Publications

Newspaper article – opinion page

• Sathya D. & Sudarshan R. Kottai. (2026, January 7). Scars that survive, Telegraph India.  https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/scars-that-survive-the-intergenerational-impact-of-colonial-indentureship-on-indian-diaspora-prnt/cid/2141420

Journal Publications

• Sathya D. & Kottai S. R. (2025) “Mental health of descendants of Indian indentured labourers in Guyana: A Scoping review” Geopsychiatry, (Elsevier publication) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geopsy.2025.100042

• Sathya D. & Kottai S. R. (2025) “Mental health of descendants of Indian indentured labourers in Suriname: A scoping review” International Journal of Social Psychiatry, (Sage publication) DOI: 10.1177/00207640251412216 (in print).

• Sathya D. (2025), "Breaking the Barriers: A Journey of a First-Generation Woman Scholar", Eds. Uttam Gaulee, Krishna Bista and Courtney Brown: In First in family: narratives of first-generation college journey, Vol. 3, pp. 17-21. Star Scholars Press, Maryland, USA. ISBN: 979-8-89524-044-1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.32674/nza4d056

• Sathya D. (2016), “Graded Inequality, Poverty, Epidemics and Mortality during the Great Famine in Colonial South India”, Indian Journal of Dalit and Tribal Studies, Vol 4, Issue 2. ISSN no. 2348-1757. PP 60-76. Impact Factor: 0.565. Impact Factor: 0.565.

• Sathya D. (2019), “Intersection of Caste and Gender: A Study of Marginalised Women at the Time of Famine in 19th Century Colonial South India,” International Journal of Research and Analytical Review, Volume 6, Issue 1. 2349-1269. E-ISSN no. 2348-1369; P-ISSN no. 2349-5138. Pp. 591-600. Impact Factor: 5. 75.

• Sathya D. (2023), “Different Approaches of South Indian Famines (Special reference to the second half of the nineteenth century”, Journal of Indian History and Culture, Vol 32, ISSN: 0975-7805, December 2023, pp 217-226. 

• Sathya D. & Kottai SR. Archives, mental health systems, and the history of mental health in colonial South India: Critical questions. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. Published online first on December 6, 2025. DOI: doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2025.092 

• Review of the article Sathya D. & Kottai, S. R. (2025). Archives, mental health systems, and the history of mental health in colonial South India: Critical questions" by Prof. Shardhanand Harinandan Singh, Hon. Professor of Girmitiyology, EIMT, Zürich, Switzerland.