The Card Players of the Coastal Line: A Note on Space, Play and the Production of Meaning – Athira Dhara
It was during the usual evening bike rides along the road adjacent to the Arabian Sea, shortly after I had…
Recipes as Knowledge: An Unwritten Intellectual Labour in the Kitchen – Uthsa Sarker
In most South Asian households, the person who knows the most about food has never written any of it down.…
This Land We Call Home: The Story of a Family, Caste, Conversions and Modern India by Nusrat F. Jafri (2024): A Review by Asima Jena
Nusrat F. Jafri’s memoir This Land We Call Home: The Story of a Family, Caste, Conversions and Modern India (published…
Foodways as Sites of Knowledge and Transformation: Researching Meanings, Relationalities and Space edited by Paola Minoia (2026): A Review by Praapti Sarma
“What do we mean by participation in research? Who is expected to participate, and in whose projects?” This line mirrors…
Fragmented Health Systems and Primary Healthcare Services: Everyday Experiences of Rural Villagers in Bihar – Pritam Kumar Singh
Historical Evaluation India has a long tradition of studying health care. Early modern efforts began with the setting up of…
Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism by Kohei Saito (2023): A Review by Paromita Patranobish
The contemporary sixth mass extinction has necessitated an increasingly urgent question for critical theory: how might the conceptual categories developed…
Intersectionality, Knowledge, and Social Justice: A Conversation with Patricia Hill Collins
Patricia Hill Collins is Distinguished University Professor of Sociology Emerita at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is an…
Give Love One More Chance: Rescuing Intimacy from Convenience Culture – Paul Thomas
Introduction There’s a line in Queen and David Bowie’s 1981 anthem “Under Pressure” that sociologists of intimacy would do well…
Decolonising Research Practices in Education: Kincentric and Relational Methodologies by Paul Meighan (2026): A Review by Swarnava Hati
What is research? Why do people research? Who benefits from it? And how does it reshape society? These are seemingly…
Sociology of Gender in India: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives edited by Pushpesh Kumar, Rituparna Patgiri and Deepali Aparajita Dungdung (2026): A Review by Nalini Bhattar
Feminist sociology in South Asia has long traversed a difficult epistemological terrain, often swinging between structural determinism and uncritical eulogies…