The Making and Unmaking of Domestic Workers in India: A conundrum of Data, Law and Policy – Aditi Yajnik
Introduction: Domestic Workers at the Margins of Labour Law Every year, Jantar Mantar becomes the centre of domestic worker mobilisations…
On Women, Artificial Intelligence and Its Real Consequences – Shimaila Mushtaq
AI has raised concerns and anxieties regarding loss of jobs, digital scams, data privacy, geopolitics, and even the potential to…
Doing Sociology in Public: Pedagogy, Practice, and Disciplinary Futures
Maitrayee Chaudhuri is a retired Professor of Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her research interests have been…
Understanding ‘Shame’ in the Judicial Process – Ankita Chatterjee
Introduction Judicial decisions are supposed to uphold objective fidelity to facts and legal doctrines. Emotions are supposed to be kept…
Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India edited by Jayna Kothari (2026): A Review by Ruchi Nanwani
The foundation of the recently published Transforming Rights: How Law Shapes Transgender Lives, Identity and Community in India, edited by…
Making Sociology Matter: Public Sociology and Digital Media: A Conversation with Michaela Benson
Michaela Benson (she/her) is Professor in Public Sociology at Lancaster University, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and…
Eid Away from Home: Ritual, Identity, and the Experience of Distance – Sanjida Tamanna Oishee
The morning of Eid used to arrive before I even opened my eyes. It lived in the sounds, the quiet…
Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters by Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel (2025): A Review by Vikash Sharan
Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters by Thomas Piketty and Michael Sandel, published by Polity Press in 2025,…
Do Social Studies Need Semantic Validation from the Natural Sciences?: Opinions and Questions – Niloy Pratim Kashyap
Some two years ago, I wrote an article for Doing Sociology, emphasising the need for a more rigorous critical lens…
Between the Toilet and the Field Lies a Story: Gender, Leisure, and Infrastructural Refusal in Rural Uttar Pradesh – Neelima
Introduction: Revisiting the Village, Rethinking the Toilet Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to visit my…