Masculinity, Mobility and the Indian Middle Class: A Discussion with Michiel Baas
The Doing sociology team spoke to Michiel Baas on his new book Muscular India: Masculinity, Mobility and the New Middle…
The Popularity of Assam’s Mobile Theatre: The Role of Mediatized Visuality – Rituparna Patgiri
Link to video trailer here. It was 10:15 pm on a Wednesday in September 2019. But the road that connects…
Does the subaltern really ‘speak’ through dying? – Bhargabi Das
Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak, in an interview with Francis Wade, says, “There has been so much violence, so much exploitation, so…
Ornaments and Distinctions: The Case of Digitally Circulated Identity Aspirations – Athira. B.K.
Link to video trailer can be found here. Introduction The significance of a message could be symbolic or economic. Still,…
Gendered Violence, Party Politics, And Colonial Histories: A Conversation with Manali Desai
Manali Desai is a Reader, and a Fellow of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge. In 2020, she assumed…
“It’s the Real Thing”: Advertising Coca-Cola – Sharayu Shejale
Link to part one can be found here. The Coca-Cola company has and continues to be a significant fixture in…
Advertisements in a Globalising and Consumption Driven World – Sharayu Shejale
Advertisements are an interesting entity. They produce and reproduce culture in a very ‘bite-sized’ format and play an important role…
Mahtab’s Prajatantra and His Public Sphere – Tanaya Mohanty
By the early 20th century, several Odia dailies had successfully made their presence felt in Odisha. The Odia print media…
Print Media and the Making of an Odia Identity – Tanaya Mohanty
Media is a massive industry today. Our understanding of everyday life is heavily drawn from it. We live in a…