Making Feminist Selves: Intergenerational Conversations from a Pedagogic Praxis in India
Note: The feminist self is a work, always, in progress. Intergenerational conversations, particularly those emerging out of pedagogic spaces, have…
Biographies as a Methodological Tool and Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve
A Discussion on Biographies as a Methodological Tool and Iru: The Remarkable Life of Irawati Karve Panelists: Urmilla Deshpande and…
The Camera As Witness: A Social History of Mizoram, North East India by Joy L.K Pachuau and Willem van Schendel (2015): A Review by Anali Ambani Baruah
In The Camera as Witness: A Social History of Mizoram, North East India (published in 2015 by Cambridge University Press),…
Multilingual Diversity In Education: An Ongoing Debate In India – Nalini Bhattar
Recently, India has been witnessing debates on language. It has often turned into heated arguments and led to violence. People…
Interstellar: Bartering Dreams for Reality Among Youths in India – Ravi Prakash Gupta and Abhijit Dasgupta
The movie Interstellar (2014) directed by Christopher Nolan does not just tell the story of astronauts chasing distant planets, it…
Children’s Voices and Agency: Towards a Reflexive Reformulation – Vijitha Rajan
In the fields of childhood studies and the sociology of childhood, the concepts of children’s voice and agency have increasingly…
Left-handedness, Stigma, Rituals and the Everyday: A Sociological Inquiry – Sanya Sharma
Introduction At a New Year’s Party in my apartment, my neighbour, a middle-aged woman, constantly stared at me while I…
Gender and Craftwork in Rural Society: The Role of Education by Nidhi Gaur (2024): A Review by Parvathi Krishnan
Nidhi Gaur’s Gender and Craftwork in Rural Society: The Role of Education (published by Routledge in 2024) is a significant…
The Complex Conundrum: Being an Insider, an Outsider, or Both – Apeksha Srivastava
Recently, I attended a talk by Aditya Pratap Deo, a history professor at St Stephen’s College, Delhi. This session, held…
Gentrification and Redevelopment In Dharavi: Balancing Urban Transformation With Community Preservation – Aashish Gaur and Natasha Mittal
The term “gentrification” was first coined in the 1960s by British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe the displacement…