Raina Bhowal, PhD

@univofdelhi Ethnographer, Folklore & Mythology. Travelling with Jatra artists, their travels and travails in the #Sundarbans, West Bengal

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

As a researcher, sometimes I wonder if everything in #Sundarbans is all about perspectives? #fieldwork #musings #myclick #CanonIndia

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Loved Annie! Brought back so many memories of 1980s Delhi
Arundhati Roy: ‘In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones isn’t a manifesto. It’s just a joyful stance’ https://t.co/zWtVmsyKv3

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

Chapter 3 of my PhD thesis 👇🏼 New publication alert ‼️

[Asian Ethnology @AsianEthnology]

Asian Ethnology 84–2 has launched.
First articles + reviews of our rolling issue are now online. Pagination will be finalized when the full issue is complete.

Articles on graves in 1950s China, beliefs in South India, funerals in Singapore.

Read: https://t.co/uj4HpbavES

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

Stunned and Speechless. All this…firsthand today ! #MessiInKolkata
#MessiInIndia

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@ArchaeoNomad I have had this and it takes me to heaven everytime 😩

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@ZubaanBooks This book is a wonderful work that I often like to go back too! ❤️

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

How appropriate is this?!! A young boy is adorning Bonbibi and Dukhe with his own hands! #Sundarbans

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@suman_66 today!!

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@Tapestry_T2S @SusVinita @CWEHSussex @IndianMuseumKol @satanjib @Lylamehta @IDS_UK @SussexUni @ISC @shibajibose1 @Anindit58200947 Good to know! Would be visiting soon! Thanks

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@Tapestry_T2S @CWEHSussex @IndianMuseumKol @satanjib @SusVinita @Lylamehta @IDS_UK @SussexUni @ISC @shibajibose1 @Anindit58200947 Thank you for the information

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@Shreya19O7 Papa ka para

[Indranath Mukherjee @indranath]

Bengali commentary makes watching football more entertaining.

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@SirKazamJeevi ❤️

[Damayanti Datta @DattaDamayanti]

The force behind the #UNESCO intangible cultural #heritage tag of #DurgaPuja is art historian Tapati Guha Thakurta, Director, Center for Studies in Social Sciences, #Calcutta, my former professor 😊. She did the research and filled in the form. The rest is history

[Mohua Das @mohuadazz]

It’s not every day that a teen saves another teen from being trafficked but a bunch of girls aged 11-18 have been keeping vigil on other girls of their own age in Bengal’s Sundarbans & shielding them from getting abducted or lured into early marriage, bonded labour or sex work

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

Boat making takes a modern turn. Large thermocol (Polystyrene), wooden frames, and a petrol-run engine. When made with care, these can be used in the sea (BOB) to catch ilish..out for a little test drive!

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@rainaare @PhDVoice @UnivofDelhi Thank you so much! 💐☺️

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

@_Raka_B @PhDVoice @UnivofDelhi Thank you so much 💐

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

The deity Bonbibi is the poster-girl for #Sundarbans but there are a truckload of other community centric deities surviving as well. Presenting Māi Bībī with her chalans beside her. Needless to say, please credit appropriately, if used.

[Raina Bhowal, PhD @Raidocs]

Bārā Ṫhākura is a lonely indigenous deity of #Sundarbans who is often found placed at tree trunks. A partially hidden Bārā Ṫhākura's head can be seen in the picture.