In my doctoral research, I trace the cultural meanings of the category of home among women circular migrants of rural West Bengal in Eastern India who are employed as domestic workers in cities. Through a multisensory ethnography of the various domestic spaces they inhabit, create and curate, I aim to study their sensory and material life-worlds at the intersections of outmigration, growth of the tech industry, postcolonial economic development and gender inequity.

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2) Bhattacharya, M. (2021). Muttering Women and the Talking Kitchens of Bengal EPW, Vol. 56, Issue No. 33.

3) Bhattacharya, M. (2021). Rethinking Possessions. Partition Museum Blog. https://partitionmuseumactivity.wordpress.com/2021/01/14/rethinking-possessions/

4) Bhattacharya, M. (2020). Walls That Speak : Visual Background as a Window to the Social Background EPW, Vol. 55, Issue No. 20.

1. President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, 2021-23

2. Four Year Fellowship (FYF) for PhD students, Aug, 2021

3. International Tuition Award, Aug 2021

4. Four Year Fellowships (4YF) Tuition Awards, Aug, 2021

5. UBC IAR Fellowship, 2022-23, Sept, 2022

6. UBC Travel Grant Fellowship, Mar, 2023

7. UBC Public Scholars Initiative Award, Jul, 2023