Devika Bahadur

PhD in Material Culture Studies, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

A bit about me...

I am Dr Devika Bahadur, a writer, researcher and educator working at the intersections of migration, material culture, gender and space. I explore how everyday object strategies of migrant men in India is shaped by their masculine identity.My work spans academic research, creative nonfiction and literary essays, often reflecting on place, memory, queerness and sociopolitical transitions across South Asia and its diasporas. I also teach across postgraduate design and research programmes and collaborate on community-engaged, practice-based research initiatives.

Peer Reviewed Publications

  • Bahadur, D. (2023) ‘Dusty Box’, Critical Studies on Security, Taylor and Francis. pp. 1-1 doi:10.1080/21624887.2023.2290878

  • Bahadur, D. (2025) Sisterlands: On Borders, Belonging and the Fragile Geometry of Home, Critical Special Issue: Myanmar, Upper New Journal. uppernewreview.org

  • Meggi, A., Bahadur, D. (Forthcoming 2026). Lived Experiences and Urban Dynamics: A Visual Methodology for Mapping the Belgrave Area of Leicester. Livable Cities Conference Proceedings, Lisbon.

  • Bahadur, D. (Forthcoming 2026). Dwelling in Transition: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Researching Migration While Living It. Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal, University of Warwick

  • Marquez-Gallardo, S. Bahadur, D., and Gao, M. (2026). Navigating Identity Through Dresses: Sartorial Choices of Queer Women Professionals in Indian Workplaces. Gender, Work and Organization.

Creative Non Fiction, Poem and Essays

Fiction

  • Bahadur, D. (2025) The Echo House, Nocturne Magazine.

  • Bahadur, D. (2025) Ground Control to Major Tom. Swim Press, (08).

  • Bahadur, D. (Forthcoming 2026) Salt in my Lungs, Alien Buddha Gets Isolated and Weird Anthology, Alien Buddha.

Book Reviews

  • Bahadur, D. (2025) Joint Book Review of Job Insecurity and Life Courses by S. Bertolini, V. Goglio and D. Hofäcker (Bristol University Press, 2024), and Women, Work and Mobilities: The Case of Urban and Regional Contexts in Turkey by N. Akyelken (Routledge, 2024). Work, Employment and Society.

  • Bahadur, D. (2025) Review of Doing Digital Migration Studies: Theories and Practices of the Everyday edited by K. Leurs and S. Ponzanesi (Amsterdam University Press, 2024). pp. 62, Issue 151. BSA Network.

  • Bahadur, D. (2025) Review of Re-Imagining Sociology in India: Feminist Perspectives. edited by G. Chadha and M.T. Joseph (Routledge, 2020). History of Education Society.

  • Bahadur, D. (2025) Review of All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System That Fails Us by K. Yates (Simon & Schuster UK, 2023). Doing Sociology.

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