​y​l​h​e​t​-​r​e​f​e​r​e​n​d​u​m​-​h​i​n​d​u​-​c​o​m​m​u​n​i​t​y​-​h​o​m​e​l​e​s​s​-​b​e​t​w​e​e​n​-​a​s​s​a​m​-​b​a​n​g​l​a​d​e​s​h​/​4​5​5233/

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2020, June 16). Interview in Bastion Dialogues, The Bastion. https://​the​bas​tion​.co​.in/​i​d​e​a​s​/​d​i​a​l​o​g​u​e​s​-​d​r​-​m​a​l​i​n​i​-​b​h​a​t​t​a​c​h​a​r​j​e​e​-​o​n​-​t​h​e​-​r​s​s​-​s​e​v​a​-​a​n​d​-​r​e​l​i​e​f​-​a​n​d​-​d​e​v​e​l​o​p​ment/

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2020, February 11). What lessons should Narendra Modi, Amit Shah & Arvind Kejriwal draw from Delhi election?. The Print. https://​thep​rint​.in/​t​a​l​k​-​p​o​i​n​t​/​w​h​a​t​-​l​e​s​s​o​n​s​-​s​h​o​u​l​d​-​n​a​r​e​n​d​r​a​-​m​o​d​i​-​a​m​i​t​-​s​h​a​h​-​a​r​v​i​n​d​-​k​e​j​r​i​w​a​l​-​d​r​a​w​-​f​r​o​m​-​d​e​l​h​i​-​e​l​e​c​t​i​o​n​/​3​6​3646/

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2020, January 10). Indian intellectuals using secularism to shoot down CAA is only helping Hindutva camp. The Print. https://​thep​rint​.in/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​i​n​d​i​a​n​-​i​n​t​e​l​l​e​c​t​u​a​l​s​-​u​s​i​n​g​-​s​e​c​u​l​a​r​i​s​m​-​t​o​-​s​h​o​o​t​-​d​o​w​n​-​c​a​a​-​i​s​-​h​e​l​p​i​n​g​-​h​i​n​d​u​t​v​a​-​c​a​m​p​/​3​4​7313/

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. Did BJP Ride on RSS ​‘Seva’?. Deccan Herald. https://​www​.dec​ca​n​her​ald​.com/​o​p​i​n​i​o​n​/​m​a​i​n​-​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​d​i​d​-​b​j​p​-​r​i​d​e​-​o​n​-​r​s​s​-​s​e​v​a​-​7​3​6​9​7​0​.html

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2018, September 5). Has the Assamese sub-national movement finally converged with Hindutva?. The Asian Age. http://​www​.asian​age​.com/​i​n​d​i​a​/​a​l​l​-​i​n​d​i​a​/​0​5​0​9​1​8​/​h​a​s​-​a​s​s​a​m​e​s​e​-​s​u​b​-​n​a​t​i​o​n​a​l​-​m​o​v​e​m​e​n​t​-​f​i​n​a​l​l​y​-​c​o​n​v​e​r​g​e​d​-​w​i​t​h​-​h​i​n​d​u​t​v​a​.html

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. The BJP in Karnataka: Tracing the social ecology of Hindutva in the State. The News Minute. https://​www​.the​news​minute​.com/​a​r​t​i​c​l​e​/​b​j​p​-​k​a​r​n​a​t​a​k​a​-​t​r​a​c​i​n​g​-​s​o​c​i​a​l​-​e​c​o​l​o​g​y​-​h​i​n​d​u​t​v​a​-​s​t​a​t​e​-​83699

• Bhattacharjee, Malini. (2015, May 21). Beware the Politics of Seeing Religious ​‘Meaning’ in Disasters’. The Wire. http://​thewire​.in/​2​0​1​5​/​0​5​/​2​1​/​b​e​w​a​r​e​-​t​h​e​-​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​-​o​f​-​s​e​e​i​n​g​-​r​e​l​i​g​i​o​u​s​-​m​e​a​n​i​n​g​-​i​n​-​d​i​s​a​s​ters/

On-going Projects

1. ‘Sacralising the Secular’: Religion and Philanthropy in India
2. ‘Unforgetting Sylhet’: Redeeming a Subverted Narrative