The Sociology of War: Discursive Practices and the Shaping of the Modern Citizen – Anurag Kumar Bauddh
Introduction In the age of precision bombing and high-tech surveillance, the contemporary state still depends on older yet symbolically powerful…
Mishkal Masjid in Kerala and the Legacy of Islamic Architecture: Rethinking the Context – Muhammed Nishad
While we often discuss how architecture shapes our environment, this article explores the reciprocal relationship: how do the environment and…
Biology is Not Our Destiny: Trans-ing as a Way of Resisting Right-Wing Authoritarianism – Udhriti Sarkar
In April 2025, the UK Supreme Court delivered a discriminatory judgement that stated that a woman is defined by her…
Food, Gender and Religion among Muslim Immigrants in the US: An Interview with Farha Bano Ternikar
Farha Ternikar is the director of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies at Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York. She is…
Medium is Still the Message – Krishan Takhar
Any society would be shaken by the gruesome acts of terror like what occurred at Pahalgam. The question one asks…
Social Sciences and the Politics of Organic Metaphors – Madiha Tariq
I recently revisited two seminal works in urban studies — Susan Roberts’ (1991) critique of urban life cycles and David…
The River Knows Her Name: Kabutari Devi, Caste, And The Unarchived Voices Of Uttarakhand – Ajay Singh Karki
The past few years have been transformative for Uttarakhand’s music scene. On one end the catchy tune “Gulabi Sharara,” (2023)…
A Tryst with Nature: Labour, Self, and Language by Savyasaachi (2023): A Review by Tania Sen
“When there is a loss of the symbolic universe alongside the loss of language, then people’s epistemological and ontological imagination…
Feminist Movements in India: Issues, Debates, Struggles edited by Sadhna Arya and Lata Singh (2024): A Review by Alankrita Anand
At the outset, what is most striking about Sadhna Arya and Lata Singh’s edited volume Feminist Movements in India: Issues,…
Doing Sociology Logically: A Brief Introduction To The Basics Of Social Inquiry – Anil Kumar
“We do not merely study society; we are also part of what we study.” What does it mean to do…