‘Ecological Refugees’ in Indian Cities? A Metropolitan Perspective – Ritika Rajput
Kavita, a migrated cold-water seller outside a Delhi metro station, is exposed to the horrendous heatwaves of Delhi. She directly…
Sociological Theory Beyond the Canon by Syed Farid Alatas and Vineeta Sinha (2017) A Review by Neeraj Naidu
The sociology curriculum of most universities legitimizes, institutionalizes, and reproduces not just the fact that the origin of sociology as…
Comprehensive Sex Education in India: Challenges and Possibilities – Madhubanti Talukdar
Earlier in 2023, as a part of a larger project on youth Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), I…
Birthdays, Lovers, Godsends and Post Offices – Medhavi Gupta
I am sitting in the library with an unstable internet service and an equally unstable state of mind. I’m glad…
The Role of the Individual in History – Harshith Subramaniam
Throughout the annals of human existence, the question of the individual’s role in shaping history has been a subject of…
Politics of Space and Geography in Monyul, Arunachal Pradesh: A Conversation with Swargajyoti Gohain
Swargajyoti Gohain is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Ashoka University, Sonepat, Haryana. Her monograph Imagined Geographies in…
Caste: The Lies that Divide Us by Isabel Wilkerson (2020): A Review by Krishan Kumar
Caste has been a persistent and defining principle of inequality and discrimination in India. In recent decades this has become…
Potters Without a Wheel: Ethnography of the Mritishilpis in Kolkata by Saswati Bhattacharya: A Review by Vanshika Yadav
Saswati Bhattacharya’s book Potters without a Wheel: Ethnography of the Mritshilpis in Kolkata, published by Routledge in 2022, takes the…
Delhi Metro: A Sociological Appraisal – Vansh Yadav
Introduction Since its inception in 2002, Delhi Metro has rapidly expanded and developed throughout the national capital region and its…
Animal Farm Revisited: A Re-examination of George Orwell’s Classic – Aarya Dubey
Right at the start of Animal Farm, George Orwell establishes that it is a fable in which animals exhibit human-like…