My City (In)visible: Colombo

Agentive minorities: Place-memory, Identity and Ontological Security in Post-War Sri Lanka
Basu,I. and Hettiarachchi, R. 2025. Agentive minorities: Place-memory, Identity and Ontological Security in Post-War Sri Lanka. Conflict, Security & Development. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2025.2590191

Valuing the 'neighbourhood': Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island, Colombo
Basu,I. and Hettiarachchi, R. 2024. Valuing the 'neighbourhood': Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island, Colombo. The European Journal of Development Research. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-024-00668-3

Envisaging Just Energy Transitions in Jharkhand: Reinterrogating the Politico-Economic Entanglements of the Private Regimes of Extraction and Accumulation
Bakshi, E., Basu,I., Seal, A., Seal, A. and Seal, A. 2024. Envisaging Just Energy Transitions in Jharkhand: Reinterrogating the Politico-Economic Entanglements of the Private Regimes of Extraction and Accumulation. Journal of Indian and Asian Studies. 5 (2) 2440010. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2717541324400102

Valuing the 'neighbourhood': Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island,Colombo
Basu, I. and Hettiarachchi, R. 2024. Valuing the 'neighbourhood': Responding to Racialised Post-War Development in Slave Island,Colombo. European Journal of Development Research. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-024-00668-3

Reclaiming Indigeneity and Democracy in India's Jharkhand
Basu, I. 2024. Reclaiming Indigeneity and Democracy in India's Jharkhand. Oxford Oxford University Press.

The Democratic Prospects of Digital Urban Futures: Lessons from India's Smart Cities Mission
Basu,I. 2022. The Democratic Prospects of Digital Urban Futures: Lessons from India's Smart Cities Mission. Journal of Indian and Asian Studies. 3 (2), pp. 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2717541322400071

Who Is in the Middle: Social Class, Core Values, and Identities in India
Capelos, T. and Basu, I. 2022. Who Is in the Middle: Social Class, Core Values, and Identities in India. Political Psychology. 43 (1), pp. 89-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12742

Governing Without the Politics: Postcolonial Governmentality and the Indian Middle Classes
Basu,I. 2020. Governing Without the Politics: Postcolonial Governmentality and the Indian Middle Classes. in: Teo, T.-A. and Wynne-Hughes, E. (ed.) Postcolonial Governmentalities London Rowman & Littlefield.

Elite Discourse Coalitions and the Governance of 'Smart Spaces':Politics, Power and Privilege in India's Smart Cities Mission
Basu, I. 2019. Elite Discourse Coalitions and the Governance of 'Smart Spaces':Politics, Power and Privilege in India's Smart Cities Mission. Political Geography. 68, pp. 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2018.11.002

Governance, rights and the demand for democracy: evidence from Bangladesh
Basu, I., Brown, G.K. and Devine, J. 2018. Governance, rights and the demand for democracy: evidence from Bangladesh. in: Basu, I., Devine, J. and Wood, G. (ed.) Politics and Governance in Bangladesh: Uncertain Landscapes London Routledge.

Dhaka's Invisible Inhabitants
Basu,I. 2012. Dhaka's Invisible Inhabitants. Daily Star.

State of Cities: Urban Governance in Dhaka City Report
Basu, I. 2012. State of Cities: Urban Governance in Dhaka City Report. Dhaka, Bangladesh BRAC.

The Politics of Recognition and Redistribution: Development, Tribal Identity Politics and Distributive Justice in India's Jharkhand
Basu, I. 2012. The Politics of Recognition and Redistribution: Development, Tribal Identity Politics and Distributive Justice in India's Jharkhand. Development and Change. 43 (6), pp. 1291-1312. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7660.2012.01803.x

Security and Development: are they two sides of the same coin? Investigating India’s two-pronged policy towards left wing extremism
Basu, I. 2011. Security and Development: are they two sides of the same coin? Investigating India’s two-pronged policy towards left wing extremism . Contemporary South Asia. 19 (4), pp. 373-393. https://doi.org/10.1080/09584935.2010.537745