A Book Discussion on Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality
Sebanti Chatterjee is a cultural anthropologist who is interested in Sound Studies, Gender Studies, and Religious Studies. Occasionally she dabbles…
Hindu Nationalism, Mechanical Reproduction and Symbolic Violence: Aggression as Simulation – Arman Hasan
Introduction In 2023, the prevalence of Hindutva in the virtual space and its link with social media has been the…
Multisituated: Ethnography as Diasporic Praxis by Kaushik Sunder Rajan (2021): A Review by Arushi Sahay
In Multisituated: Ethnography as Diasporic Praxis (published by Duke University Press in 2021), Kaushik Sunder Rajan beckons our attention to…
Migrants and Machine Politics: How India’s Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness by Adam Michael Auerbach and Tariq Thachil (2023): A Review by Swasti Vardhan Mishra
The book, Migrants and Machine Politics: Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness by Adam Michael Auerbach and Tariq Thachil(Princeton: Princeton University Press…
Race, Class, Parenting and Children’s Leisure: Children’s Leisurescapes and Parenting Cultures in Middle-class British Indian Families by Utsa Mukherjee (2023): A Review by Aatina Nasir Malik
Utsa Mukherjee’s Race, Class, Parenting and Children’s Leisure: Children’s Leisurescapes and Parenting Cultures in Middle-class British Indian Families (published by…
Gendering Peace in Violent Peripheries: Marginality, Masculinity, and Feminist Agency by Uddipana Goswami (2023): A Review by Aruna Bhattacharya
Uddipana Goswami’s Gendering Peace in Violent Peripheries: Marginality, Masculinity and Feminist Agency (published by Routledge in 2023) is a comprehensive…
Between ‘Indigenous’ And the ‘Others’: The Tangled Identity Question of Muslims In Assam – Shofiul Alom Pathan
On 6 July, 20222 the Assam government decided to declare five Muslim subgroups – Goria, Moria, Syed, Deshi and Julha…
Embodying Motherhood: Perspectives from Contemporary India by Anu Aneja and Shubhangi Vaidya (2016): A Review by Priyasha Choudhary
Embodying Motherhood: Perspectives from Contemporary India by Anu Aneja and Shubhangi Vaidya (published by Sage in 2016) is another ground-breaking…
#Crime: Social Media, Crime, and the Criminal Legal System by Rebecca M. Hayes and Kate Luther (2018): A Review by Twinkle Siwach
Rebecca M. Hayes and Kate Luther in #Crime: Social Media, Crime, and the Criminal Legal System (published by Palgrave Macmillan…
Vernacular Politics in Northeast India: Democracy, Ethnicity and Indigeneity edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters (2022): A Review by Abir Lal Mazumder
Vernacular Politics in Northeast India: Democracy, Ethnicity and Indigeneity edited by Jelle J.P. Wouters (published by Oxford University Press in…