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Item Open Access Taming the Mind : Women in the Lunatic Asylums of Colonial Bengal(University of North Bengal, 2021) Bhattacharya, DahliaThe Lunatic Asylums in the colonial period did not have proper medical treatment or identification of female patients. The infrastructural facilities for the women were not given attention by the asylums.The Victorian morality recognized ‘work’ as a therapy and the ‘mentally ill’ were made to work in the garden, carpentry, grinding wheat and other works, leading to monetary gain in the asylums of Bengal.. The funds were applied to maintain the asylums, sometimes the local jails and led to profits for the British. The paper seeks to look into the colonial policy with regard to asylums and the hard work imposed upon the female lunatics leading to asylum ‘industries’ and how it received a new direction of economic gain.Item Open Access Step towards Liberation: Re-Visiting the English Writings of Begum Rokeya(University of North Bengal, 2020-12) Bhattacharya, DahliaItem Open Access Caricature in Print Media: A Historical Study of Political Cartoons in Colonial India (1872-1947)(University of North Bengal, 2019-03) Bhattacharya, DahliaWith the growth of print media in the nineteenth century there was development of national consciousness and social awareness among the middle class educated gentry of India. Thebeginning of cartoons started in India with the Colonial influence and gradually the visual culture became a significant part of the print media. The present paper intends to unfold a narration of the growth and development of political cartoons in India in the colonial period and to understand the representation of the then contemporary political situation with humour and caricature. The article tries to look into the racial arrogance, the colonial outlook towards Indians and a reaction of the Indians through the vernacular political cartoons.Item Open Access Shattered minds: Controlling the body in the lunatic asylums in colonial India (1858-1920)(University of North Bengal, 2018-03) Bhattacharya, DahliaTaming with discipline and confinement the ‘mentally ill’ was largely a colonial concept. The colonial government particularly after 1857 revolt became more concerned about the insane and in controlling insanity they passed Lunatic Acts and constructed asylums throughout the country. In identifying the lunatics the colonial institution used Victorian morality rather than clinical observation. The vagrants and beggars were the mostly classified as insane by the British which was in contrary to the Indian concept of saints and sages. The ganja smokers, hemp and alcohol addicted men were also identified as lunatics. The Victorian morality recognized ‘work’ as a therapy and the ‘mentally ill’ were made to work in the garden, carpentry, grinding wheat and other works leading to monetary gain. The funds were applied to maintain the asylums, sometimes the local jails and led to profit for the British. The paper seeks to look into the colonial policy towards the asylums and the hard work imposed upon the lunatics leading to asylum ‘industries’ and how it received a new direction of economic gains.Item Open Access Towards Emancipation: Reflection of Writings of Some Muslim Women in the Twentieth Century(University of North Bengal, 2015-03) Bhattacharya, DahliaEducation was denied to the Muslim women in Bengal . They were to receive some elementary education at home and their movement was restricted within the four walls of the house. A few Muslim women who have learnt to write with the help of some of their family members or received modern education had penned down some of their ideas in their writings. This paper wants to highlight the works of Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Begum Shainsunnahar Mahmud, Begum Sufia Kamal and Fajiltunessa who 'had taken the courage to overcome the hurdles of the society and had taken a step towards emancipation. ft wants to highlight their concept of education, spaces and rights for women and the politics.Item Open Access Crime, Criminality and Punishment in Colonial Darjeeling District(University of North Bengal, 2017-03) Bhattacharya, DahliaCrime is behaviour against the rules of the society by which it achieves the status of crime and individual is treated as criminal. In the pre-colonial period the concept of crime and criminality existed in an elaborate form in texts and scriptures. But the legal perception of crime and criminality in the British period is essentially a colonial construction. They adopted a new method of identifying crime and criminality and of punishment in colonial India. In this article the crimes and criminality in Darjeeling and the methods of imprisonment is highlighted.Item Open Access Migration, Urbanisation and Growth of Hill Town in Darjeeling: A Historical Study (1835-1950)(University of North Bengal, 2014-03) Mandal, Chanchal; Bhattacharya, DahliaItem Open Access Living in Shadows : A Study of the Racial Discrimination and Injustice of the Indian Diasporic Community in Fiji (1879-1987)(University of North Bengal, 2012-03) Bhattacharya, DahliaItem Open Access Bengali Diaspora in Burma: Dynamics of Political Interactions (1885-1948)(University of North Bengal, 2011-03) Bhattacharya, Dahlia